SingSnap - lazarus57 - Easy

lazarus57 - Easy - Acoustic*

lazarus57

Jun 14, 2025 03:05pm

ACOUSTIC VIBES ONE ROUND CONTEST<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/FNG6/a1815974d4_XDGU_media.jpg?w=700"> "Easy" is a song by American band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Commodores</a> from their fifth studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Commodores</a> (1977), released on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Motown</a> label. Group member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lionel Richie</a> wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_to_Be_Close_to_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Just to Be Close to You</a>", which spent two weeks at number one on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hot Soul Singles</a> chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart) and peaked at number seven on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a> in 1977.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a>Released in March 1977, "Easy" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (for a single week, on July 16) and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of "Easy" paved the way for similar Richie-composed hit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ballads</a> such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Times_a_Lady" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Three Times a Lady</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_(Commodores_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Still</a>", and also for Richie's later solo hits.American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_No_More" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Faith No More</a> covered the song in 1992 on their album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Dust_(Faith_No_More_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Angel Dust</a> and released it as a single in December of that year. This version became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Australia and becoming a top-ten hit in eight other countries. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 58.ContentWritten by Commodores lead singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lionel Richie</a>, the song is a slow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ballad</a> expressing a man's relief as a relationship ends. Rather than being depressed about the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy like Sunday morning"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Saturday night, such as his hometown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee,_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tuskegee, Alabama</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-books.google-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> The song is written in the key of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-flat_major" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">A♭ major</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">modulates</a> up a semitone to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_major" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">A major</a>.In the bridge section, following the opening line: "I wanna be high, so high", there is a distinctive electric guitar glide. An electric guitar solo is heard in the instrumental section of the song.Richie re-recorded a version of the song for his 2012 studio album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tuskegee</a> which features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country</a> singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Willie Nelson</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a>Reception<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cash Box</a> called it "a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">bluesy</a> ballad that verifies the Commodores' versatility and professionalism as all-around musicians."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-cb-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Record World</a> said that "the Commodores become the latest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">r&b</a> outfit to shift gears and offer a ballad – it's one of their best melodies."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)#cite_note-rw-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.7697e27f6f2b1b433307a5a2ff422345?rik=oQn38XddrX1ebg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="Lionel Richie - Easy (Tradução) - YouTube"> <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWdV5cutw7g/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Lionel Richie - Easy ♫♪ - YouTube Music">