Jojo (Boz Scaggs song)

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"Jojo"
BozScaggsJojo.jpg
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Middle Man
B-side "Do Like You Do in New York"
ReleasedJune 1980
Length
  • 4:09(single version)
  • 5:51 (album & 12" version)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bill Schnee
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
(1980)
"Jojo"
(1980)
"Look What You've Done to Me"
(1980)
Official audio
"JoJo" on YouTube

"Jojo" is a song by Boz Scaggs. It was released in 1980 as the second single from his album Middle Man . The song talks about a pimp working in Broadway. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Like the album's other single "Breakdown Dead Ahead", the song was a top 20 hit, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 73
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 15
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 17
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [8] 29
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles [9] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 89

References

  1. "Five of Boz Scaggs' best". The Herald Bulletin . October 31, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. "Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 3". IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1980. p. 33. Retrieved June 30, 2020 via Google Books.
  3. "Modern Drummer MD: Vol. 26, Issues 7-12". Modern Drummer Publications. 2002. p. 72. Retrieved June 30, 2020 via Google Books.
  4. Uslan, Michael; Solomon, Bruce (1981). "Dick Clark's The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll". Spin. 5 (2). Delacorte Press: 376. Retrieved June 18, 2020 via Google Books.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0240a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  7. "Jojo (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. "Jojo (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  9. "Jojo (R&B)". Billboard . Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  10. "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.