Ah! Leah!
| "Ah! Leah!" | ||||
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| Single by Donnie Iris | ||||
| from the album Back on the Streets | ||||
| B-side | "Joking" | |||
| Released | October 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave, power pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Midwest National | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Mark Avsec | |||
| Donnie Iris singles chronology | ||||
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"Ah! Leah!" is a song by Mark Avsec and American rock musician Donnie Iris from the latter's 1980 album Back on the Streets. It was released as a single in late 1980 and reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 22 on the Cash Box Top 100 and 19 on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart. The song has been described as Iris's signature song[1] and was most popular in Canada, where it became a Top 10 hit.[2]
Eight musicians appeared in early live performances of the song, including lead singer Iris, a drummer, three guitar players, a keyboard player and at least two backing vocalists, one female and one male.
The title of the song has been referred to in the form of puns on a few of Iris's later albums — the 2009 live album Ah! Live! and the 2010 Christmas album Ah! Leluiah!.
Electric Six covered the song on their cover-album Mimicry and Memories (2015).[3]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Album appearances
- Back on the Streets, 1980
- Out of the Blue, 1992
- Live! At Nick's Fat City, 1998 (live)
- Together Alone, 1999 (acoustic)
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donnie Iris, 2001
- 25 Years, 2004 (live)
- Ah! Live!, 2009 (live)
References
- ^ "The Popdose Guide to Donnie Iris and the Cruisers: It's a Rough World". Popdose. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Top Singles". RPM. 21 March 1981. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Final track listing for Mimicry and Memories". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Top 100 1981-03-28". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Lyrics
- Video on YouTube
- JC Mosquito, "Donnie Iris, “Ah! Leah!” (1981): Almost Hits", Something Else, 12 February 2013
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