"Smoking Gun" is a 1986 song by Robert Cray. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] In addition, Cray was nominated for the 1987 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video for this song.[3]
| "Smoking Gun" | ||||
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| Single by Robert Cray | ||||
| B-side | "Fantasized" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Cray, Bruce Bromberg, Richard Cousins[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Dennis Walker, Bruce Bromberg[1] | |||
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Background
editThe song deals with infidelity.[1]
Critical reception
editEd Hogan of AllMusic remarked that the song contained "an arresting, up-tempo groove" which "ushered in the contemporary blues era with its respectful nod to the blues tradition while imparting the genre with an underlying airiness".[1]