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Shanghai Breezes

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"Shanghai Breezes"
Single by John Denver
from the album Seasons of the Heart
B-side"What One Man Can Do"
ReleasedFebruary 1982
GenreCountry pop
Length3:12
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)John Denver
Producer(s)John Denver, Barney Wyckoff
John Denver singles chronology
"Perhaps Love"
(1982)
"Shanghai Breezes"
(1982)
"Seasons of the Heart"
(1982)

"Shanghai Breezes" is the title of a popular song by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his 1982 album Seasons of the Heart, "Shanghai Breezes" would become Denver's fifteenth and final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 31 during the spring of 1982. It also became the singer's ninth No. 1 song on the adult contemporary chart.

Record World said that "Denver's light vocals and the playful keyboard accompaniment bespeak a refreshing childlike innocence."[1]

Denver was inspired to write the song while visiting Shanghai, China in the early 1980's.

Chart performance

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 31
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 25
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 27, 1982. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  • Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)