Suddenly is the fifth studio album

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 by Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...

, released in 1984

1984 in music

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. It featured his first major U.S.

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 pop

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 hit single

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 "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 record chart

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Track listing

All songs written by Billy Ocean and Keith Diamond, except where noted.

1. "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" - 7:55
2. "Mystery Lady" (James Woodley) - 4:58
3. "Syncopation" (Jolyon Skinner) - 5:15
4. "The Long and Winding Road
   The Long and Winding Road
   "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet...
   
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   , Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   ) - 4:40
5. "Loverboy
   Loverboy (Billy Ocean song)
   "Loverboy" was Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and reached a chart high of number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club...
   
   " (Robert Lange) - 5:13
6. "Lucky Man" - 3:58
7. "Dancefloor" (Barry J. Eastmond) - 4:15
8. "If I Should Lose You" - 3:56
9. "Suddenly
   Suddenly (Billy Ocean song)
   "Suddenly" is a popular song from 1985 written and performed by the Trinidadian-born, British-based pop music singer Billy Ocean. It is the title track to the singer's 1984 breakthrough album, which was produced by Keith Diamond....
   
   " - 3:55

On the European release, the first track was "European Queen (No More Love On The Run)" (4:50), replacing "Caribbean Queen".

Expanded Edition (released July 2011)

Bonus Tracks

10. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (Extended Mix)

11. Lucky Man (Extended Version)

12. Mystery Lady (Extended Version)

13. Loverboy (Extended Mix)

Personnel

• Simmons & Linn Drums: Billy Ocean
• Drums on tracks 4 and 9: Terry Silverlight
  Terry Silverlight
  Terry Silverlight is a jazz, pop, rock and R&B drummer, composer, producer, arranger and author.Silverlight was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey. He made his debut as a drummer on Barry Miles 's White Heat album, recorded in 1971 when Silverlight was fourteen...
  
  
• Percussion: Tony Maroni, Andy Newton
• Bass: Timmy Allen
• Synth Bass: Keith Diamond
  Keith Diamond (songwriter)
  Keith Diamond was a songwriter and producer who worked with artists such as Donna Summer, Michael Bolton, Sheena Easton, Mick Jagger and Don Johnson. Diamond also produced and wrote Billy Ocean's "Suddenly," "Caribbean Queen ," "Loverboy" and "Mystery Lady," as well as producing and managing...
  
  
• Keyboards, Synthesizer - Barry J. Eastmond
• Guitar - Clarence "Binky" Brice, Eddie Martinez
  Eddie Martinez
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  , Geoff Whitehorn, Vic Linton
• Saxophone - Jeff Smith
• Backing vocals - Cindy Myzelle, Chrissie Faith, Curtis King, Katie Kissoon, Lisa Fischer
  Lisa Fischer
  Lisa Fischer is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 1991 with her debut album So Intense, which produced the Grammy Award winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". Known for her high notes, which extends into the whistle register, Fischer has been recognized as one of...
  
  , Meekaeel M., Stevie Lange, Keith Diamond
• String Arrangements By Barry Eastmond

Production

• Produced By Keith Diamond
• Mixed By Keith Diamond & Bryan "Chuck" New
• Engineered By Pete Robbins, Steve Goldman & Chuck New

Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	U.S. Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	Album
1984	"European Queen (No More Love On The Run)"	-	-	-	82	Suddenly (European version)
	"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"	1	1	1	6	Suddenly
1985	"Loverboy Loverboy (Billy Ocean song) "Loverboy" was Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and reached a chart high of number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club... "	2	20	1	15
	"Suddenly Suddenly (Billy Ocean song) "Suddenly" is a popular song from 1985 written and performed by the Trinidadian-born, British-based pop music singer Billy Ocean. It is the title track to the singer's 1984 breakthrough album, which was produced by Keith Diamond.... "	4	5	-	4
	"Mystery Lady"	24	10	-	49