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"Can't Get By Without You" is a song by British soul group The Real Thing, released in 1976. It was the follow-up to their hit "You to Me Are Everything".

Background

The song was written by Ken Gold and Mickey Denne and released on Pye 7N 45618. The B-side, "(He's Just A) Moneymaker", was written by Chris and Eddie Amoo. The song had a similar feel to the group's previous hit, but still reached no. 2 in the UK charts, kept from no. 1 by ABBA's "Dancing Queen". "Can't Get By Without You" did not make any real chart impression in the US. On the week ending 16 October 1976, in the UK charts the song dropped from no. 2 to no. 3.

In 1986, a remixed version of the song "Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)", backed by "She's a Groovy Freak", was released on the PRT label.

References

1. Discogs The Real Thing – Can't Get By Without You
2. Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies, By Sharon Davis June 1976 The Real Thing You to Me Are Everything
3. "Billboard Hits Of The World, BRITAIN", Billboard, p. 16, October 16, 1976.
4. 45cat Record Details, Catalogue: 7P 352

• 1976 singles
• 1976 songs
• British pop songs
• Pye Records singles
• The Real Thing (British band) songs