In a 2006 poll for UK 's Five programme Britain 's Favourite Break - up Songs , Eric Carmen 's version of this song was voted seventeenth .
In the UK , however , this was his only Top 40 success , peaking at number 12 .
In a 2006 poll for UK 's Five programme UK 's Favourite Break - up Songs , Eric Carmen 's version of this song was voted seventeenth .
In the UK , however , this was his only Top 40 success , peaking at number 12 .