Copacabana (At the Copa)
Barry Manilow | Artist Essentials
First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original 1978 album version, approximately 4:08
MusicAtlas editorial note: Follow the contrast between the dance pulse and the increasingly dramatic vocal story.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The original 1978 sleeve specifies the approximately 4:08 album performance. The later-added approximately 5:45 disco presentation and 1985 soundtrack remake are separate editions. Only the original album year is assigned.
Recording: Original 1978 album version, approximately 4:08
Credit: Barry Manilow
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Even Now
Even Now - original program, personnel and alternative disco edition
The original sleeve transcription lists Copacabana at approximately 4:08 and the other original tracks. It separately identifies the long disco version and bonus tracks added to later editions. The 1977 session dates are not public release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Even Now - original 1978 program and later edition limits
The original 1978 program identifies the album songs. The streamed approximately 5:45 Copacabana is a later-added disco presentation; the selected approximately 4:08 original album version is documented separately in the original sleeve transcription. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Greatest Hits 1978 - reproduced track list and edition distinctions
The original program identifies the longer disco Copacabana and live Daybreak, plus different Mandy and Its a Miracle presentations. These actual edition alternatives require caution when linking edition-unspecified annual entries. The anthology date is not assigned to earlier recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The original approximately 4:08 album performance and longer disco presentation are explicitly documented. The actual 1978 annual candidate does not identify its edition.
Even Now - original program, personnel and alternative disco edition
The original sleeve transcription lists Copacabana at approximately 4:08 and the other original tracks. It separately identifies the long disco version and bonus tracks added to later editions. The 1977 session dates are not public release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Greatest Hits 1978 - reproduced track list and edition distinctions
The original program identifies the longer disco Copacabana and live Daybreak, plus different Mandy and Its a Miracle presentations. These actual edition alternatives require caution when linking edition-unspecified annual entries. The anthology date is not assigned to earlier recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Even Now - original 1978 program and later edition limits
The original 1978 program identifies the album songs. The streamed approximately 5:45 Copacabana is a later-added disco presentation; the selected approximately 4:08 original album version is documented separately in the original sleeve transcription. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is a singer, composer, arranger and producer whose work connects popular song with theatre, film and orchestral performance. Albums such as Singin' with the Big Bands, Showstoppers and Manilow Sings Sinatra explore established song traditions. His production work includes recordings by Bette Midler, Nancy Wilson and Dionne Warwick. He has also written music for films, including Thumbelina and The Pebble and the Penguin, and developed the stage musical Harmony. Here at the Mayflower presents another setting for his original songwriting.
Artist background sources
Songwriters Hall of Fame: Barry Manilow
Archived induction biography supports musical roles, named albums, production collaborators, film work and Harmony; no pending productions or rolling totals retained. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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