It also features the backup vocals from the Commodores during the Chorus. Jordan from Los Angeles, CaThis song features an electric guitar solo, in the instrumental section of the song.Jordan from Los Angeles, CaStings and brass instruments accompany this song as well.I also love the cadence, the delivery of the words to the tune, it's like walking down a long country path, slow and easy. "Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?" is the perfect question to ask people want to live their lives freely, anyone singing along to those lines sings as tho they're personally asking the question to anyone who would listen. Camille from Toronto, OhWhat an excellent song! "Easy like a Sunday morning" is such a poetic phrase that immediately draws a picture in your mind.Info courtesy of the Billboard book of #1 R&B hits. Dave from Wheaton, IlLionel wrote 'Easy' 'cause he was stung by charges that 'Just to be close to you' was 'too black' to played on pop radio.On the R&B Singles chart they had seven #1s. The week "Easy" peaked at #4 their next release, "Brick House", entered the Top 100 at position #72 and eventually reached #5.īetween 19 the group had twenty-five Top 100 records ten of them made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Three Times A Lady" (for 2 weeks in 1978) and "Still" (for 1 week in 1979). Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 29th 1977, "Easy" by the Commodores entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #78 and on August 21st it peaked at #4 (for 2 weeks) and spent 22 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd on July 10th, 1977 it reached #1 (for 1 week) on Billboard's R&B Singles chart (the record that preceded it and then succeeded it at #1 was "Best of My Love" by the Emotions).Relationship or Rehab, it's a beautiful composition. He wants to be himself again ("I wanna be free, just me"). Because when you're high you don't do the right things. He wants to be high (not on drugs.high on life), free to know the things he does is right. In this song, I feel he's saying that he's finally decided to really kick the habit and the thought of living a drug free life already makes him feel "easy, easy like Sunday morning". When one finally kicks the habit, they feel "easy like Sunday morning". When one is using (particularly opiates), they feel pain when it wears off ("I just can't stand the pain"). Only for drugs does one "beg, steal and borrow" although i guess people will do it to impress a girl. Back in the time this song was recorded, drugs were always referred to as a girl (she's alright, cocaine). I see it as a song about kicking a drug habit.
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