Tired of Toein' the Line explained

Tired of Toein' the Line
Cover:Tired of Toein' the Line.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Rocky Burnette
Album:The Son of Rock and Roll
B-Side:"Boogie Down in Mobile, Alabama" (North America)
"Clowns From Outer Space" (international)
Released:1979 (UK)
May 1980 (U.S.)
Recorded:1979
Genre:new wave, rock and roll, rockabilly, country rock
Length:3:43
Label:EMI America
Producer:Bill House, Jim Seiter
Next Title:Fallin' in Love (Bein' Friends)
Next Year:1980

"Tired of Toein' the Line" is a song by Rocky Burnette, who co-wrote it with Ron Coleman, former bass player of the Brothers Grim and the Everly Brothers.

Background

The song was performed by Burnette, and contains lyrics detailing an imminent breakup from the point of view of a man who no longer wants to toe the line.

Chart performance

After first appearing on the UK Official Singles Chart Top 75 in November 1979,[1] the song became an international hit after its release in the United States in May 1980, and was Burnette's only hit single.

By peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, "Tired of Toein' the Line" tied "You're Sixteen", by Rocky's father Johnny Burnette, as the highest-charting Hot 100 single from a member of the Burnette family. The single was number one in Australia (for two weeks) in June 1980.[2]

Weekly charts

Chart (1980-81)Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[3] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 1
Brazil (ABPD)[5] 8
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 4
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 9
Denmark (Hitlisten)[8] 5
Iceland (Dagblaðið Vísir)[9] 5
New Zealand[10] 3
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11] 3
UK[12] 58
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 8
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[14] 39
US Cashbox Top 100[15] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 11
Canada[17] 28
New Zealand[18] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 48
US Cash Box[20] 31

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 75: 11 November 1979 - 17 November 1979 . November 17, 1979 . Official Charts.com . The Official UK Charts Company . London, UK . June 12, 2018 . Tired of Toein' the Line. Rocky Burnette. Position: 66. Last week: New..
  2. Web site: Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1980 . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien . May 1, 2017.
  3. Web site: Cash Box - International Best Sellers. worldradiohistory.com. Cash Box. January 10, 1981. p. 36..
  4. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1980. . 341 . . January 5, 1981 . January 17, 2022 .
  5. Brazilian Singles Sales - Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. 27 December 1980.
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 17, 2016.
  7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . August 23, 1980 . August 26, 2019.
  8. Danish Charts Archive. 21 November 1980.
  9. 10 October 1980. Ísland Topp 10. DV. 17. 1021-8254.
  10. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . August 10, 1980 . October 17, 2016.
  11. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. September 2, 2018.
  12. Web site: Official Singles Chart Results Matching: Tired of Toein' the Line . officialcharts.com.
  13. Web site: Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more . Top40db.net . October 17, 2016.
  14. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 37.
  15. Web site: Top 100 1980-08-09 . . October 25, 2014 .
  16. Web site: Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . October 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 . October 6, 2014 .
  17. Web site: Top 100 Singles (1980) . . July 21, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425051319/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . April 25, 2016 .
  18. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 1980 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . December 31, 1980 . October 17, 2016.
  19. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980 . Musicoutfitters.com . October 17, 2016.
  20. Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980 . . July 22, 2015 .

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