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King of the World is a 1980 album by French singer Sheila, released under the name Sheila and B. Devotion. The album which was both written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of American R&B band Chic includes the hit single "Spacer" which reached #18 on the UK charts in late 1979 and was a Top 10 hit in most of Europe, selling 5 million copies worldwide, and was twenty years later to be sampled by Swedish band Alcazar for their 2000 hit "Crying At The Discotheque" (#13 UK).
King of the World was one of four albums to be written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1980, the other three being Sister Sledge's Love Somebody Today, Chic's fourth studio album Real People and Diana Ross' multiplatinum selling diana which includes "Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" and "My Old Piano".
King of the World has been re-released on compact disc by both East-West Music and Rhino Records and a recent deluxe edition issued by Warner Music France includes bonus tracks - most of these are however re-recordings dating from 1998.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
Side A:

  1. "Spacer" - 6:15 Audio file "Sheila and B. Devotion - Spacer.ogg" not found
  2. "Mayday" - 3:44
  3. "Charge Plates And Credit Cards" - 4:26
  4. "Misery" - 3:02

Side B:

  1. "King Of The World" - 4:37
  2. "Cover Girls" - 3:17
  3. "Your Love Is Good" - 4:38 Audio file "Sheila and B. Devotion - Your Love Is Good.ogg" not found
  4. "Don't Go" - 4:32 Audio file "Sheila and B. Devotion - Don't Go.ogg" not found

Bonus tracks French deluxe edition:

  1. "Your Love Is Good" (Original US 12" Promo) - 4:50
  2. "Spacer" (Lost In Space Mix) - 6:45
  3. "Spacer" (Lost In Space Dub Mix) - 6:09
  4. "Spacer" (Down To Earth Mix) - 7:29
  5. "Spacer" (Remix Radio Edit) - 4:07
  6. "Spacer" (DMC Remix) - 7:49

Personnel

Production



Chic
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