Slipping Away (Dave Edmunds song)

"Slipping Away" is a Top 40 pop song performed by Welsh singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds. The song was written and produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, and was included on Edmunds' 1983 album Information.[4] "Slipping Away" was released as a single and became Edmunds' second and final Top 40 single in the US, following 1970's "I Hear You Knocking".[1] A promotional video for the song received considerable airplay on the fledgling MTV network.

"Slipping Away"
Single by Dave Edmunds
from the album Information
Released1983
GenrePop rock
Length4:19
LabelArista (UK)[1]
Columbia Records (US)[2]
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne[3]
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Dave Edmunds singles chronology
"Run Rudolph Run"
(1982)		 "Slipping Away"
(1983)		 "Information"
(1983)

"Slipping Away" reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Chart,[5] and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song has since appeared on several 1980s music compilations.[3]

Personnel

Chart history
Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 60
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 39
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7] 7
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 32

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Edition). Billboard Books. p. 201. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. "DAVE EDMUNDS - Artist - Official Charts". Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  3. "Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away". allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dave Edmunds - Information (album review)". allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. "Dave Edmunds – Awards". allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  8. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2019.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link). Cash Box magazine.
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