My Kinda Life

"My Kinda Life"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Every Face Tells a Story
B-side"Nothing Left for Me to Say"
Released25 February 1977
Recorded10 January 1977
StudioAbbey Road
GenrePop rock, Country rock
Length3:29
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Chris East
Producer(s)Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
(1976) 		"My Kinda Life"
(1977) 		"When Two Worlds Drift Apart"
(1977)
Music video
"My Kinda Life" on YouTube

"My Kinda Life" is a song by Cliff Richard from his album Every Face Tells a Story and the second single from the album following the debut single "Hey Mr. Dream Maker". It was released as a single in 1977 reaching No. 15 on the UK singles chart.[1] It peaked at No. 61 in Australia, No. 19 in Belgium,[2] No. 38 in Germany and No. 18 in the Netherlands.[3]

This was Richard's first standard two-song single to be released with a picture sleeve in the UK.[4]

Chart performance

Charts (1977) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 15
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 61
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 26
France (SNEP)[9] 15
Germany (GfK)[10] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 18

References

  1. ^ OfficialCharts: Cliff Richard Singles
  2. ^ Ultratop: Cliff Richard discography
  3. ^ DutchCharts.nl Cliff Richard - "My Kinda Life" song page
  4. ^ "Cliff Richard - The UK Singles". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992type=doc. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Kinda Life" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Kinda Life" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "France Singles Positions". Dominic Durand / Infodisc. Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  10. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Kinda Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Kinda Life" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.