Slipping Away (Dave Edmunds song) explained

Slipping Away
Cover:Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dave Edmunds
Album:Information
B-Side:Don't Call Me Tonight
Released:1983
Genre:Pop rock
Length:4:20
Label:
Producer:Jeff Lynne
Prev Title:Run Rudolph Run
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Information
Next Year:1983

"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. "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".

"Slipping Away" reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has since appeared on several 1980s music compilations. The song's music video was directed by Peter Sinclair.[1]

Track listing

7" and 12" Vinyl

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

Personnel

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dave Edmunds Slipping away. mvdbase.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051217020921/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=9429. 17 December 2005. 7 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983 . February 26, 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042558/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830730.html . 11 September 2012 . CashBox.