Gypsy Road

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"Gypsy Road"
Single by Cinderella
from the album Long Cold Winter
ReleasedJuly 1988 [1]
Recorded1987
Genre
Length3:55
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Tom Keifer
Cinderella singles chronology
"Somebody Save Me"
(1987)
"Gypsy Road"
(1988)
"Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"
(1988)

"Gypsy Road" is a single released by American glam metal band Cinderella from their second album Long Cold Winter in 1988.

Charts

Chart (1988–89)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] 89
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 54
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 51
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [8] 20

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