"Silver Lady" is a pop single by

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. It was written by

Tony Macaulay Tony Macaulay (born Anthony Gordon Instone; 21 April 1944) is an English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter. He has won the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Award twice as 'Songwriter of the Year' (1970 an ...

and

Geoff Stephens Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer, most prolific in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. He wrote a long series of hit records, often in conjunction with other British so ...

and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.

Background

"Silver Lady" was the second and final number one hit on the UK Singles Chart for David Soul, spending three weeks at the top in October 1977. It had spent five weeks in the top ten before eventually toppling Elvis Presley. The single also spent four weeks at number one in Ireland, and peaked at number five in Australia, but fared less well in his homeland peaking at No. 52 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number No.23 on the

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chart. It can be found on his second album ''Playing to an Audience of One''. In the UK, the song was used in the 2013 film ''

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'', with Soul miming the song while he kerb crawls in his car at night, eventually picking up a prostitute, with group of female singers in the back seat singing the chorus, and a 2014 television advert for bus operator

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in which Soul is featured as a coach driver. As a result, the song re-entered the UK Charts at No. 145 in June 2014.Zobbel - UK top 200 entries, 28 June 2014
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Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1977 songs 1977 singles David Soul songs Songs written by Geoff Stephens Songs written by Tony Macaulay UK singles chart number-one singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Private Stock Records singles Song recordings produced by Tony Macaulay