Jojo (Boz Scaggs song)

"Jojo"
"Jojo"
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Middle Man
B-side	"Do Like You Do In New York"
Released	June 1980
Genre	Jazz rock, post-disco
Length	4:09 (single version); 5:51 (album & 12" version);
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Boz Scaggs; David Foster; David Lasley;
Producer(s)	Bill Schnee
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
Official audio
	"JoJo" on YouTube

"Jojo" is a song by Boz Scaggs. It was released in 1980 as the second single from his album Middle Man. The song talks about a pimp working in Broadway.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Like the album's other single "Breakdown Dead Ahead", the song was a Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	73
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	17
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks^[7]	29
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[8]	17
Canada RPM Top 100	15

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[9]	89

References

^ "Five of Boz Scaggs' best". The Herald Bulletin. October 31, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 3". IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1980. p. 33. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Modern Drummer MD: Vol. 26, Issues 7-12". Modern Drummer Publications. 2002. p. 72. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Uslan, Michael; Solomon, Bruce (1981). "Dick Clark's The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll". Spin. 5 (2). Delacorte Press: 376. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ 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.
^ "Jojo (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Jojo (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Jojo (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[1] "Five of Boz Scaggs' best". The Herald Bulletin. October 31, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[2] "Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 3". IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1980. p. 33. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.

[3] "Modern Drummer MD: Vol. 26, Issues 7-12". Modern Drummer Publications. 2002. p. 72. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.

[4] Uslan, Michael; Solomon, Bruce (1981). "Dick Clark's The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll". Spin. 5 (2). Delacorte Press: 376. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Google Books.

[aus-5] 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.

[6] "Jojo (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[7] "Jojo (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[8] "Jojo (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[9] "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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