Sweet Seasons

"Sweet Seasons"
Single by Carole King
from the album Music
B-side "Pocket Money"
Released January 1972
Genre Folk rock, soft rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 3:14
Label Ode Records
A&M Records
Sony/BMG
Writer(s) Toni Stern, Carole King
Producer(s) Lou Adler
Carole King singles chronology
"So Far Away"
(1971)		 "Sweet Seasons"
(1972)		 "Been to Canaan"
(1972)

“Sweet Seasons” is a song written by Carole King and appeared on her 1971 album Music. It was the only charting single from the album, and was her second of four U.S. Top 10 hits.

The song reached number nine in the United States and number 12 in Canada. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit in both nations, reaching numbers 3 and 21, respectively.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia Go-Set 19
Australia KMR[1] 23
Canada RPM 100 Singles 12
Canada Adult Contemporary[2] 21
U.S. Adult Contemporary 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1972) Rank
Australia KMR[4] 162
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[5] 94
U.S. Cash Box [6] 84

Covers

"Sweet Seasons" has been covered by several musicians, including Francis Yip (1973) and Micky Dolenz (2010).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 3/04/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  6. ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  7. ↑ "Cover versions of Sweet Seasons by Carole King". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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