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King of the World (album)

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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 is one of four albums 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".
The King of the World album was re-released on compact disc by East-West Music (Warner Music) in 1996.

Track listing

Side A:

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

Side B:

  1. "King Of The World" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:37
  2. "Cover Girls" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:17
  3. "Your Love Is Good" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:50
  4. "Don't Go" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:32

Production

  • Bernard Edwards - record producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Bass - Bernard Edwards
  • Conductor - Gene Orloff
  • Drums - Tony Thompson
  • Guitar - Nile Rodgers
  • Keyboards - Andy Schwartz, Raymond Jones
  • Strings - Cheryl Hong, Karen Milne, Valerie Haywood
  • Backing vocals - Alfa Anderson, Fonzi Thornton, Luci Martin, Michelle Cobbs
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