<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Don't Give Up on Us" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Going in With My Eyes Open" (1977) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Don't Give Up on Us" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Going in With My Eyes Open" (1977) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Don't Give Up on Us" is a song by American - British singer David Soul . Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch, Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer . His debut, the Tony Macaulay - written - and - produced "Don't Give Up on Us" was a worldwide smash, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1977, and a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1977 . In addition, the song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart . It has sold 1.16 million copies in the UK . </P> <P> Its B - side, "Black Bean Soup", was a duet with actress Lynne Marta, whom Soul was involved with at the time . </P>

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