Soft Rock Music
Sometimes you see someone and you’re instantly in love (or desire) — obsessed. But you can’t make someone love you. You can only hope. The song was written by the group’s producer and vocalist Buddy Buie, keyboardist Dean Daughtry, and drummer Robert Nix. The track appeared on their 1976 album A Rock and Roll Alternative. It was released as a single in January 1977, backed with “Everybody Gotta Go.” The song became their biggest hit, rising to #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #5 on Cash Box, #11 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, and #2 in Canada. It also was popular in Australia and New Zealand.
Atlanta Rhythm Section is a Southern rock band that formed in 1971 in Doraville, Georgia. They were mainly former members of the Candymen and Classics IV, who became a session band for Studio One in Doraville, which is near Atlanta, and then their own band. On “So Into You” are Barry Bailey (guitar), Buddy Buie (vocals), J.R. Cobb (rhythm guitar, vocals), Dean Daughtry (keyboards, (Paul Goddard (bass), Ronnie Hammond (vocals), and Robert Nix (percussions drums, vocals). The group was popular in the Southern states and less so nationally. They are considered to be pioneers of Southern rock and continue to tour and perform.
