Past the Point of Rescue
country 1992 90s male vocalists country rock
"Past the Point of Rescue" is a song written by Irish musician Mick Hanly (of Moving Hearts) and first recorded by Irish singer Mary Black who had a hit with it in Ireland in 1988 and included it on her album No Frontiers. Covered by American country music artist Hal Ketchum, it was released in February 1992 as the third single from Ketchum's album of the same name. Ketchum's version of the song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1992 and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[ Read more on Last.fm.

Hal Michael Ketchum (born in Greenwich, New York on 9 April 1953; died 23 November 2020) was an American country musician, songwriter, and performer. Though Ketchum first began recording in the mid-1980s, not until his 1991 record deal with Curb Records did he have a major hit with the album Past The Point Of Rescue. The title cut to the album was a Top 3 single, and other singles that met similar success included "Small Town Saturday Night" and "Sure Love". In 1994 Ketchum toured Britain, issuing the single "Past The Point Of Rescue" on that side of the Atlantic. Though the single failed to make the UK Top 100 pop charts, it received extensive airplay on country radio. The album Every Little Word (of which the UK release featured a bonus disc of past US hits including "Past The Point...") made the Top 40 on the UK country charts and also did the same back in the US. Ketchum continued to record and release new material. His final US releases were Father Time in 2008, and I'm the Troubadour in 2014. His film credits included appearing in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel and a small role in the 1994 film Maverick. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.