"Slipping Away"
Single by Dave Edmunds
from the album Information
B-side"Don't Call Me Tonight"
Released1983
GenrePop rock
Length4:20
Label
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne[3]
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Dave Edmunds singles chronology
"Run Rudolph Run"
(1982) 		"Slipping Away"
(1983) 		"Information"
(1983)
Music video
"Slipping Away" on YouTube

"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]

"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] The song's music video was directed by Peter Sinclair.[6]

Track listing

7" and 12" Vinyl

  1. "Slipping Away" – 4:20
  2. "Don't Call Me Tonight" – 2:26

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 47
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 60
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 39
US CashBox Top 100[11] 32
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12] 7

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 201. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. ^ a b "DAVE EDMUNDS - Artist - Official Charts". Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ "Dave Edmunds Slipping away". mvdbase.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Dave Edmunds – Slipping Away" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dave Edmunds – Slipping Away" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983". CashBox. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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