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{{Infobox song
| name       = It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Barry White]]
| album      = [[Barry White Sings for Someone You Love]]
| B-side     = I Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You
| released   = August 1977
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soul music|Soul]], [[funk]], [[R&B]], [[disco]]
| length     = 6:57 (album version) <br /> 3:27 (single edit)
| label      = [[20th Century Records|20th Century]]
| writer     = Ekundayo Paris, Nelson Pigford
| producer   = [[Barry White]]
| prev_title = I'm Qualified to Satisfy You
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = Playing Your Game, Baby
| next_year  = 1977
}}
"'''It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me'''" is a hit song by American singer [[Barry White]].  The song was written by Ekundayo Paris and Nelson Pigford, and arranged by Barry White.
==Chart performance==
Released from his album ''[[Barry White Sings for Someone You Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/barry-white-sings-for-someone-you-love-mw0000073828|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 18, 2023}}</ref> The song spent five weeks at the top (#1) of the R&B singles charts during the fall of 1977,<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=621}}</ref> and was also a big hit on the pop charts, peaking at number four on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart, and was his sixth and last top ten hit.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1977)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|UK Singles ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28478/barry-white/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=February 18, 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|40
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=908}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|US  Billboard [[Dance Club Songs|National Disco Action Top 40]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=279}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|align="left"|US  Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]]
|align="center"|1
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Barry White}}
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[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:1977 singles]]
[[Category:Barry White songs]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox Records singles]]
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