| "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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"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.
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
Weekly charts
| 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
| Chart (1980) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Canada [7] | 67 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 97 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 [9] | 93 |
Personnel
- 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
- ^ "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.
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