| Drowning in the Sea of Love | |
| Cover: | Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Love_-_Joe_Simon.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Simon |
| Album: | Drowning in the Sea of Love |
| B-Side: | Just A Dream |
| Released: | November |
| Recorded: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Soul[1] |
| Label: | Spring Records |
| Prev Title: | All My Hard Times |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Pool of Bad Luck |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Drowning in the Sea of Love" is a 1971 song recorded by Joe Simon for Spring Records. It was the title track of his seventh LP, and was the first release from the album. The song was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
The single was Simon's fourth of eight U.S. Top 40 hits. In early 1972, it reached number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number eight on the Cash Box Top 100.[2] It also reached number three on the R&B chart and became a gold record. Billboard ranked "Drowning in the Sea of Love" as the No. 77 song for 1972.[3] [4] The song remained Simon's longest-running and highest-charting U.S. single until his 1975 hit, "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)."
| Chart (1971–1972) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 50 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 11 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 3 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 8 |
| Chart (1972) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 77 | |
| U.S. Cash Box[7] | 75 |
Ronnie Foster recorded a jazz-funk version for his 1972 album Two Headed Freap.Other notable versions where recorded by Eva Cassidy released on her album American Tune, Kirk Whalum on his 1995 album In This Life and Ringo Starr who released it as a single in 1977 and was also included on his album Ringo the 4th.