Like a Sad Song
| "Like a Sad Song" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by John Denver | ||||
| from the album Spirit | ||||
| B-side | "Pegasus" | |||
| Released | August 1976 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Denver | |||
| Producer(s) | Milton Okun | |||
| John Denver singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Like a Sad Song" is a song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter John Denver, released as a single from his 1976 album, Spirit. Although it only reached No.36 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Like a Sad Song" became Denver's eighth single to reach No.1 on the easy listening chart within the span of three years.
Cash Box said that "Denver handles the ballad on acoustic guitar with sensitive string backing."[1] Record World called it "a soft spoken love song" in which "[Denver's] vocal grabs your attention and holds on until the song's end."[2]
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 63 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 36 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 34 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 4, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 4, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
 | This 1970s country song–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |