"Living in Harmony"
Cover of the single released in Germany
Single byCliff Richard
B-side	"Empty Chairs"
Released	28 July 1972 (1972-07-28)
Recorded	4 July 1972[1]
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	3:21
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	Alan Tarney Trevor Spencer
Producer	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "A Brand New Song" (1972)

"Living in Harmony" is a song by British singerCliff Richard, released as a single in July 1972. It peaked at number 12 on theUK Singles Chart.^[2]

"Living in Harmony" was written by songwriting duoAlan Tarney andTrevor Spencer. Tarney would go on to write as well as produce numerous songs for Richard. It was released as single with the B-side "Empty Chairs", a song written byDon Mclean for his albumAmerican Pie. Both tracks were arranged by and feature the orchestra ofNick Ingman. Richard has described "Living in Harmony" as being "the end of times", as it was the last single of Richard's to be produced byNorrie Paramor (he did also produce "An Old Accordion", the B-side to the follow-up single "A Brand New Song").^[1]

It was first recorded byOlivia Newton-John for her second albumOlivia, released in August 1972.^[3] Richard had heard her version and said to manager Peter Gormley, "It's a fabulous song, but I don't like the arrangement very much" and that "somehow or another, it seems to me a commercial song but it doesn't sound commercial". So, Richard has said, "we really worked on making it commercial. And in essence it was commercial, but I think somehow – I don't know what they did to their session, but it was too fast and everything. And we really got down and I think we came up – I mean, with all love, Olivia – I think we did a better version of it".^[1]

7": Columbia / DB 8917

1. "Living in Harmony" – 3:21
2. "Empty Chairs" – 3:24

• Cliff Richard – vocals, backing vocals
• The Breakaways – backing vocals
• Nick Ingman Orchestra – all instrumentation

• Cliff Richard songs
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• 1972 singles
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• Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor

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