Complex sentence: Originally an uptempo song, Sedaka re-recorded it as a ballad in 1975 and the new version peaked at number eight in February 1976 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart.
Split into simpler sentences: Originally an uptempo song, Sedaka re-recorded it as a ballad in 1975. Sedaka's slow version peaked at number eight in February 1976 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart.