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Sylvia (Focus song)

"Sylvia"
Single by Focus
from the album Focus 3
B-side"Love Remembered"
"House of the King" (UK)
Released
  • April 1972 (NL)
  • December 1972 (UK)
  • July 1973 (US)[1]
Recorded1972
Olympic Studios
Genre
Length3:32
LabelImperial (Netherlands)
Sire (US)
Polydor (UK)
Songwriter(s)Thijs van Leer
Producer(s)Mike Vernon
Official audio
"Sylvia" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Sylvia"

"Sylvia" is a 1972 song by Dutch progressive rock band Focus. It was released on their 1972 album Focus 3. As a single, it became the band's biggest international hit, reaching number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, after entering the charts there on 27 January 1973.[2] and number 89 in the US Billboard chart in August.[3]

  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 299.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2004). British Hit Singles and Albums (17th ed.). London: Guinness world records. p. 207. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
  3. ^ Fowles, Paul; Wade, Graham (2012). Concise History of Rock Music. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-1619110168.

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