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Commodores

Three Times A Lady

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“Three Times a Lady” is a 1978 single from the funk/soul band the Commodores, from their 1978 album Natural High. It was produced by James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores and it was the most popular track of the album. In an appearance on The Early Show on June 12, 2009, Richie said the writer was inspired to write it by a comment his father made about his mother. Reportedly his father said to his mother “I love you. I want you. I need you. Forever” hence the three times It became the Commodores’s first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, topping the chart for two weeks on August 12, 1978. It was also the only Motown song to reach the Top 10 that year. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. It was one of only a few Motown singles to reach... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ You're once, twice, three times a lady ... And I love you... I love you

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More songs by Commodores (See Charts): Flying High, Only You, Turn Off The Lights, Keep On Taking Me Higher, United In Love, Too Hot Ta Trot, Sail On, Lady (You Bring Me Up), Old-Fashioned Love, and Oh No.

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