Easy Lady
{{Short description|1986 single by Spagna}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Easy Lady
| cover = Easy_lady.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Spagna
| album = Dedicated to the Moon
| B-side = Jealousy
| released = 1986
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| genre = Eurodisco{{cite magazine|title=IVANA SPAGNA|magazine=Billboard|date=22 June 1996 |access-date= 3 September 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Spagna+Eurodisco&pg=PA64|quote=Best-known outside of Italy for her '80s Euro-disco smash "Easy Lady," Ivana Spagna has reinvented herself as a '90s pop songstress.}}
| length = 4:08
| label = CBS
| writer =
- Ivana Spagna
- Larry Pignagnoli
- Giorgio Spagna
| producer =
- Larry Pignagnoli
- Theo
| prev_title = Rise Up (For My Love)
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Call Me
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ubVdTgzfE_o|"Easy Lady"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}
"Easy Lady" is a song by Italian singer Spagna, released in 1986 as the lead single from her debut studio album, Dedicated to the Moon (1987).
Although she and her brother, Theo Spagna, had already composed several songs for artists such as Boney M or Fun Fun, Spagna became known to the general public through this song.{{cite book |last=Habib |first=Elia |title=Muz hit. tubes |year=2002 |publisher=Alinéa Bis |page=82 |isbn=978-2-9518-8320-8}}
Commercial performance
"Easy Lady" topped the charts in Italy and Spain. The single debuted at number 12 in Switzerland on 31 August 1986, peaking at number two in its fifth week. In France, it debuted at number 38 before peaking at number four for three non-consecutive weeks, spending 10 weeks in the top 10. That same year, the song was certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), denoting sales in excess of 250,000 copies. The single has sold 80,000 copies in Italy and 600,000 copies in Europe.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-11-08.pdf|title=Spagna – The Italian Revelation Of 1986|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=44|date=8 November 1986|page=27|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}} Elsewhere, "Easy Lady" reached number 12 in West Germany, number 30 in Austria and number 62 in the United Kingdom.
Track listings
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- 7-inch single
:A. "Easy Lady" – 4:08
:B. "Jealousy" – 3:52
- 12-inch single
:A. "Easy Lady" – 6:55
:B. "Jealousy" – 5:25
- 12-inch single (club remix)
:A. "Easy Lady" (club remix) – 6:40
:B. "Jealousy" – 5:25
- Italian 12-inch single (Move On Up remix)
:A. "Easy Lady" (Move On Up remix) – 6:40
:B. "Easy Lady" (instrumental version) – 6:40
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- European 12-inch single (extended version)
:A. "Easy Lady" (extended version) – 6:55
:B. "Easy Lady" / "Call Me" (combimix) – 5:50
- UK 12-inch single (extended remix)
:A. "Easy Lady" (extended mix) – 6:55
:B1. "Easy Lady" / "Call Me" (combimix) – 5:50
:B2. "Jealousy" – 3:52
- UK 12-inch single
:A. "Easy Lady" (album mix) – 6:40
:B1. "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 4:15
:B2. "Jealousy" – 3:52
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Easy Lady" ! scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Austria|30|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020|refname="aut"}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|21|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine |title=European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=43 |date=1 November 1986 |page=20 |oclc=29800226}}
| 5 |
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| {{single chart|France|4|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020|refname="fra"}} |
| scope="row"| Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite magazine |title=Top 3 in Europe |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=41 |date=18 October 1986 |page=14 |oclc=29800226}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|24|artist=Spagna|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Spain (AFYVE)
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020|refname="swi"}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|62|artist=Spagna|artistid=24373|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020|refname="uk"}} |
| {{single chart|West Germany|12|songid=1486|artist=Spagna|song=Easy Lady|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Easy Lady" ! scope="col"| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 of the Year 1986 – European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=27 December 1986 |page=28 |oclc=29800226}}
| 24 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1986 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986 |website=hitparade.ch |language=de |access-date=7 January 2021}}
| 19 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Spagna|title=Easy Lady|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=1986|salesamount=400,000|source=infodisc|access-date=21 December 2020|refname="SNEP"|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Spagna|title=Easy Lady|nocert=true|type=single|relyear=1986|salesamount=80,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|title=Easy Lady|artist=Spagna|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|certref={{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|language=es|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE|location=Madrid|isbn=84-8048-639-2|page=921}}}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|artist=Spagna|title=Easy Lady|nocert=true|type=single|relyear=1986|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref={{cite magazine|first=Daniele|last=Caroli|title=Italian Dance Music With English Lyrics Is Selling Worldwide|magazine=Billboard|volume=99|issue=49|date=5 December 1987|page=I-1|issn=0006-2510}}}}
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