How Soon We Forget

{{Infobox song | name = How Soon We Forget | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Colonel Abrams | album = You and Me Equals Us | released = {{start date|1987|7|14}} | recorded = 1986 | studio = | venue = | genre = House<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38129229|title=Colonel Abrams: US House singer dies aged 67|work=BBC News|date=November 28, 2016|accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | length = | label = MCA <small>(US MCA-23568)</small> | writer = Colonel Abrams, Marston Freeman | producer = | prev_title = Over and Over | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Nameless | next_year = 1987 }} '''"How Soon We Forget"''' is a 1987 single by Colonel Abrams, from his album ''You and Me Equals Us''. The single was Abrams' last of four number one hits on the dance play charts.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=16}}</ref> "How Soon We Forget" was also Abrams' most successful single on the soul charts, reaching number six.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=22}}</ref>

==Track listing== *'''12" single''' {{tracklist |headline = (A-side) | title1 = How Soon We Forget (Extended Version)" | title2 = How Soon We Forget (Radio Edit) | length1 = 7:49 | length2 = 5:25 }} {{tracklist | headline = (B-side) | title1 = How Soon We Forget (Dub Version) | title2 = Trapped (A Cappella) | length1 = 8:42 | length2 = 5:01 }}

==Charts== '''Weekly Charts''' {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1987) !Peak<br />position |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play<ref name="Amg">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/colonel-abrams-p36928/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Colonel Abrams - Billboard singles on Allmusic|magazine=Billboard.com/Allmusic|accessdate=January 24, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot Black Singles |align="center"|6 |- |UK Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/how-soon-we-forget/|title=How Soon We Forget - full Official Chart History|work=Official Charts Company|date=August 15, 1987|accessdate=January 24, 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|75 |}

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==External links== * [https://www.discogs.com/Colonel-Abrams-How-Soon-We-Forget/master/88173 How Soon We Forget] at Discogs.

Category:1987 singles Category:Colonel Abrams songs Category:1987 songs Category:MCA Records singles