Easy ( Commodores song ) - wikipedia Easy ( Commodores song ) `` Easy '' A-side label of 1977 U.S. vinyl single Single by Commodores from the album Commodores B - side `` Ca n't Let You Tease Me '' Released March 18, 1977 ( 1977 - 03 - 18 ) Format 45 rpm record Recorded 1977 Genre Soul Length 3 : 58 ( single version ) 4 : 14 ( album version ) Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Lionel Richie Producer ( s ) James Anthony Carmichael Commodores Commodores singles chronology `` Fancy Dancer '' ( 1977 ) `` Easy '' ( 1977 ) `` Brick House '' ( 1977 ) `` Easy '' is a song by Commodores for the Motown label, from their fifth studio album, Commodores. Released in March 1977, `` Easy '' reached # 1 on the Billboard R&B chart, and # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of `` Easy '' paved the way for similar Lionel Richie - composed hit ballads such as `` Three Times a Lady '' and `` Still '', and also for Richie 's later solo hits. Richie wrote `` Easy '' with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group, given the success of a previous single, `` Just to Be Close to You '', which spent 2 weeks at # 1 on the Billboard R&B chart ( known as the Hot Soul Singles chart at that time ) and peaked at # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts in 1976. Contents 1 Content 2 Charts 3 Faith No More cover 3.1 Version differences 3.2 Track listings 3.2. 1 Songs to Make Love To 3.2. 2 I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive 3.2. 3 Japanese version 3.3 Charts 3.3. 1 Weekly charts 3.3. 2 Year - end charts 4 Sky Ferreira cover 5 Sampled 6 Footnotes 7 External links Content Written by Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow ballad expressing a man 's feelings as he ends a relationship. Rather than being depressed about the break - up, he states that he is instead `` easy like Sunday morning '' -- something which Richie described as evocative of `` small Southern towns that die at 11 : 30pm '' on a Saturday night, such as his own Tuskegee, Alabama. The re-recorded version is on Lionel Richie 's album Tuskegee which features country singer Willie Nelson. Charts Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position Ireland ( IRMA ) 18 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 24 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 12 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 9 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 9 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Billboard Hot 100 Faith No More cover `` Easy '' Single by Faith No More from the album Angel Dust Released December 29, 1992 ( 1992 - 12 - 29 ) ( Europe ) April 4, 1993 ( US ) Length 3 : 08 Label Slash Songwriter ( s ) Lionel Richie Producer ( s ) Matt Wallace Faith No More Faith No More singles chronology `` Everything 's Ruined '' ( 1992 ) `` Easy '' ( 1992 ) `` Another Body Murdered '' ( 1994 ) Alternative cover `` I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive '' cover Faith No More recorded a cover of `` Easy '' during the studio sessions for Angel Dust, following its repeated performance during live shows, but was released as the final single to the album in late 1992 / early 1993. The song was originally played to replace their cover of Black Sabbath 's `` War Pigs '', so the band would break from the typical rock band mould and to spite the heavy metal fans who attended Faith No More 's concerts expecting `` War Pigs ''. Bassist Billy Gould said the version was a straightforward cover because `` we like ( '' Easy `` ) in a painful kind of way. It gives us memories of our childhood ''. It is their highest - charting UK hit, reaching # 3, their second number one single on the Australian charts and their final charting single in the American chart Billboard Hot 100, peaking at # 58. It was originally issued on December 29, 1992, on the double A-side single with `` Be Aggressive '', listed as `` I 'm Easy '', in Europe and over three months later in America on the Songs to Make Love To EP, it was later included on the European version of their album Angel Dust. Other appearances include a 2006 commercial for Levi 's Jeans and as the theme tune for the TV programme Goals on Sunday. The biggest difference from the original is that Faith No More left out the second verse. Version differences The song was released under three titles : `` I 'm Easy '', `` I 'm Easy ( Cooler Version ) '', and `` Easy ''. The title varies depending upon the region of release or whether it was the single or part of the album Angel Dust. As a single, in most countries apart from the United States, Australia and Japan, releases had the title `` I 'm Easy ''. In the aforementioned countries, the title was simply `` Easy '' with the German special edition using `` I 'm Easy ( Cooler Version ) ''. There are at least two different mixes in circulation, all of which originate from the same studio recording of the song. The first mix has a voice - over by Mike Patton during the first few seconds of the song : `` Turn the lights out, baby. This one 's for the ladies in the house ''. It also has fewer guitar overdubs, a slightly different bass line before the guitar solo, and more reverb on the entire track. The second version, sometimes listed as the `` Cooler Version '' as titled on the German special edition of the single, lacks this voice - over but features a background string - synth arrangement throughout the song as well as the `` missing '' guitar parts not found in the other mix. The first version was featured on all London Records releases of the single and Angel Dust apart from the German special edition : `` I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive '' `` Easy '' ( Japanese release ) Angel Dust ( Japanese, European, Brazilian and Australian ( London Records version ) releases ) And the second version, known as the `` cooler version '', was featured on the Slash and Slash / Liberation releases of the single, on Angel Dust and on retrospective compilations release by Slash, London Records, Rhino and Liberation : `` Easy '' ( USA ) Songs to Make Love To ( USA and Canada ) `` I 'm Easy '' ( Australia ) Angel Dust ( iTunes digital and Australian ( Liberation version ) releases ) Who Cares a Lot ? This Is It : The Best of Faith No More Track listings Songs to Make Love to The Songs to Make Love To release, which was titled `` Easy '' on some pressings, was the American and Canadian release of the single. Its track list, which was almost identical to the German `` I 'm Easy '' -- special edition version which replaces track three with the re-recording of `` As the Worm Turns '' and is similar to the standard edition versions of `` I 'm Easy '' which had the Revolution 23 Full Moon mix of `` A Small Victory '' as its third and last track, is as follows : `` Easy '' -- 3 : 10 `` Das Schutzenfest '' -- 3 : 00 `` Midnight Cowboy '' ( John Barry ) -- 4 : 15 `` Let 's Lynch the Landlord '' ( Jello Biafra ) -- 2 : 56 I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive The double A-side release, `` I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive '', features `` Easy '' and `` Be Aggressive '' as its first two tracks in addition to two live tracks, with the exception of one fully live version which is identical to the Free Concert in the Park bonus disc and a two - track French version. The standard track list is as follows : `` I 'm Easy '' -- 3 : 06 `` Be Aggressive '' -- 3 : 40 `` A Small Victory '' ( Live † ) -- 4 : 49 `` We Care a Lot '' ( Live † ) -- 4 : 02 `` Mark Bowen '' ( Live † ) -- 3 : 15 Japanese version The Japanese version was released separately as a seven - track EP under the name of `` Easy '' with the `` I 'm Easy / Be Aggressive '' cover image along with six live tracks that also featured on other versions of the single ; its track list was as follows : `` Easy '' `` Easy '' ( Live † ) `` Be Aggressive '' ( Live † ) `` Land of Sunshine '' ( Live ‡ ) `` RV '' ( Live ‡ ) `` Kindergarten '' ( Live † ) `` A Small Victory '' ( Live † ) † Live in Munich, Germany on November 9, 1992 ‡ Live in Dekalb, Illinois, September 20, 1992 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 73 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 20 Ireland ( IRMA ) 5 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 10 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 6 Norway ( VG - lista ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 11 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 9 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 58 Year - end charts Chart ( 1993 ) Position New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 35 Sky Ferreira cover `` Easy '' Song by Sky Ferreira from the album Baby Driver ( Music from the Motion Picture ) Length 4 : 27 Label 30th Century Songwriter ( s ) Lionel Richie Producer ( s ) Nigel Godrich American singer and songwriter Sky Ferreira released a rendition of the song for the soundtrack of the 2017 film Baby Driver, in which she plays Baby 's mother. It was produced by Nigel Godrich. To promote the track, a music video directed by the film 's director, Edgar Wright, was released on September 4, 2017. Days later, on September 7, 2017 ; the video was finally uploaded to the 30th Records 's official VEVO account. Sampled `` Easy '' was sampled by the Houston - based rap group Geto Boys for the song `` Six Feet Deep '' from their 1993 album Till Death Do Us Part. It was also used as a sample in Cam'ron's song `` Hey Ma ''. Footnotes Jump up ^ australian-charts.com page on the Commodores version of Easy, retrieved on 24 February 2008 ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 130. Jump up ^ `` Tough Questions for Lionel Richie '', Spin Jump up ^ irishcharts.ie Archived 2009 - 06 - 03 at WebCite, Irish charts page for ' Faith No More, retrieved on 28 May 2008 Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Commodores -- Easy '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 7740. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Commodores -- Easy ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts, retrieved on 24 February 2008 Jump up ^ billboard.com page on the Commodores `` Easy '', retrieved on 24 February 2008 Jump up ^ Jem Aswad ( June 1992 ). `` Faith No More : Angel Dust in the wind ''. Issue 25. Reflex Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012 - 07 - 10. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Faith No More Takes It ' Easy ' On EP ; Prince & NPG open tour on florida, Billboard Jump up ^ `` Artists of the Year : Faith No More '', Spin ^ Jump up to : The PDF discography from FNM.com, retrieved on 24 February 2008 Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 1739. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Pennanen, Timo ( 2006 ). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 ( in Finnish ) ( 1st ed. ). Helsinki : Tammi. ISBN 978 - 951 - 1 - 21053 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Faith No More Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Faith No More ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Faith No More '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy ''. VG - lista. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Faith No More -- I 'm Easy ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Faith No More : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Faith No More Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` End of Year Charts 1993 ''. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ David Renshaw ( September 4, 2017 ). `` Watch Sky Ferreira 's `` Easy '' Video ``. The Fader. Jump up ^ Mike Nied ( September 8, 2017 ). `` Better Than Nothing : Sky Ferreira 's Cover Of `` Easy '' Is Now On YouTube ``. Idolator. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Commodores William King Walter Orange J.D. 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Question: who wrote the song easy like sunday morning
Answer: Lionel Richie