Released July 9, 1983 Label Columbia | Genre Country Producer(s) Pete Drake | |
B-side "You Keep The Man In Me Happy (And The Child In Me Alive)" Writer(s) Red Lane, Gloria Thomas, Lathan Hudson | ||
"New Looks From An Old Lover" is a song recorded by American country music artist B.J. Thomas. It was released in July 1983 as the second single from the album New Looks. "New Looks From An Old Lover" was B.J. Thomas' third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. It was Thomas' final number one hit on the U.S. charts. The song was written by Thomas' wife Gloria, along with Red Lane and Lathan Hudson.
The Single was distributed on a vinyl 7 inch, 45 rpm, phonograph record and is from the 1983 album New Look, which hit #13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, released on vinyl LP and Cassette tape. The song was also released on several other B. J. Thomas albums including: Wind Beneath My Wings in 1995 (Compact disk and Cassette tape), The Best of B.J. Thomas: New Looks and Old Fashioned Love in 2000 (Compact disk) and as an acoustic arrangement in duet with Etta Britt on, The Living Room Sessions, in 2013, on Compact disk and Digital download.