Like a Sad Song

1976 single by John Denver
"Like a Sad Song"
Single by John Denver
from the album Spirit
B-side"Pegasus"
ReleasedAugust 1976
GenreCountry pop
Length3:41
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)John Denver
Producer(s)Milton Okun
John Denver singles chronology
"It Makes Me Giggle"
(1976) 		"Like a Sad Song"
(1976) 		"Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight"
(1976)

"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

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

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

References

  1. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 4, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "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)
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