Suddenly (Billy Ocean song)

"Suddenly"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Suddenly
B-side"Lucky Man"
ReleasedMarch 1985 (US)
3 May 1985 (UK)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length3:55
LabelJive Records
Songwriter(s)Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean
Producer(s)Keith Diamond
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"Loverboy"
(1984)
"Suddenly"
(1985)
"Mystery Lady"
(1985)

"Suddenly" is a song from 1985 co-written and performed by UK-based singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album.

Released as the third single from the album (following the success of "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy"), the ballad became the album's most successful single in the UK, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart in mid-1985. The song also reached the same chart peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, spending two weeks at number four in June of that year. It peaked at number five on the Billboard R&B chart and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.