Cher reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974.The track was Cher's third solo chart-topper. She scored a number one hit with 1971's "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" and repeated the feat with 1973's "Half-Breed." Cher would not return to the number one spot for a quarter century, finally breaking her drought in 1999, when "Believe" topped the Hot 100.Written by Ventures keyboardist Johnny Durrell, "Dark Lady" was the title track of Cher's 1974 album, which featured two other Durrell compositions, "Dixie Girl" and "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife." The LP also included "Train of Thought" and "Rescue Me." "Dark Lady" reached number one by knocking off "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks. After a one-week run, it was replaced by John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders."