Dark Lady (song)
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| "Dark Lady" | ||
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| Single by Cher | ||
| from the album Dark Lady | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1973/1974 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:27 | |
| Label | MCA | |
| Writer(s) | Johnny Durrell | |
| Producer(s) | Snuff Garrett | |
| Certification | Gold | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Cher singles chronology | ||
| "Half-Breed" (1973) |
"Dark Lady" (1974) |
"Train of Thought" (1974) |
"Dark Lady" is a song released as a single in 1974 by singer/actress Cher. The song became Cher's third solo U.S. number one hit on March 23, 1974 and her last until "Believe" a quarter-century later.
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[edit] Song information and story
- "Dark Lady" (1974) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Her third #1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and one of Cher's biggest hits. The "Dark Lady" of the song's title is a fortune teller.
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The "Dark Lady" of the song's title is a fortune teller. The narrator of the song learns that her lover has been unfaithful to her with, as the fortune teller says, "someone else who is very close to you." The narrator returns home in a state of shock and then realizes that she had once smelled, in her own room, the perfume the fortune teller had been wearing. She races back to the fortune teller's place with a gun and catches her lover and the fortune teller in a romantic act, and shoots them both to death in a fit of rage.
In 1974, Dark Lady topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week becoming Cher's third solo number one hit. The song was also a number one hit in Canada and Sweden, a top ten hit in Norway and a top twenty hit in the Netherlands. Like Half-Breed, in Germany and the UK the song struggled, but managed to reach top forty status.
In 1999, Cher performed this song in her Do You Believe? Tour after 25 years. In 2002, she performed the song 325 times in her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour.
[edit] Music video
The first Dark Lady video was a live performance by Cher. In this performance Cher was dressed in all black and was wearing a black veil on her head. The second video of the song is a cartoon video. This second video follows the whole story of the song.
In 2002, a special remix medley was created by Dan-O-Rama for a video montage that was used in Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour. The medley contains the videos of "All I Really Want to Do", "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed" and "Dark Lady". Unlike the other videos "Dark Lady" was unique because both the live and the cartoon videos had been mixed.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 3 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 22 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Mega Top 50 Singles Chart | 17 |
| German Singles Chart | 36 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 36 |
[edit] Achievements
| Preceded by "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 23, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Sunshine on My Shoulders" by John Denver |
| Cher |
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| Also associated with: Sonny & Cher |
| Sonny & Cher discography |
| Cher discography |
| Studio albums: All I Really Want to Do - The Sonny Side of Cher - Cher - Backstage - With Love, Cher - 3614 Jackson Highway - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Foxy Lady - Bittersweet White Light - Half-Breed - Dark Lady - Stars - I'd Rather Believe in You - Cherished - Take Me Home - Prisoner - Black Rose - I Paralyze - Cher - Heart of Stone - Love Hurts - It's a Man's World - Believe - not.com.mercial - Living Proof - Live! The Farewell Tour |
| Main compilations: Greatest Hits - Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 - If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits - The Greatest Hits - The Very Best of Cher |
| Singles: See singles |
| Videography: See videography |
| Tours and concerts |
| The Wondrous World Tour - All I Ever Need Is You Tour - Allman and Woman Tour - Live in Monte Carlo - A Celebration at Caesar's Palace - Heart of Stone Tour - Love Hurts Tour - Do You Believe? Tour - Living Proof: The Farewell Tour |
