Suddenly (Billy Ocean song) explained
| Suddenly |
| Cover: | Suddenly_-_Billy_Ocean.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Billy Ocean |
| Album: | Suddenly |
| B-Side: | "Lucky Man" |
| Released: | March 1985 (US)
3 May 1985 (UK)[1] |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 3:55 |
| Label: | Jive Records |
| Producer: | Keith Diamond |
| Prev Title: | Loverboy |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Mystery Lady |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Suddenly" is a song from 1985 co-written and performed by UK-based singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album.
Released as the third single from the album (following the success of "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy"), the ballad became the album's most successful single in the UK, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart in mid-1985.[3] The song also reached the same chart peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, spending two weeks at number four in June of that year.[4] It peaked at number five on the Billboard R&B chart and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[5]
Music video
The music video features Billy Ocean appearing to perform the song live before an audience.[6]
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Music Week. 14.
- Web site: Eric . Harvey . The Quiet Storm . . 19 May 2012. 11 October 2022.
- Web site: body and soul | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 25 April 2021.
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- Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- Web site: Video. 2 July 2013. Prosieben.de. 25 April 2021.
- Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . illustrated . St. Ives, N.S.W. . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 221 . 0-646-11917-6.
- European Top 100 Singles . . 2 . 27/28 . 8 July 1985 . 12 . 29800226.
- Book: Pennanen, Timo . Billy Ocean . Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 . fi . 2nd . Helsinki . . 2021 . 188 . 978-952-7460-01-6.
- Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) . . 10 June 2022.
- Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending June 22, 1985 . . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329163924/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19850622.html . 29 March 2019.
- Top 100 Black Contemporary Singles . Cash Box . XLIX . 2 . 17 . 22 June 1985 . 0008-7289.
- RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985 . . 43 . 16 . 28 December 1985 . 11 . 0033-7064 . Library and Archives Canada.
- Top 100 Singles (January 5–December 28, 1985) . . 18 January 1986 . 10 . 0265-1548.
- Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1985 . . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191003025828/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/hot-100-songs . 3 October 2019.
- Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1985 . . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207144902/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/adult-contemporary-songs . 7 December 2019.
- Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1985 . . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831184817/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs . 31 August 2018.
- The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1985 – Top 100 Pop Singles . . 28 December 1985 . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326081321/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1985YESP.html . 26 March 2019.
- The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1985 – Top 50 Black Contemporary Singles . . 28 December 1985 . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526170617/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/80s_files/1985YESR.html . 26 May 2022.
