<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Mercury Records </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Phil Phillips, George Khoury </Td> </Tr> <P> "Sea of Love" is a song written by Philip Baptiste (better known as Phil Phillips) and George Khoury . Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It became a gold record . It was the only top - 40 chart song for Phillips, who never recorded another hit . In the UK, Marty Wilde covered the song, his version peaked at No. 3, and Phillips' version failed to chart there . </P> <P> The song has been covered by a number of artists since then, most notably by The Honeydrippers, whose version (from the album The Honeydrippers: Volume One) reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1985 and No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 1984 . "Sea of Love" made the Top 40 one other time, when Del Shannon took it to No. 33 in 1981 . </P>

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