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{{Infobox song
| name          = No Lookin' Back
| cover         = No Lookin' Back.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]
| album         = [[No Lookin' Back]]
| A-side        = No Lookin' Back
| B-side        = "Don't Let Me Down" / "I Gotta Try" (UK 12" only)
| released      = {{start date|1985}}
| recorded      =
| studio        =
| venue         =
| genre         = [[Pop rock]]
| length        = 3:55
| label         = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer        = * [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]
* [[Kenny Loggins]]
* [[Sanford-Townsend Band|Ed Sanford]]
| producer      = * Michael McDonald
* [[Ted Templeman]]
| chronology    = [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]
| prev_title    = Believe In It
| prev_year     = 1983
| next_title    = Bad Times
| next_year     = 1985
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3xXPlTaDj84|"No Lookin' Back"}}}}
}}
"'''No Lookin' Back'''" is a song written by [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]], [[Kenny Loggins]] and [[Sanford-Townsend Band|Ed Sanford]]. The best-known version was recorded by American recording artist Michael McDonald and is the first single from his second solo studio album, ''[[No Lookin' Back]]'' (1985).
The song was included in the soundtrack to the 1991 movie ''[[Thelma & Louise|Thelma and Louise]]''.
==Track listing==
* '''12" Single (Warner Bros. W 8960 T)'''
# "No Lookin' Back"
# "Don't Let Me Down"
# "I Gotta Try"
* '''7" Single (Warner Bros. 928 960-7)'''
#"No Lookin' Back"
#"Don't Let Me Down"
==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="booklet">{{cite book|title=No Lookin' Back ''liner notes''|year=1985|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]]}}</ref>
'''Musicians'''
* [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]&nbsp;– lead vocals; [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]]
* George Perilli&nbsp;– tom (drum) solo
* [[Jeff Porcaro]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Willie Weeks]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
* [[David Pack]]&nbsp;– guitar
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1985)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=us2>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4870/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Michael McDonald > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-04-24}}</ref>
|34
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref name=us2/>
|9
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock<ref name=us2/>
|4
|}
==Kenny Loggins version==
"No Lookin' Back" was originally recorded by co-writer [[Kenny Loggins]] and released on his 1985 solo studio album [[Vox Humana (Kenny Loggins album)|''Vox Humana'']], four months prior to the McDonald version.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{discogs master|300434}}
{{Michael McDonald}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:1985 singles]]
[[Category:1985 songs]]
[[Category:Kenny Loggins songs]]
[[Category:Michael McDonald (musician) songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Kenny Loggins]]
[[Category:Songs written by Michael McDonald (musician)]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Ted Templeman]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
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