# Almost Over You

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{{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](/source/Sheena_Easton)
| album      = [Best Kept Secret](/source/Best_Kept_Secret_(Sheena_Easton_album))
| B-side     = I Don't Need Your Word
| released   = 10 October 1983
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length     = 3:40
| label      = [EMI Records](/source/EMI_Records) (original), RT Industries (current)
| writer     = Jennifer Kimball, C. Richardson
| producer   = Greg Mathieson
| prev_title = [Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)](/source/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](/source/Sheena_Easton) from her ''[Best Kept Secret](/source/Best_Kept_Secret_(Sheena_Easton_album))'' LP. It was written by  Jennifer Kimball and Cindy Richardson. The single reached number 25 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100),<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> while its [Adult Contemporary](/source/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks) 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](/source/Defender_(1981_video_game))'' and ''[Sinistar](/source/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](/source/Kent_Music_Report))
|align="center"|68
|-
|Canada ''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'' 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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)
|align="center"|89
|-
|US [Billboard Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
|align="center"|25
|-
|US [Adult Contemporary](/source/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks)<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](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|86
|-
|US [''Cash Box''](/source/Cash_Box_(magazine)) 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](/source/Lila_McCann) covered the song for her debut album ''[Lila](/source/Lila_(album))''. It was released as the album's third single in 1998 and reached number 42 on the ''Billboard'' [Hot Country Songs](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|s7VzxcEi8m8|Sheena Easton - Almost Over You}}

{{Sheena Easton}}
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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

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