# Ms Grace

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{{Infobox song
| name          = Ms Grace
| cover         = <!--just the file name-->
| type          = 
| artist        = [The Tymes](/source/The_Tymes)
| album         = 
| B-side        = "The Crutch"
| released      = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| format        = 
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = 
| length        = <!--{{Duration|m=|s=}}-->
| label         = 
| writer        = [John Hall](/source/John_Hall_(New_York_politician)) <br/> Johanna Hall
| producer      = Billy Jackson
| prev_title    = <!--for a singles chronology-->
| year          = 1974
| next_title    = 
| next_year     = 
}}

"'''Ms Grace'''" is a popular single by [The Tymes](/source/The_Tymes), released in 1974. The song was written by [John Hall](/source/John_Hall_(New_York_politician)) and Johanna Hall, and produced by Billy Jackson.

==Background==
"Ms Grace" was The Tymes' sole number one in the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart), spending a single week at the top in January 1975.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [British Hit Singles & Albums](/source/British_Hit_Singles_%26_Albums)
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 309}}</ref> It fared less well in the US, where it peaked at No. 91 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) singles chart and No. 75 on the [Hot Soul Singles](/source/Hot_Soul_Singles) chart.<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=597}}</ref> Despite its low US peak, it was a local hit within [Carolina Beach Music](/source/Carolina_Beach_Music), where it became a standard.
==Legacy==
According to ''Night Club & Bar'' magazine (vol. 5 issue, 1989), "Ms Grace" is number 2 in the top ten all-time beach songs list.<ref>''Night Club & Bar'', Volume 5 1989 - [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Night_Club_Bar/5HMsAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Miss%20Grace%22&dq=%22Miss%20Grace%22Beach%20Music%22&printsec=frontcover Page 14, The top 10 all - time beach songs are :]</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1974–1975)
!Peak<br> position
|-
|Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=313}}</ref>
|align="center"|59
|-
|United Kingdom ([Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company))
|align="center"|1
|-
|United States ([Billboard Hot 100](/source/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=869}}</ref>
|align="center"|91
|-
|US [Hot Soul Singles](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) (''Billboard'')
|align="center"|75
|}

==References==
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Category:1974 singles
Category:The Tymes songs
Category:UK singles chart number-one singles
Category:1974 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman
Category:Songs written by John Hall (New York politician)
Category:Beach music songs

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