Middle Of The Road – Sacramento

“Sacramento (A Wonderful Town)” Single by Middle of the Road from the album Acceleration
B-side “Love Sweet Love”
Released November 1971
Recorded October 1971
Studio RCA Studios, Rome
Label RCA Victor
Songwriters Lally Stott, Rubirosa, Giosy Capuano, Mario Capuano
Producer Giacomo Tosti
Charted No.1 in West Germany, No.1 Switzerland, No.1 Norway, No.1 in Netherlands, No.1 in Belgium, No.1 in Austria, No.23 in UK

“Sacramento (A Wonderful Town)” was first released in November 1971 in Italy, before being released in the Netherlands and Germany the following month. It was released in the UK on 17 March 1972. In most countries, it was released with the B-side “Love Sweet Love”, which was written by Italian brothers Giosy and Mario Capuano, as well as Middle of the Road guitarist Ian McCredie. However, in a few countries, Spain, Peru and New Zealand, “Sacramento” was released with the B-side “Samson and Delilah”, which was later released as the follow-up single.