I'm Lucky

"I'm Lucky"
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album Walk Under Ladders
B-side"Shine"
Released1981
StudioThe Town House (London)
Genre
Length3:05
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Joan Armatrading
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Joan Armatrading singles chronology
"All the Way from America"
(1980) 		"I'm Lucky"
(1981) 		"No Love"
(1982)

"I'm Lucky" is a song written and recorded by the Kittitian-English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released as a single from her seventh studio album, Walk Under Ladders (1981). The single peaked at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart, with its highest placing being No. 42 on the Dutch Single Top 100.

The song is notable for its heavy use of synthesizer played by Thomas Dolby, which lends the song an ethereal, dreamlike progressive pop quality.

B-side

The single featured as its B-side the original song "Shine", which remained unreleased on an album until the reissue of Walk Under Ladders.[1]

Charts

Chart Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 77
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] 42
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 46

References

  1. ^ "Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 10. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Joan Armatrading – I'm Lucky" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Joan Armatrading: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2020.