Jojo (Boz Scaggs song)

"Jojo"
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Middle Man
B-side	"Do Like You Do In New York"
Released	June 1980
Genre	Jazz rock, post-disco
Length	4:09(single version) 5:51 (album & 12" version)
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Boz Scaggs David Foster David Lasley
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]}

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.