Drowning in the Sea of Love

"Drowning in the Sea of Love"
"Drowning in the Sea of Love"
Single by Joe Simon
from the album Drowning in the Sea of Love
B-side	"Just A Dream"
Released	November 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul
Label	Spring Records
Songwriter(s)	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Joe Simon singles chronology

"Drowning in the Sea of Love" is a 1971 song recorded by Joe Simon. 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.

Chart performance[]

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] 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)."

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1971–72)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	50
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[1]	8

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1972)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[5]	77
U.S. Cash Box^[6]	75

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Cash Box Top 100 1/29/72".
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

External links[]

Joe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of Love on YouTube

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[autogenerated1-1] "Cash Box Top 100 1/29/72".

[2] "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

[3] "Billboard Top 100 - 1972". Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2011-01-02.

[4] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[musicoutfitters-5] "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

[195a-6] "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

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v t Joe Simon
Studio albums	The Chokin' Kind The Sounds of Simon Drowning in the Sea of Love The Power of Joe Simon Get Down
Singles	"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" "The Chokin' Kind" "San Francisco Is a Lonely Town" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Drowning in the Sea of Love" "Power of Love" "Misty Blue" "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" "Funny How Time Slips Away"