| Right Down the Line | |
| Cover: | Right_Down_the_Line_-_Gerry_Rafferty.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gerry Rafferty |
| Album: | City to City |
| B-Side: | Waiting for the Day |
| Released: | 27 July 1978 (US) 22 September 1978 (UK)[1] |
| Recorded: | 1977, Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, UK |
| Genre: | Soft rock, reggae rock[2] |
| Length: | 4:28 (album version) 3:33 (single version) |
| Label: | United Artists |
| Producer: | Hugh Murphy, Gerry Rafferty |
| Prev Title: | Baker Street |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Home and Dry |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"Right Down the Line" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in the US in July 1978, it was the follow-up to his first major hit as a solo artist, "Baker Street", and reached No. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 8 on Cash Box[3] and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts.[4]
In Canada, the song reached No. 5 on both the Pop singles and Adult Contemporary charts.
| Chart (1978) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina[5] | 3 | |
| Australia (KMR)[6] | 93 | |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 5 | |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] | 5 | |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[8] | 17 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 12 | |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 8 | |
| US Record World | 9 |
| Chart (1978) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada[10] | 71 | |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[11] | 91 | |
| US Cash Box[12] | 57 | |
| US Opus | 92 |
