Right Down the Line
| "Right Down the Line" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Waiting for the Day" |
"Right Down the Line" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in the summer of 1978, it reached #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and #8 on Cash Box.[2] It was the second release from Rafferty's City to City LP as the follow-up to his first major hit as a solo artist, "Baker Street".
"Right Down the Line" was a bigger adult contemporary hit, spending four nonconsecutive weeks at number one in the U.S.[3] In Canada, the song reached number five on both the pop singles and adult contemporary charts.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Cover versions
Bonnie Raitt covered the song in 2012, including it in her Slipstream album. Lucius covers the song on their 2018 release, Nudes.
References
- ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Gerry Rafferty > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 10/28/78". tropicalglen.com. 1978-10-28. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1978-11-04
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c Tsort. "Song artist 809 - Gerry Rafferty".
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, December 9, 1978
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". tropicalglen.com. 30 December 1978. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
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