Lady

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single song

"Lady" is a 1980 country-pop love ballad by Kenny Rogers, written and produced by Lionel Richie, that became one of Rogers' signature hits.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lady (song) 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Greatest Hits (Kenny Rogers album) ⓘ
bSide Sweet Music Man ⓘ
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport top 10 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart top 10 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardAdultContemporary 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHotCountrySingles 1 ⓘ
compilationInclusion Greatest Hits (Kenny Rogers album) ⓘ
surface form: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1980s ⓘ
era post-disco era ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre adult contemporary ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
hasInstrumentation orchestral arrangement ⓘ
piano ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
strings ⓘ
hasISRC USLU68000012 ⓘ
hasKey C major (commonly cited performance key) ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle ballad ⓘ
hasPopularity one of the best-known Kenny Rogers songs ⓘ
hasType love ballad ⓘ
hasVocalRange baritone lead vocal ⓘ
includedIn Kenny Rogers live concert setlists ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Kenny Rogers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:54 ⓘ
name Lady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor collaboration between Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie ⓘ
crossover success on pop and country charts ⓘ
originalArtist Kenny Rogers ⓘ
performer Kenny Rogers ⓘ
producer Lionel Richie ⓘ
recordLabel Liberty Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
songwriter Lionel Richie ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme romantic love ⓘ
vocalist Kenny Rogers ⓘ
writer Lionel Richie ⓘ
yearEndChartUSBillboardHot100 3 (1981) ⓘ

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Lady → name → Lady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady (song)
D'Angelo → notableSong → Lady ⓘ
Kenneth → notableWork → Lady ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenneth Ray Rogers