"Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" is a 1976 R&B/Soul song recorded by American singer

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issued as lead single from her second album ''

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''. The song won Cole a second consecutive

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Background

"Sophisticated Lady" 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.

Chart positions

It spent one week at #1 on the

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charts in 1976, and was Cole's third consecutive #1 soul hit. "Sophisticated Lady..." would not be one of Cole's biggest US Pop hits, rising no higher than #25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100;

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