"Sweet Life" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the third single he released from his 1977 album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales, and his fourth-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #17 on the Billboard chart in late 1978. On the Cash Box chart, the song spent three weeks at #15. The song also reached #15 in Canada.
| "Sweet Life" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Davis | ||||
| from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales | ||||
| B-side | "Bad Dream" | |||
| Released | August 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Bang | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Davis, Susan Collins | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Benton Paul Davis | |||
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"Sweet Life" spent five months on the U.S. charts, longer than any of Davis' other singles except "I Go Crazy."
Chart performance
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Other versions
edit- A new version by Davis as a duet with Marie Osmond made the Country charts in 1988, reaching #47 (U.S.)[2] and #55 (Canada).
- A cover version was recorded by Frederick Knight and Fern Kinney the same year 1978 on Chimneyville Records based in Jackson, Mississippi, a subsidiary of Malaco Records.
References
edit- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 12/16/78".
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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