Sweet Life (Paul Davis song)

"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"
Single by Paul Davis
from the album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales
B-side"Bad Dream"
ReleasedAugust 1978
Recorded1977
GenreSoft rock
Length3:28
LabelBang
Songwriter(s)Paul Davis, Susan Collins
Producer(s)Phil Benton
Paul Davis
Paul Davis singles chronology
"Darlin'"
(1978)		 "Sweet Life"
(1978)		 "Do Right"
(1980)

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

Chart performance

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.

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References
  1. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  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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