"I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song by The Carpenters with lyrics written by Paul Williams and music composed by Roger Nichols. The writing duo had previously contributed "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" to the Carpenters.

Release

The song was released in the U.K. in September 1972, paired with "Goodbye to Love" as a double-A side single for A Song for You. The single reached No. 9 and spent 14 weeks on the chart. It was later released in the U.S. and became a hit single for them in 1974, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart No. 1 one on the easy listening chart, the ninth No. 1 for Carpenters.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Other versions

Many artists have released other versions of "I Won't Last a Day Without You". Among the most notable are: