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| Name = Breakdown Dead Ahead |
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| Artist = [[Boz Scaggs]] |
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| Album = Middle Man |
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| B-side = "Isn't It Time" |
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| Released = March 1980 |
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| Genre = [[Rock]] |
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] |
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| Writer = Boz Scaggs, [[David Foster]] |
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| Last single = "Hollywood" <br /> (1978) |
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| This single = "'''Breakdown Dead Ahead'''" <br /> (1980) |
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| Next single = "Jojo" <br /> (1980) |
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"'''Breakdown Dead Ahead'''" is a 1980 song recorded by [[Boz Scaggs]], and composed by Scaggs and [[David Foster]]. During May, it reached number 15 on the US ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]'' and #12 on the [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19800524.html CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 31, 1980}}</ref> The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it spent two weeks at number eight on the Pop chart.<ref>http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0194a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0194a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0194a</ref> |
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As supporting personnel, the song featured the original line-up of [[Toto (band)|Toto]] and the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]. |
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==Charts== |
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===Weekly charts=== |
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!align="left"|Chart (1980) |
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!align="left"|Peak<br />position |
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|Australia [[Kent Music Report|KMR]] |
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|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0194a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0194a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0194a RPM 100 Singles, June 28, 1980]</ref> |
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|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] |
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|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>[http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19800524.html CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 24, 1980]</ref> |
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===Year-end charts=== |
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|Canada<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062</ref> |
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>"Pop Singles" ''Billboard'' December 20, 1980: TIA-10</ref> |
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|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 |
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TOP 100 POP SINGLES, December 27, 1980}}</ref> |
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== Personnel == |
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;Original version musicians: |
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*Jeff Porcaro † - drums |
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*David Foster - keyboards |
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*David Paich - Synthesizer |
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*Mike Porcaro † - bass |
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*Steve Lukather - guitar |
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*Don Felder - guitar |
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*[[Glenn Frey]] † - background vocals |
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*Don Henley - background vocals |
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*Timothy B. Schmit - background vocals |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{MetroLyrics song|boz-scaggs|breakdown-dead-ahead}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> |
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[[Category:1980 singles]] |
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[[Category:Boz Scaggs songs]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by David Foster]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by Boz Scaggs]] |
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[[Category:1980 songs]] |
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Revision as of 03:28, 7 February 2017
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B-side | "Isn't It Time" |
"Breakdown Dead Ahead" is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster. During May, it reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #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]
As supporting personnel, the song featured the original line-up of Toto and the Eagles.
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Personnel
- Original version musicians
- Jeff Porcaro † - drums
- David Foster - keyboards
- David Paich - Synthesizer
- Mike Porcaro † - bass
- Steve Lukather - guitar
- Don Felder - guitar
- Glenn Frey † - background vocals
- Don Henley - background vocals
- Timothy B. Schmit - background vocals
References
- ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 31, 1980 http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19800524.html CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 31, 1980.
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- ^ RPM 100 Singles, June 28, 1980
- ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, May 24, 1980
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
- ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
- ^ [http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980
TOP 100 POP SINGLES, December 27, 1980 http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 TOP 100 POP SINGLES, December 27, 1980].
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