Shanghai Breezes

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Name = Shanghai Breezes


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Artist = John Denver
Album = Seasons of the Heart
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Released = 1982
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
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Genre = Adult contemporary
Length = 3:12
Label = RCA Records
Writer = John Denver
Producer = John Denver, Barney Wyckoff
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"Shanghai Breezes" is the title of a popular song by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his 1982 album "Seasons of the Heart", "Shanghai Breezes" would become Denver's final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #31 during the spring of 1982. It also became the singer's ninth #1 song on the adult contemporary chart. His other #1 singles on this chart were:

*"Sunshine on My Shoulders" (1974, also #1 pop)
*"Annie's Song" (1974, also #1 pop)
*"Back Home Again" (1974, also #1 country)
*"Sweet Surrender" (1975)
*"I'm Sorry" (1975, also #1 pop and #1 country)
*"Fly Away" (1976)
*"Looking for Space" (1976)
*"Like a Sad Song" (1976)

Denver was killed in a plane crach on October 12, 1997 while piloting a small plane near the coast of the Pacific Ocean off Monterey, California.

References

*Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)