Lady | |
Cover: | Lady_-_Little_River_Band.jpg |
Caption: | North American 7" picture sleeve |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Little River Band |
Album: | Sleeper Catcher[1] |
B-Side: | "Happy Anniversary"/"Take Me Home" |
Released: | September 1978 |
Recorded: | 1978 |
Genre: | Pop rock, soft rock |
Length: | 3:31 (7" version), 4:50 (album version) |
Label: | EMI (Australia) Harvest (US/Canada) |
Producer: | John Boylan, Little River Band |
Prev Title: | Reminiscing |
Prev Year: | 1978 |
Next Title: | Lonesome Loser |
Next Year: | 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. The song also peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] in April 1979.
Goble said "A girl (I never met) inspired "Lady" when she danced in front of Mississippi at the Matthew Flinders Hotel, Melbourne 1973."
Chart (1978/1979) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 46 |
Canada (RPM Top Singles)[4] | 29 |
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)[5] | 4 |
New Zealand |
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 507.