My Sweet Summer Suite

"My Sweet Summer Suite"
Single by Love Unlimited Orchestra
from the album My Sweet Summer Suite
B-side "Just Living It Up"
Released 1976 (1976)
Genre Disco
Length 4:55 (7" version)
7:17 (12" version)
5:01 (Album version)
Label 20th Century
Writer(s) Barry White
Producer(s) Barry White
Love Unlimited Orchestra singles chronology
"Midnight Groove"
(1975)
"My Sweet Summer Suite"
(1976)
"Theme from King Kong (Part 1)"
(1977)

"My Sweet Summer Suite" is a 1976 instrumental single by Love Unlimited Orchestra and written by Barry White, taken from the My Sweet Summer Suite album. The single was #1 for three non consecutive weeks on the Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart,[1] and crossed over to both the soul charts, peaking at #28 (Hot R&B charts), and to the pop charts, where it reached number forty-eight.[2] This single is often cited as a model of "Los Angeles-style" disco song.

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 363.
Preceded by
"Cherchez La Femme" / "Sour and Sweet" / "I'll Play the Fool" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Down to Love Town by The Originals
Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 number-one single
(with "Brazilian Love Song")

October 9–16, 1976
November 6, 1976
Succeeded by
"Midnight Love Affair" / "Crime Don't Pay" by Carol Douglas
Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) by Donna Summer
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