Released April 12, 1976 Length 3:27 | Genre R&B, Soul | |
Writer(s) Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole |
"Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" is a 1976 R&B/Soul song recorded by American singer Natalie Cole issued as lead single from her second album Natalie. It spent one week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles charts in 1976, becoming Cole's third consecutive #1 soul hit, and won Cole a second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. "Sophisticated Lady..." would not be one of Cole's biggest US Pop hits rising no higher than #25 on the Billboard Hot 100; however it provided Cole with a Top Ten hit in both Italy and New Zealand with respective peaks of #8 and #4; "Sophisticated Lady..." would remain Cole's only Top 20 hit in Italy and also her highest charting single in New Zealand although in 1988 "Pink Cadillac" would also reach #4 NZ.
Other versions
The song has also been recorded by Nadia Cassini and Anita Sarawak.