Too Beautiful to Last

"Too Beautiful to Last"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album In Time
B-side"A Hundred Times A Day"
Released1972
GenreTraditional pop
Length3:06
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Richard Rodney Bennett & Paul Francis Webster
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"Another Time, Another Place"
(1971)
"Too Beautiful to Last"
(1972)
"In Time"
(1972)

"Too Beautiful to Last" is a song recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was the theme from the 1971 historical biopic Nicholas and Alexandra.

In 1972, the song was released on the album In Time and as a single. The song spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 14, while reaching No. 1 in Hong Kong, No. 9 in South Africa, No. 17 on the Irish Singles Chart, and No. 66 on Canada's "RPM 100". In the United States, the song spent 3 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 86, while reaching No. 16 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.