My Sweet Summer Suite

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"My Sweet Summer Suite"
Single by Love Unlimited Orchestra
from the album My Sweet Summer Suite
B-side "Just Living It Up"
Released1976 (1976)
Genre Disco
Length4:55(7" version)
7:17(12" version)
5:01(Album version)
Label 20th Century
Songwriter(s) Barry White
Producer(s) Barry White
Love Unlimited Orchestra singles chronology
"Midnight Groove"
(1975)
"My Sweet Summer Suite"
(1976)
"Theme from King Kong (Part 1)"
(1977)

"My Sweet Summer Suite" is a 1976 instrumental single by Love Unlimited Orchestra and written by Barry White, taken from the My Sweet Summer Suite album. The single was #1 for three non consecutive weeks on the Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart, [1] and crossed over to both the soul charts, peaking at No. 28 (Hot R&B charts), and to the pop charts, where it reached number forty-eight. [2] This single is often cited as a model of "Los Angeles–style" disco song.

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 363.