Imaginary Lover

"Imaginary Lover"
"Imaginary Lover"
Single by Atlanta Rhythm Section
from the album Champagne Jam
B-side	"Silent Treatment"
Released	February 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soft rock • Southern rock
Length	4:07
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Buie/Nix/Daughtry
Producer(s)	Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section singles chronology

"Imaginary Lover" is a 1978 hit single by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, the first release and greatest hit from their album Champagne Jam.

The song reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #9 in Canada. It is the group's second greatest hit, just behind "So in to You".

"Imaginary Lover" extols the virtues of fantasy and "private pleasure" as being an easy way to guaranteed satisfaction in the absence of an actual lover. It also implies the superiority at times of imaginary lovers to real ones, eliminating the complications of relating to an actual partner as well as the possibilities of disagreement, rejection, or boredom.

Nancy Sinatra included this on her 1998 album, Sheet Music.

Chart history[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia Kent Music Report	49
Canadian RPM Top Singles	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	7
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[3]	20
US Cash Box Top 100 ^[4]	9

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada ^[5]	74
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	51
US Cash Box ^[7]	73

References[]

^ "Rockin' The 70s - The Official Site of Mayo Performing Arts Center". www.mayoarts.org.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 20.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/27/78". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
^ "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". musicoutfitters.com.
^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

External links[]

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[1] "Rockin' The 70s - The Official Site of Mayo Performing Arts Center". www.mayoarts.org.

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

[3] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 20.

[4] "Cash Box Top 100 5/27/78". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

[5] "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

[6] "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". musicoutfitters.com.

[7] "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

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hide v t Atlanta Rhythm Section
Dean Daughtry Rodney Justo Steve Stone Justin Senker David Anderson Rodger Stephan Robert Nix James B. Cobb, Jr. Roy Yeager
Studio albums	Atlanta Rhythm Section (1972) Back Up Against the Wall (1973) Third Annual Pipe Dream (1974) Dog Days (1975) Red Tape (1976) A Rock and Roll Alternative (1976) Champagne Jam (1978) Underdog (1979) The Boys from Doraville (1980) Quinella (1981) Truth in a Structured Form (1989) Atlanta Rhythm Section '96 (1996) Partly Plugged (1997) Eufaula (1999)
Live albums	Live at The Savoy, New York October 27, 1981 (2000)
Compilations	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Atlanta Rhythm Section (2000)
Singles	"So in to You" (1977) "Imaginary Lover" (1978) "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (1978) "Do It or Die" (1979) "Spooky" (1979) "Alien" (1981)
Related articles	Discography