Three Times a Lady

"Three Times a Lady"
Single by Commodores
from the album Natural High
B-side "Look What You've Done to Me"
Released 1978
Genre Soul
Length 3:36 (7" )
6:36 (12" )
Label Motown
Songwriter(s) Lionel Richie
Producer(s) James Anthony Carmichael

"Three Times a Lady" is a song by American soul group the Commodores, from their 1978 album Natural High. It was produced by James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores. It was also the only Motown song to reach the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 that year and the Commodores's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, topping the chart for two weeks on August 12, 1978 and also went to number one on the soul chart for two weeks.[1] The song spent three weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[2]

The song also reached #1 on the Canadian RPM Singles Chart for four weeks, and was one of only a few Motown singles to reach the top spot in the UK Singles Chart, staying there for five weeks.[3] The song was also successful in Ireland, staying at #1 in the charts for three consecutive weeks. It was #1 in Australia for five weeks, and reached #2 in New Zealand.

The original Commodores' version of the song was included as the final track on Lionel Richie's greatest hits compilation album Back To Front, released in 1992.

In an appearance on The Early Show on June 12, 2009, Lionel Richie said he was inspired to write the song because of a comment his father made about his mother. His father said to his mother "I love you. I want you. I need you. Forever" hence the three times a lady.[4]

Covers

"Three Times a Lady"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Lost in the Feeling
B-side "I Think I'm in Love"
Released November 1983
Format 7"
Recorded February 1–2, 1983
Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length 3:42
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Lionel Richie
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"We Had It All"
(1983)
"Three Times a Lady"
(1983)
"Somebody's Needin' Somebody"
(1984)

"We Had It All"
(1983)
"Three Times a Lady"
(1984)
"Somebody's Needin' Somebody"
(1984)

See also

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 62.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 356–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. "Interview: Lionel Richie". Channel24. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  5. Thom Jurek. "Lost in the Feeling - Conway Twitty | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
Preceded by
"Miss You" by The Rolling Stones
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
August 12, 1978 - August 19, 1978 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Grease" by Frankie Valli
Preceded by
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
August 12, 1978 – August 19, 1978 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Get Off" by Foxy
Preceded by
"My Angel Baby" by Toby Beau
Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single
August 19, 1978 - September 2, 1978 (3 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Chris Rea
Preceded by
"You're The One That I Want" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
UK Singles Chart number one single
August 19, 1978 - September 16, 1978 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Dreadlock Holiday" by 10cc
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