Song · The Commodores
“Easy” by The Commodores
Released 1977
“Easy” by The Commodores appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1977. Its best result is #1544 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,829 indie & aaa song of all time.
The Commodores slipped "Easy" onto Commodores, their fifth studio album and a 1977 Motown release, and it's a funk band throttling all the way down for a ballad. Lionel Richie wrote both words and music with one eye on the pop charts: the group's previous single, "Just to Be Close to You", had spent two weeks on top of the soul chart and crossed over to number seven on the Hot 100, and he wanted another one like it.
He got it. Out in March 1977, "Easy" held number one on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart for a week in July and went to number four on the Hot 100. More than that, it opened the door for the Richie ballads that followed, "Three Times a Lady" and "Still" among them, and in time for his solo hits.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1544 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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