Nick Willett - Sea Of Love (Phil Phillips Cover)

From '' Nick Willett '' Label: Styleline Recording Co. – SRCCD001 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 2002 Tracklist 01. Do You Love Me 02. Pretend 03. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On 04. Because Of You 05. Don't Ask Me Why 06. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 07. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) 08. Hearts Of Stone 09. Sea Of Love 10. Three Steps To Heaven 11. Who Cares 12. A Little Mixed Up 13. Without Him Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Nick Willett Lead Guitar – Eddie Angel (tracks: 1 to 12), Joel Paterson (track: 13) Drums – Jimmy Lester (tracks: 1 to 12) Bass – Bradley Scott Ber (track: 13), Jimmy Sutton (tracks: 1 to 12) Recorded By, Engineer – Rusty McFarland (tracks: 1 to 12), Tim Nimon (track: 13) Tracks 1 to 12 recorded January 27, 2002 in Nashville TN Track 13 recorded October 22, 2000 in Frankfort IL ------------------------ "Sea of Love" is a song written by John Philip Baptiste (better known as Phil Phillips) and George Khoury. It was the only top-40 chart-maker for Phillips, who never recorded another hit. Background Baptiste, who was working as a bellboy in Lake Charles, Louisiana, wrote "Sea of Love" for a love interest. He was introduced to local record producer George Khoury, who brought Baptiste into his studio to record it. At Khoury's request, Baptiste took the stage name of Phil Phillips. The song, originally credited to Phil Phillips with The Twilights, was released on a small record label owned by Khoury, but due to its success it was eventually leased to Mercury Records. Despite the success of "Sea of Love", Phillips claimed that he only ever received US$6,800 for recording it. Chart performance Phil Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Three Bells" by The Browns kept it from the No.1 spot. In 1959, it sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Weekly charts Phil Phillips Chart (1959) / Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 / 2 US Billboard R&B / 1 US Cash Box Top 100 / 2 Marty Wilde Chart (1959) / Peak position UK / 3 Del Shannon Chart (1981–1982) / Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary / 28 US Billboard Hot 100 / 33 US Billboard Adult Contemporary / 36 US Cash Box Top 100 / 33 The Honeydrippers Chart (1984–1985) / Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) / 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary / 1 Canada RPM Top Singles / 1 Ireland (IRMA) / 29 UK / 56 US Billboard Hot 100 / 3 US Billboard Adult Contemporary / 1 US Cash Box Top 100 / 3 Year-end charts Chart (1985) / Rank Australia / 62 Canada / 58 US Billboard Hot 100 / 34 US Cash Box / 65 Phil Phillips & the Twilights/Marty Wilde Chart (1991) / Peak position UK / 100 Notable cover versions The song has been covered by a number of artists since the first 1959 recording. Among the most notable versions are the following: Later in 1959, in the UK, Marty Wilde covered the song which subsequently peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. The original Phil Phillips rendition failed to chart there. This version is also featured in Chanel No. 5: La Star (1990) ad. B. J. Thomas recorded the song on his 1975 album Reunion. Robert Plant's Honeydrippers included it on their 1984 album, The Honeydrippers: Volume One. This version went on to reach No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1985 and No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 1984. Tom Waits's version was first available on the 1989 soundtrack for the movie Sea of Love and later on his 2006 album Orphans Cat Power recorded it on her 2000 album, The Covers Record. The 2007 film Juno featured her version in its soundtrack. In popular culture The song shares a title with, and features prominently in the plot-line of, the 1989 Harold Becker film Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. "Sea of Love" was used to close out The Simpsons season 16 episode "Future-Drama". "Sea of Love" was used in the Futurama season 7 episode Naturama in 2012 Kraken Rum began using "Sea of Love" in commercials in 2014.