"When I'm Back on My Feet Again" is the title of the fourth single

Single (music)

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 released from Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...

's 1989 album, Soul Provider

Soul Provider

-Personnel:*Kyf Brewer, Jocelyn Brown, Joe Cerisano, Desmond Child, Robin Clark, Patricia Darcy, John Fiore, Milt Grayson, Jeanette Hawes, Richard Marx, Kate McGunnigle, Lou Merlino, Jeff Pescetto, Sharon Robinson, Vicki Sue Robinson, Leslie Smith, Fonzi Thornton, Joe Turano, Myriam Naomi Valle,...

. The song was written by noted songwriter Diane Warren

Diane Warren

Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart in August 1990, becoming Bolton's third Top 10 hit in the United States

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. It also spent three weeks atop the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 chart in the U.S., the singer's second #1 on this chart (following "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" is a song originally recorded by Laura Branigan in 1983. The song was recorded later the same decade by its co-writer, Michael Bolton.-Background:...

"). In addition, "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" peaked at #44 on the UK Singles Chart

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Warren wrote the song after the death of her father. She is quoted as saying that "the song wrote itself...I was thinking about my dad who had recently passed away, and it just came pouring out."

Charts

End of year chart (1990)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	88