Natural Sinner

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"Natural Sinner"
Fair Weather Natural Sinner.jpg
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Fair Weather
B-side "Haven't I Tried (To Be a Good Man)"
Released3 July 1970 (1970-07-03)
Genre Rock
Length4:24
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Andy Fairweather Low
Producer(s) Andy Fairweather Low
Fair Weather singles chronology
"Natural Sinner"
(1970)
"Road to Freedom"
(1970)

"Natural Sinner" is a song by British rock band Fair Weather, released in July 1970 as their debut single. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]

Contents

Release

Fair Weather was formed after the disbandment of Amen Corner, with the name coming from frontman Andy Fairweather Low. "Natural Sinner" was the band's release, as a non-album single, despite releasing an album, Beginning from the End, at the end of the year. Despite releasing further singles, "Natural Sinner" was the band's only hit and they split in 1972.

Track listing

7": RCA / RCA 1977

  1. "Natural Sinner" – 4:24
  2. "Haven't I Tried (To Be A Good Man)" – 4:09

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1970)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [3] 49
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 24
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 26
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 21
UK Singles (OCC) [1] 6

Cover versions

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