{{Infobox song | name = Almost Over You | cover = Almost_Over_You_-_Sheena_Easton.jpg | alt = | caption = Artwork for UK and Dutch vinyl singles | type = single | artist = Sheena Easton | album = Best Kept Secret | B-side = I Don't Need Your Word | released = 10 October 1983 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = 3:40 | label = EMI Records (original), RT Industries (current) | writer = Jennifer Kimball, C. Richardson | producer = Greg Mathieson | prev_title = Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Devil in a Fast Car | next_year = 1984 }}
"'''Almost Over You'''" is a 1983 single by Scottish singer Sheena Easton from her ''Best Kept Secret'' LP. It was written by Jennifer Kimball and Cindy Richardson. The single reached number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> while its Adult Contemporary peak was number 4.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=78}}</ref> In Canada, the song reached number 35 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4462&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4462.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4462|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1984-02-11 |accessdate=2019-04-25}}</ref>
==Background== The lyrics tells of a woman who almost overcame the pain, misery, and shattered dreams her former lover gave to her, which suggests the title.
==Music video== This song features Easton singing and playing a piano in an apartment. The arcade game machines ''Defender'' and ''Sinistar'' appear in the video with Easton herself "dumping" Defender out over the balcony.
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1983–84) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report) |align="center"|68 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4462&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4462.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4462|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1984-02-11 |accessdate=2019-04-25}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles | style="text-align:center;"|35 |- |UK Singles Chart |align="center"|89 |- |US Billboard Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> |align="center"|25 |- |US Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=78}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- |US Hot Country Songs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheena-easton/chart-history/csi/|title=Sheena Easton Chart History - Hot Country Songs|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|86 |- |US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19840324.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 24, 1984 |access-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601184445/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19840324.html |archive-date=June 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |align="center"|23 |- |}
==Cover versions== *In 1986, argentine singer Sandra Mihanovich covered the song for her 1986 album "En El Paraiso". In 1997, country singer Lila McCann covered the song for her debut album ''Lila''. It was released as the album's third single in 1998 and reached number 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lila-mccann/chart-history/csi/|title=Lila McCann Chart History - Hot Country Songs|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|s7VzxcEi8m8|Sheena Easton - Almost Over You}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Almost Over You}} Category:1980s ballads Category:1983 songs Category:1983 singles Category:1998 singles Category:Sheena Easton songs Category:Lila McCann songs Category:EMI Records singles Category:Asylum Records singles Category:Songs written by Jennifer Kimball Category:Pop ballads Category:Torch songs