Lady (Little River Band song)

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"Lady"
Lady - Little River Band.jpg
North American 7" picture sleeve
Single by Little River Band
from the album Sleeper Catcher [1]
B-side "Happy Anniversary"/"Take Me Home"
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded1978
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length3:31 (7" version), 4:50 (album version)
Label EMI (Australia)
Harvest (US/Canada)
Songwriter(s) Graeham Goble
Producer(s) John Boylan, Little River Band
Little River Band singles chronology
"Reminiscing"
(1978)
"Lady"
(1978)
"Lonesome Loser"
(1979)

"Lady" is a song written by Graeham Goble and performed by Australian rock music group Little River Band. It was released in September 1978 as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Sleeper Catcher . The song peaked at number 46 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. [2] The song also peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] in April 1979.

Contents

Background

Goble said "A girl (I never met) inspired "Lady" when she danced in front of Mississippi at the Matthew Flinders Hotel, Melbourne 1973."[ citation needed ]

Track listings

Australian 7" (EMI 11800)
A. "Lady" - 3:31
B. "Happy Anniversary"
New Zealand 7" (EMI 1036)
A. "Lady" - 3:31
B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07
North American 7" (Harvest 4667)
A. "Lady" - 3:31
B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07
Spanish version (OZ Records 10C 006-082647)
A. "Señorita" - 3:55
B. "Recordando" - 4:11

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978/1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 46
Canada (RPM Top Singles) [4] 29
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary) [5] 4
New Zealand17
U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)10
U.S. (Easy Listening) [6] 7
U.S. ( Cash Box ) [7] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Rank
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary) [8] 70
U.S. (Billboard Hot 100) [9] 42
U.S. (Cash Box) [10] 78

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