“Easy Livin” by Uriah Heep

"Easy Livin'" was the song that cracked America for Uriah Heep. Ken Hensley wrote it, Gerry Bron produced it, and Bronze issued it in 1972 as the second single from Demons and Wizards, following "The Wizard". That September it peaked at No. 39 on Billboard's Hot 100, the British hard rockers' first US hit and the only one to make the top 40 there.

Elsewhere it did even better: No. 5 in the Netherlands, the top 20 in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany, and No. 25 in Canada. The song never really went away, either. A live take from Live in Moscow, sung by new vocalist Bernie Shaw, came out as a UK single in 1988, the 2006 compilation Easy Livin': Singles A's & B's borrowed its name, and the band re-recorded it for Celebration – Forty Years of Rock in 2009.

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