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Sunset Blvd (song)

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"Sunset Blvd"
Single by Scott Grimes
from the album Livin' on the Run
ReleasedJanuary 2005
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length4:38
LabelVelocity Records
Songwriter(s)Scott Grimes, Dave Harris
Producer(s)Tom Fletcher
Scott Grimes singles chronology
"I Don't Even Mind"
(1989)
"Sunset Blvd"
(2005)
"Livin' on the Run"
(2005)

"Sunset Blvd" is a song by Scott Grimes, which appears on his album, Livin' on the Run.[1] The single was written by Scott Grimes and Dave Harris[1] and produced by Tom Fletcher. The song peaked at number 18 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in April 2005.[2]

The song was featured in a 2007 episode of American Dad! on the Fox Network.[3] Grimes, who does the voice for the teen-aged Steve Smith, sang the song in the episode "American Dream Factory".

Content

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The song tells the story of a young man named Brian who has dreams of making it big in Hollywood, eventually succeeding.

Music video

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The music video of "Sunset Blvd", directed by Bryan Pitcher. It stars Jason Gray-Stanford and Grimes and features many of Grimes’ family or friends. The song's co-writer, Dave Harris, is seen as a dock worker in the opening sequences to the video. Mickey Jones also appears in the video as the dock supervisor. [citation needed]

Chart positions

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Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 18

References

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  1. ^ a b AllMusic
  2. ^ "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. April 23, 2005.
  3. ^ "American Dad!" American Dream Factory (TV Episode 2007) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-08-26