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"Lady"
"Lady"
	North American 7" picture sleeve
Single by Little River Band
from the album Sleeper Catcher
B-side	"Happy Anniversary"/"Take Me Home"
Released	September 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	3:31 (7" version), 4:50 (album version)
Label	EMI (Australia); Harvest (US/Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Graeham Goble
Producer(s)	John Boylan, Little River Band
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"Lady" is a song written by Graeham Goble and performed by Australian rock music group Little River Band. It was released in September 1978 as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Sleeper Catcher. The song peaked at number 46 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.^[2] The song also peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100^[3] in April 1979.

Background[edit]

Goble said "A girl (I never met) inspired "Lady" when she danced in front of Mississippi at the Matthew Flinders Hotel, Melbourne 1973."^{[citation needed]}

Track listings[edit]

Australian 7" (EMI 11800): A. "Lady" - 3:31; B. "Happy Anniversary"

New Zealand 7" (EMI 1036): A. "Lady" - 3:31; B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07

North American 7" (Harvest 4667): A. "Lady" - 3:31; B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07

Spanish version (OZ Records 10C 006-082647): A. "Señorita" - 3:55; B. "Recordando" - 4:11

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1978/1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	46
Canada (RPM Top Singles)^[4]	29
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)^[5]	4
New Zealand	17
U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)	10
U.S. (Easy Listening)^[6]	7
U.S. (Cash Box)^[7]	10

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1979)	Rank
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)^[8]	70
U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)^[9]	42
U.S. (Cash Box)^[10]	78

References[edit]

^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 507.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 147.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 4/07/79". Cash Box. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979". Cash Box. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

External links[edit]

Listen to "Lady" on YouTube

[1] "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[aus-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 507.

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

[5] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 147.

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 4/07/79". Cash Box. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[8] Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[9] "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[10] "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979". Cash Box. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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 | name       = Lady
 | cover      = Lady_-_Little_River_Band.jpg
+| caption = North American 7" picture sleeve
 | alt        =
 | type       = single
 | artist     = [[Little River Band]]
-| album      = [[Sleeper Catcher]]
+| album      = [[Sleeper Catcher]]<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sleep|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>
-| B-side     = Take Me Home
+| B-side     = "Happy Anniversary"/"Take Me Home"
-| released   = January 1979
+| released   = September 1978
-| format     = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
 | recorded   = 1978
 | studio     =
 | venue      =
 | genre      = [[Pop rock]], [[soft rock]]
-| length     = 3:31 (7" version)
+| length     = 3:31 (7" version), 4:50 (album version)
 | label      = [[EMI Records|EMI]] (Australia)<br>[[Harvest Records|Harvest]] (US/Canada)
 | writer     = [[Graeham Goble]]
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 }}
-"'''Lady'''" is a 1978 song written by [[Graeham Goble]], and performed by Australian rock music group [[Little River Band]]. It was the second single release from their ''[[Sleeper Catcher]]'' album.  The song was their second Top 10 hit in the U.S., peaking at #10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in March 1979 and #7 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary|Easy Listening]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}</ref>
+"'''Lady'''" is a song written by [[Graeham Goble]] and performed by Australian rock music group [[Little River Band]]. It was released in September 1978 as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, ''[[Sleeper Catcher]]''. The song peaked at number 46 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] singles chart.<ref name="aus"/> The song also peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=507}}</ref> in April 1979.
+==Background==
-==Chart performance==
+Goble said "A girl (I never met) inspired "Lady" when she danced in front of [[Mississippi (band)|Mississippi]] at the Matthew Flinders Hotel, Melbourne 1973."{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
-{{col-begin|width=67%}}
-{{col-2}}
+==Track listings==
+; Australian 7" (EMI 11800)
+:A. "Lady" - 3:31
+:B. "Happy Anniversary"
+; New Zealand 7" (EMI 1036)
+:A. "Lady" - 3:31
+:B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07
+; North American 7" (Harvest 4667)
+:A. "Lady" - 3:31
+:B. "So Many Paths" - 5:07
+; Spanish version (OZ Records 10C 006-082647)
+:A. "Señorita"	- 3:55
+:B. "Recordando" - 4:11
+==Charts==
 ===Weekly charts===
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 |-
-!Chart (1979)
+!Chart (1978/1979)
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-|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref>
+| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=179}}</ref>
 |align="center"|46
 |-
-|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref name="bac-lac">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0125a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0125a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0125a|title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
+|Canada (''RPM'' Top Singles)<ref name="bac-lac">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0125a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0125a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0125a|title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
 |align="center"|29
 |-
-|Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0104&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0104.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0104|title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>
+|Canada (''RPM'' Adult Contemporary)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0104&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0104.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0104|title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>
 |align="center"|4
 |-
-|New Zealand
+| New Zealand {{single chart|New Zealand
 |align="center"|17
 |-
-|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
+|U.S. ([[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]])
 |align="center"|10
 |-
-|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}</ref>
+|U.S. ([[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]])<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}</ref>
 |align="center"|7
 |-
-|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19790407.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 4/07/79|work=Cash Box|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
+|U.S. (''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19790407.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 4/07/79|work=Cash Box|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
 | style="text-align:center;"|10
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 ===Year-end charts===
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-|Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6855a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.6855a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6855a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=17 July 2013|work=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
+|Canada (''RPM'' Adult Contemporary)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6855a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.6855a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6855a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=17 July 2013|work=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
 | style="text-align:center;"|70
 |-
-|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979|work=musicoutfitters.com|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
+|U.S. (''Billboard'' Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979|work=musicoutfitters.com|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
 | style="text-align:center;"|42
 |-
-|U.S. ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979 |work=Cash Box |accessdate=10 July 2016 }}</ref>
+|U.S. (''Cash Box'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979 |work=Cash Box |accessdate=10 July 2016 }}</ref>
 | style="text-align:center;"|78
 |}
-{{col-end}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+* {{YouTube|raAo0NCNQLI|Listen to "Lady"}}
-* {{MetroLyrics song|little-river-band|lady}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
-* {{YouTube|raAo0NCNQLI|Listen to "Lady"}}
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-[[Category:1979 singles]]
+[[Category:1978 singles]]
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-[[Category:Pop ballads]]
-[[Category:Rock ballads]]
-[[Category:1970s ballads]]

v t e Little River Band
Wayne Nelson Chris Marion Ryan Ricks Colin Whinnery Bruce Wallace Graeham Goble Beeb Birtles Derek Pellicci Glenn Shorrock Roger McLachlan Graham Davidge Dave Orams Ric Formosa David Briggs George McArdle Geoff Cox Mal Logan Barry Sullivan Stephen Housden John Farnham David Hirschfelder Steve Prestwich Malcolm Wakeford James Roche Peter Beckett Tony Sciuto Richard Bryant Steve Wade Hal Tupea Paul Gildea Kevin Murphy Adrian Scott Glenn Reither Kip Raines Billy Thomas Mel Watts Greg Hind Rich Herring
Studio albums	Little River Band After Hours Diamantina Cocktail Sleeper Catcher First Under the Wire Time Exposure The Net Playing to Win No Reins Monsoon Get Lucky
Live albums	Backstage Pass Live in America Live Classics
Compilation albums	It's a Long Way There (Greatest Hits) Greatest Hits Too Late to Load Worldwide Love The Classic Collection The Definitive Collection Ultimate Hits Masterpieces
Videos & DVDs	Live Exposure
Singles	"Curiosity (Killed the Cat)" "Emma" "Everyday of My Life" "It's a Long Way There" "I'll Always Call Your Name" "Help Is on Its Way" "Witchery" "Home on Monday" "Happy Anniversary" "Shut Down Turn Off" "Reminiscing" "Lady" "Lonesome Loser" "Cool Change" "The Night Owls" "Man on Your Mind" "Take It Easy on Me" "Down on the Border" "St. Louis" "The Other Guy" "When the War Is Over" "Love Is a Bridge" "When Will I Be Loved" "Forever Blue"
Related articles	Members Discography Awards Birtles Shorrock Goble Birtles & Goble Mississippi We Two Pty Ltd v Shorrock (2002)
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