"Breakdown Dead Ahead" is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster. It was the lead single of two released from Scaggs's album Middle Man.
| "Breakdown Dead Ahead" | ||||
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| Single by Boz Scaggs | ||||
| from the album Middle Man | ||||
| B-side | "Isn't It Time" | |||
| Released | March 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bill Schnee | |||
| Boz Scaggs singles chronology | ||||
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During May, the song reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it spent two weeks at number eight on the Pop chart.[2]
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 64 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 8 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 15 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 12 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1980) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Canada[7] | 67 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 97 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[9] | 93 |
Personnel
edit- Rick Marotta – drums
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar
- David Foster – acoustic piano
- Don Grolnick – electric piano
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- David Hungate – bass
- Steve Lukather – additional guitars, guitar solo
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Paulette K Brown – background vocals
- Venetta Fields – background vocals
- Bill Thedford – background vocals
References
edit- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Tropicalglen.com. May 31, 1980. Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM 100 Singles". Bac-lac.gc.ca. June 28, 1980.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 24, 1980". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Chart". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
- ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1980". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
External links
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