{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Born Late | type = Album | artist = Shaun Cassidy | cover = Shaun Cassidy Born Late album cover.jpg | alt = | released = October 1, 1977 | recorded = 1977 | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = 31:59 | label = Curb/Warner Bros. | producer = Michael Lloyd | prev_title = Shaun Cassidy | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Under Wraps | next_year = 1978 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Born Late Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-late-mw0000852543 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' |rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}</ref> }} '''''Born Late''''' is the second studio album by American singer Shaun Cassidy. The album was released in 1977 following the success of Cassidy's self-titled debut album.

''Born Late'' yielded two hit singles. The first, "Hey Deanie", was written by Eric Carmen, who also wrote the song "That's Rock 'n' Roll" (which was a hit from Cassidy's first solo album). "Hey Deanie" reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1978-01-21 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs &#124; Billboard Hot 100 Chart |website=Billboard.com |date=1978-01-21 |accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> For the second single, also following the formula of his first album's hit cover of the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron", Cassidy remade a 1960s hit, in this case the Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe in Magic?" (which was written by John Sebastian). That single became a modest hit, peaking at #31 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

''Born Late'' was certified platinum.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpucCQAAQBAJ&q=shaun+cassidy+joe+hardy+hey+deanie&pg=PA59 |title = From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000|isbn = 9781442242746|last1 = Leszczak|first1 = Bob|date = June 25, 2015| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref> Unlike his first album, Cassidy wrote or co-wrote half of the songs. The track "It's Up to You" was co-written with Cassidy by ''Lost in Space'' child-star Billy Mumy. "Carolina's Comin' Home" is a cover of a 1971 White Plains song from their album ''When You Are a King''.

==Track listing== # "Teen Dream" (Shaun Cassidy) # "Do You Believe in Magic" (John Sebastian) # "Baby, Baby, Baby" (Jay Gruska, D. Leineke) # "It's Up to You" (Cassidy, David Joliffe, Bill Mumy) # "Audrey" (Cassidy, Joliffe) # "Hey Deanie" (Eric Carmen) # "A Girl Like You" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) # "Walk Away" (Cassidy) # "Carolina's Comin' Home" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, John Goodison, Tony Hiller) # "Strange Sensation" (Cassidy)

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===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1977–1978) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=58}}</ref> | 38 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Shaun Cassidy|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1978) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1978/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1978|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 18, 2021}}</ref> | 58 |} {{col-end}}

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