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"Easy Livin'" is a song by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released as the second single from their 1972 album Demons and Wizards. The band also shot a basic music video for the song in 1972. It was the band's first hit in the United States and the only top 40 hit there, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972.[2] The song's greatest success came in the Netherlands, where it reached No. 5,[3] as well as reaching the Top 20 charts in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. The song also peaked at No. 25 in Canada.[4] In 1988, the band released a live version of the song, with new vocalist Bernie Shaw, as a UK single from the album Live in Moscow.[5][6]

"Easy Livin'"
Single by Uriah Heep
from the album Demons and Wizards
B-side"Gypsy" (U.S. B-side: "All My Life")
ReleasedJuly 1972 [1]
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock
Length2:37
LabelBronze
Mercury (US)
Songwriter(s)Ken Hensley
Producer(s)Gerry Bron
Uriah Heep singles chronology
"The Wizard"
(1972)
"Easy Livin'"
(1972)
"Blind Eye"
(1972)

The song appeared on the 2006 compilation Easy Livin': Singles A's & B's and as a re-recorded version on the 2009 album Celebration – Forty Years of Rock.[7]


Success


"Easy Livin'" did not reach the UK Singles Chart but was a big success in Germany, reaching #15. It had its biggest success in the Netherlands, where it charted at #5, while in Finland it reached #17, in France #35 and in Australia #75. It reached the top 40 in the US. Along with "The Wizard", "Easy Livin'" helped the band achieve stardom in many countries.

The song has been included in most of their live sets since its introduction in 1973. It is Uriah Heep's second most covered song behind "Lady in Black".


Track listing


7" single
  1. "Easy Livin'" – 2:37
  2. "Gypsy" – 6:37

Cover versions



In pop culture


Three years after the song was released, "Easy Livin'" was one of the only two songs that were featured in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon.


Chart performance


Country (1972) Peak
position
Norway 9
Denmark 9[11]
France 35
Australia 75
The Netherlands 5
Finland 17
United States (Billboard Hot 100) 39
Canada[12] 25
Germany 15

Uses in other Uriah Heep albums



Various artists



Personnel



References


  1. "Uriah Heep singles".
  2. "Uriah Heep". Billboard.
  3. "Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'". GfK Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  4. "RPM Top Singles - Volume 18, No. 8, October 07 1972". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. Minkkinen, Tapio (c. 2010). "Uriah Heep 1970-2010" (PDF). Tapio Minkkinen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  6. "LIVE IN MOSCOW Singles releases". Heepfiles.info. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  7. "Celebration - Forty Years Of Rock". Heepfiles.info. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  8. "Radiomafia - Radiomafian Top 500 (V. 1995)". Archived from the original on 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  9. "NPO Radio 2 | Foutmelding". Radio2.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  10. "Vilperin Perikunta - Joulupukki (Easy Livin')". YouTube. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  11. "Easy Livin' : Uriah Heep". Danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  12. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 1, 1972" (PDF).
  13. Stephen Thoms Erlewine. "Uriah Heep biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

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«Easy Livin'» — песня Uriah Heep, композиция клавишника и вокалиста Кена Хенсли, впервые изданная в 1972 году на четвёртом студийном альбоме группы Demons and Wizards (Bronze/Mercury).



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