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1977 unmarried by the Commodores

"Easy"
Easy by Commodores 1977 US vinyl A-side.jpg

A-side label of 1977 US vinyl single
Single past Commodores
from the album Commodores
B-side "Can't Let You Tease Me"
Released March 1977 (1977-03)
Genre Pop-soul[one]
Length
  • 4:xiv (anthology version)
  • four:50 (extended version)
Label Motown
Songwriter(southward) Lionel Richie
Producer(southward)
  • James Anthony Carmichael
  • Commodores[two]
Commodores singles chronology
"Fancy Dancer"
(1977) 		"Easy"
(1977) 		"Brick Business firm"
(1977)

"Easy" is a song past American band Commodores from their fifth studio anthology, Commodores, released on the Motown label. Group member Lionel Richie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it condign another crossover striking for the group given the success of a previous unmarried, "Just to Exist Close to You", which spent two weeks at number one on the U.s.a. Billboard Hot Soul Singles nautical chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs nautical chart) and peaked at number vii on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.[3]

Released in March 1977, "Easy" reached number i on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles nautical chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of "Easy" paved the fashion for similar Lionel Richie-composed striking ballads such equally "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", and besides for Richie's later solo hits.

American rock band Organized religion No More covered the vocal in 1992 and released it every bit a single in Dec of that yr. This version became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Australia and condign a top-ten hit in viii other countries. On the Billboard Hot 100, information technology peaked at number 58.

Content [edit]

Written past Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow carol expressing a man's feelings every bit a relationship ends. Rather than beingness depressed virtually the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy similar Sunday morning time"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small-scale Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Sabbatum night, such as his hometown Tuskegee, Alabama.[four] The vocal is written in the key of A ♭ major[5] and modulates upwards a semitone to A major.

In the bridge department, post-obit the opening line: "I wanna be high, so high", an electronic feedback sound, which reverberates an echo, is heard.

An electric guitar solo is heard in the instrumental section of the song.

The re-recorded version is on Lionel Richie's anthology Tuskegee which features country singer Willie Nelson.

Greenbacks Box called it "a bluesy carol that verifies the Commodores' versatility and professionalism every bit all-around musicians."[6]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Organized religion No More than version [edit]

"Easy"
Faith No More – Easy.jpg

CD maxi-unmarried variant of N American artwork
Unmarried by Organized religion No More
from the album Affections Dust
A-side "Be Aggressive" (Britain and Ireland)
B-side "Das Schutzenfest"
Released Dec 29, 1992 (1992-12-29)
Length iii:08
Label Slash
Songwriter(due south) Lionel Richie
Producer(south)
  • Matt Wallace
  • Faith No More
Faith No More singles chronology
"Everything'southward Ruined"
(1992) 		"Easy"
(1992) 		"Another Body Murdered"
(1994)

American rock band Faith No More recorded a comprehend of "Easy" (renamed "I'm Easy" in Europe) during the studio sessions for Angel Dust,[23] following its repeated performance during live shows. It was released equally the final single to the album in late 1992. The cover, which omits the second verse of the original, was originally played to replace their cover of Black Sabbath's "State of war Pigs", so the ring would break from the typical rock band mold and to spite the heavy metal fans who attended Organized religion No More'south concerts expecting "War Pigs". Bassist Billy Gould said the version was a straightforward comprehend because "we like ["Like shooting fish in a barrel"] in a painful kind of way. It gives us memories of our childhood".[24] [25] When asked nigh the cover, Lionel Richie himself replied that "I was really quite flattered near the vocal. Yes, I loved it!"[26]

"Easy" was originally issued on Dec 29, 1992, as a double A-side single with "Be Aggressive". The double A-side peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's highest-charting UK hit, and number five on the Irish gaelic Singles Chart. "Easy" as well reached number one in Australia for two weeks in May 1993 and peaked within the top five on the charts of Belgium, Republic of finland, Iceland, Ireland and Norway. In the United States, the song was Faith No More than'due south last single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 58 in Apr 1993. It was later included on the European version of their anthology Affections Grit.

Version differences [edit]

The song was released under three titles: "I'grand Easy", "I'm Easy (Cooler Version)", and "Easy". The title varies depending upon the region of release or whether it was the single or part of the album Angel Dust. As a unmarried, in almost countries autonomously from the United States, Commonwealth of australia and Japan, releases had the championship "I'm Easy". In the aforementioned countries, the title was simply "Like shooting fish in a barrel" with the High german special edition using "I'1000 Like shooting fish in a barrel (Cooler Version)". At that place are at least two dissimilar mixes in apportionment, all of which originate from the same studio recording of the song. The first mix has a voice-over by Mike Patton during the showtime few seconds of the song: "Plough the lights out, babe. This one's for the ladies in the house". It also has fewer guitar overdubs, a slightly different bass line earlier the guitar solo, and more reverb on the entire runway. The second version, sometimes listed as the "Cooler Version" as titled on the German special edition of the single, lacks this voice-over only features a background string-synth system throughout the song likewise every bit the "missing" guitar parts not found in the other mix. This latter version is the one used in the music video for the vocal.

The beginning version was featured on all London Records releases of the unmarried and Affections Grit apart from the German language special edition:

  • "I'm Easy/Be Aggressive"
  • "Like shooting fish in a barrel" (Japanese release)
  • Angel Grit (Japanese, European, Brazilian and Australian [London Records version] releases)

And the 2d version, known equally the "Cooler Version", was featured on the Slash and Slash/Liberation releases of the single, on Angel Dust and on retrospective compilations release past Slash, London Records, Rhino and Liberation:

  • "Easy" (The states)
  • Songs to Make Love To (US and Canada)
  • "I'm Easy" (Australia)
  • Angel Grit (iTunes digital and Australian [Liberation version] releases)
  • Who Cares a Lot?
  • This Is It: The Best of Faith No More

Rails listings [edit]

Songs to Make Love To [edit]

The Songs to Make Honey To release, which was titled "Easy" on some pressings, was the American and Canadian release of the single. Its track list, which was nigh identical to the German "I'm Easy" – special edition version which replaces rail three with the re-recording of "As the Worm Turns" and is similar to the standard edition versions of "I'm Easy" which had the Revolution 23 Full Moon mix of "A Small Victory" as its tertiary and terminal track, is equally follows:[27]

  1. "Easy" – three:ten
  2. "Das Schutzenfest" – three:00
  3. "Midnight Cowboy" (John Barry) – four:15
  4. "Let'due south Lynch the Landlord" (Jello Biafra) – 2:56

I'yard Easy/Be Ambitious [edit]

The double A-side release, "I'm Easy/Be Aggressive", features "Easy" and "Be Aggressive" every bit its first two tracks in addition to two alive tracks, with the exception of one fully alive version which is identical to the Gratuitous Concert in the Park bonus disc and a 2-track French version. The standard track list is as follows:[27]

  1. "I'grand Easy" – 3:06
  2. "Exist Aggressive" – 3:40
  3. "A Small Victory" (Live †) – iv:49
  4. "Nosotros Care a Lot" (Live †) – iv:02
  6. "Mark Bowen" (Live †) – iii:15

Japanese version [edit]

The Japanese version was released separately equally a seven-rails EP under the proper name of "Easy" with the "I'thou Easy/Exist Aggressive" cover image along with six live tracks that also featured on other versions of the unmarried; its track list was as follows:[27]

  1. "Like shooting fish in a barrel"
  2. "Easy" (Alive †)
  3. "Be Aggressive" (Live †)
  4. "Country of Sunshine" (Live ‡)
  5. "RV" (Alive ‡)
  6. "Kindergarten" (Live †)
  7. "A Small Victory" (Alive †)

† Live in Munich, Germany on November 9, 1992
‡ Live in Dekalb, Illinois, September 20, 1992

Charts and certifications [edit]

In popular culture [edit]

Religion No More'due south version appeared in a 2006 commercial for Levi's Jeans and is the theme melody for the TV plan Goals on Sun.

Sky Ferreira version [edit]

American vocaliser and songwriter Sky Ferreira released a rendition of the song for the soundtrack of the 2017 film Infant Driver, in which she plays Baby's female parent. Information technology was produced by Nigel Godrich. To promote the track, a music video directed by the film's director, Edgar Wright, was released on September 4, 2017.[56] On September 7, 2017, the video was uploaded to the 30th Records's official VEVO account.[57]

Other versions [edit]

Boyz Two Men covered the vocal on their 2011 anthology Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA

Samples [edit]

"Easy" was sampled by the Houston-based rap grouping Geto Boys for the song "Six Anxiety Deep" from their 1993 album Till Decease Practise Us Function. It was besides used as a sample in Cam'ron's song "Hey Ma".[ citation needed ]

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