Peak
4
Weeks
22
Score
3,388
Chart Year
1977
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position4
Peak DateAug 27, 1977
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted22
Weeks in Top 4013
Weeks in Top 106
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc1,417
Weekly Calc1,971
Total Score3,388
Rankings
Year Ranking#50
Decade Ranking#319
Billboard Year#50
Top 5000#2,990
Details
Music Video
Notes
"Easy" is a song by American funk and soul band Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the Motown label. Group member Lionel Richie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "Just to Be Close to You", which spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart) and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977.[4] Released in March 1977, "Easy" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (for a single week, on July 16) and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of "Easy" paved the way for similar Richie-composed hit ballads such as "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", and also for Richie's later solo hits. American rock band Faith No More covered the song in 1992 on their album Angel Dust and released it as a single in December of that year. This version became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Australia and becoming a top-ten hit in eight other countries. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 58.
Know it sounds funny But I just can't stand the pain Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow Seems to me, girl You know I've done all I can You see, I begged, stole, and I borrowed, yeah, ooh That's why I'm easy I'm easy like Sunday morning That's why I'm easy I'm easy like Sunday morning Why in the world would anybody put chains on me, yeah? I've paid my dues to make it Everybody wants me to be What they want me to be I'm not happy when I try to fake it, no, ooh That's why I'm easy (yeah) I'm easy like Sunday morning, yeah That's why I'm easy I'm easy like Sunday morning I wanna be high, so high I wanna be free to know the things I do are right I wanna be free Just me, oh babe Ooh That's why I'm easy I'm easy like Sunday morning, yeah That's why I'm easy I'm easy like Sunday morning, whoa 'Cause I'm easy, woo Easy like Sunday morning, yeah 'Cause I'm easy Easy like Sunday morning, whoa
Chart History (22 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 4, 1977 | 78 | 48 |
| 2 | Jun 11, 1977 | 64 | 62 |
| 3 | Jun 18, 1977 | 47 | 79 |
| 4 | Jun 25, 1977 | 39 | 87 |
| 5 | Jul 2, 1977 | 32 | 94 |
| 6 | Jul 9, 1977 | 28 | 98 |
| 7 | Jul 16, 1977 | 21 | 105 |
| 8 | Jul 23, 1977 | 17 | 109 |
| 9 | Jul 30, 1977 | 13 | 113 |
| 10 | Aug 6, 1977 | 8 | 118 |
| 11 | Aug 13, 1977 | 7 | 119 |
| 12 | Aug 20, 1977 | 5 | 121 |
| 13 | Aug 27, 1977 | 4 | 122 |
| 14 | Sep 3, 1977 | 4 | 122 |
| 15 | Sep 10, 1977 | 7 | 119 |
| 16 | Sep 17, 1977 | 17 | 109 |
| 17 | Sep 24, 1977 | 42 | 84 |
| 18 | Oct 1, 1977 | 46 | 80 |
| 19 | Oct 8, 1977 | 61 | 65 |
| 20 | Oct 15, 1977 | 71 | 55 |
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