Sweet Life (Paul Davis song)

"Sweet Life"
"Sweet Life"
Single by Paul Davis
from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales
B-side	"Bad Dream"
Released	August 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:28
Label	Bang
Songwriter(s)	Paul Davis, Susan Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Benton; Paul Davis
Paul Davis singles chronology

"Sweet Life" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the third single he released from his 1977 album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales, and his fourth-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #17 on the Billboard chart in late 1978. On the Cash Box chart, the song spent three weeks at #15. The song also reached #15 in Canada.

"Sweet Life" spent five months on the U.S. charts, longer than any of Davis' other singles except "I Go Crazy."

Chart performance[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1978-79)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[1]	15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[2]	17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[3]	15
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	7
U.S. Billboard Country	85

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada ^[4]	104
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[5]	121

Other versions[]

A new version by Davis as a duet with Marie Osmond made the Country charts in 1988, reaching #47 (U.S.)^[2] and #55 (Canada).
A cover version was recorded by Frederick Knight and Fern Kinney the same year 1978 on Chimneyville Records based in Jackson, Mississippi, a subsidiary of Malaco Records.

References[]

^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links[]

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[1] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[autogenerated1955-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

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[4] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[5] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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Studio albums	Cool Night
Singles	"A Little Bit of Soap" "I Go Crazy" "Sweet Life" "Do Right" "Cool Night" "'65 Love Affair" "Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
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Compilation albums	The Best of Marie Osmond Magic of Christmas
Songs	"Paper Roses" "In My Little Corner of the World" "Who's Sorry Now?" "Meet Me in Montana" (with Dan Seals) "There's No Stopping Your Heart" "Read My Lips" "You're Still New to Me" (with Paul Davis) "I Only Wanted You" "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby" "Sweet Life" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
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