Breakdown Dead Ahead

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B-side"Isn't It Time"
ReleasedMarch 1980
Recorded1979
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
red vinyl label
One of US reissues
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Middle Man
B-side"Isn't It Time"
ReleasedMarch 1980
Recorded1979
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:06 (radio edit)
  • 4:35 (LP version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
ProducerBill Schnee
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
"Hollywood"
(1978)
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
(1980)
"Jojo"
(1980)

"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]

Weekly charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 64
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[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

References

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