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1988 Lady in Black - 2:36 Castle Music Ltd.1985 The Best of Uriah Heep - 2:37 Ariola.1976 The Best of Uriah Heep - 2:36 Mercury.1972 Demons and Wizards - 2:37 Bronze Records.Three years after the song was released, "Easy Livin '" was one of the only two songs that were featured in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon. Ruby the Hatchet released a version of the song in 2019 as a single, and it's become a regular part of their live set.Dreamer band has covered the song on the albums Heepsteria Extra – A Tribute to Uriah Heep in 1999 and Tribute to Uriah Heep – Heepsteria in 2000.Cooper covered the song on his 1999 solo album D.C. Punk band The Dickies covered the song on their 1998 album Dogs from the Hare That Bit Us.Blackfoot covered the song for their live albums Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1998 and On the Run–Live in 2004.Angel Dust covered the song for their album Border of Reality in 1998.Also, a Christmas single, "Joulupukki" with alternative lyrics was released in 1992. Finnish artist Vilperin Perikunta made a cover of the song with its lyrics translated in Finnish, titled "Piirimyyjä" in 1992.on their 1986 album Inside the Electric Circus and on the B-side of their 1986 single "95-Nasty". Soviet band Aquareli covered the song with English lyrics as "Takova zhyzn'" for their album Solnechnyi luch v moem serdtce (" You Are the Sunshine of My Life") in 1979.Czechoslovakian band Synkopy 61 covered the song with changed lyrics in Czech as "Bílý vrány" (english: "White Crow") for their album Xantipa in 1973.James Last made an instrumental cover of the song in 1972.It is Uriah Heep's second most covered song behind " Lady in Black". The song has been included in most of their live sets since its introduction in 1973. In 1995, Radiomafia added "Easy Livin '" to their list of "Top 500 Songs".It reached the top 40 in the US.Īlong with " The Wizard", "Easy Livin'" helped the band achieve stardom in many countries. It had its biggest success in the Netherlands, where it charted at #5, while in Finland it reached #17, in France #35 and in Australia #75. "Easy Livin '" did not reach the UK Singles Chart but was a big success in Germany, reaching #15. The song appeared on the 2006 compilation Easy Livin': Singles A's & B's and as a re-recorded version on the 2009 album Celebration – Forty Years of Rock. In 1988, the band released a live version of the song, with new vocalist Bernie Shaw, as a UK single from the album Live in Moscow. 5, as well as reaching the Top 20 charts in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. The song's greatest success came in the Netherlands, where it reached No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972.
It was the band's first hit in the United States and the only top 40 hit there, peaking at No. The band also shot a basic music video for the song in 1972. " Easy Livin' " is a song by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released as the second single from their 1972 album Demons and Wizards.