Devil's Gun

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"Devil's Gun"
Single by C. J. & Company
from the album Devil's Gun [1]
B-side "Free to Be Me"
Released 1977
Genre Disco
Length3:17(7" version)
7:14(Album version)
Label Westbound
Songwriter(s) Barry Green, Ron Roker, Gerry Shury
Producer(s) Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
C. J. & Company singles chronology
"Day Dreamer"
(1975)
"Devil's Gun"
(1977)
"We Got Our Own Thing"
(1977)

"Devil's Gun" is a 1977 song by C. J. & Company from the album of the same name. "Devil's Gun" was written by Barry Green (also known as Barry Blue), Ron Roker, and Gerry Shury and produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey.

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Along with the tracks "We Got Our Own Thing" and "Sure Can't Go to the Moon", the song went to number one for five weeks on the Billboard disco/dance chart. [2] The single also peaked at #2 on the R&B chart. [3] and at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's longevity had it barely cut the 1977 year-end chart despite its low peak position, at #100. The song would remain the lowest peaked song to appear in the year end for 25 years (Until “Uh Huh” by B2K broke that record), and even unmatched for 20 years.

Chart performance

Chart (1977)Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [4] 43
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 36
US Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 1
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 2

See also

References

  1. "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  4. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 168.
  6. "Disco-Disco: A history of Studio 54".