We've Got to Work It Out Between Us

"We've Got to Work It Out Between Us"
Single by Diana Trask
from the album Diana Trask Sings About Loving
B-side"I Keep It Hid"
ReleasedJanuary 1972 (1972-01)
GenreCountry[1]
Length3:01
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Ann J. Morton
Producer(s)Danny Davis
Diana Trask singles chronology
"The Chokin' Kind"
(1971) 		"We've Got to Work It Out Between Us"
(1972) 		"It Meant Nothing to Me"
(1972)

"We've Got to Work It Out Between Us" is a song written by Ann J. Morton that was originally recorded by Australian singer Diana Trask. Released as a single in 1972 by Dot Records, it reached the top 40 of the US country chart and was given a positive review by Billboard magazine.

Background, recording and content

Diana Trask first found success in the United States recording pop music at Columbia Records. After moving back to Australia and then back to the US, she decided to move into country music. Beginning in 1968, she began making the US country chart and reached the top 30 by 1972 with "We've Got to Work It out Between Us".[2] The song was composed by Ann J. Morton and produced by Danny Davis[3] This was Trask's first time working with Davis as producer after it was suggested by her former producer (Buddy Killen) that she get a change so she could sound more commercial.[4]

Release, critical reception and chart performance

"We've Got to Work It Out Between Us" was released as a single by Dot Records in January 1972 as a seven-inch vinyl record. It was backed on the B-side by the song "I Keep It Hid".[3] Record World found the song was receiving regular airplay at four US country radio stations and theorized that it might be "her first really big country record".[5] Billboard called it an "emotion packed ballad performance" and predicted it would make the top 20 of their country chart.[1] Despite this prediction, "We've Got to Work It Out Between Us" did not reach the top 20. Instead, it climbed to number 30 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her third top 40 single there.[6] It was then released on Trask's 1972 studio album called Diana Trask Sings About Loving.[7]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[3]
  • "We've Got to Work It Out Between Us" – 3:01
  • "I Keep It Hid" – 2:40

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "We've Got to Work It Out Between Us"
Chart (1972) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 30

References

  1. ^ a b "Spotlight Singles: Top 20 Country" (PDF). Billboard. January 8, 1972. p. 42. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Diana Trask Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Trask, Diana (December 1971). ""We've Got to Work It Out Between Us"/"I Keep It Hid" (7" vinyl single)". Dot Records. DOA-17404.
  4. ^ Trask, Diana; Campbell Rate, Alison (2010). Whatever Happened to Diana Trask. Melbourne Books. p. 191. ISBN 978-1877096808.
  5. ^ Ratliff, Marie; Neese, Chuck (January 15, 1972). "Country Hot Line" (PDF). Record World. p. 37. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 350.
  7. ^ Trask, Diana (July 1972). "Diana Trask Sings About Loving (Liner Notes)". Dot Records. DOS-25999 (Stereo LP).
  8. ^ "Diana Trask Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2024.