Slipping Away (Dave Edmunds song)

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"Slipping Away"
Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away.jpg
Single by Dave Edmunds
from the album Information
B-side "Don't Call Me Tonight"
Released1983
Genre Pop rock
Length4:20
Label
Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne [3]
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
Dave Edmunds singles chronology
"Run Rudolph Run"
(1982)
"Slipping Away"
(1983)
"Information"
(1983)
Music video
"Slipping Away" on YouTube

"Slipping Away" is a Top 40 pop song performed by Welsh singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds. The song was written and produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, and was included on Edmunds' 1983 album Information . [4] "Slipping Away" was released as a single and became Edmunds' second and final Top 40 single in the US, following 1970's "I Hear You Knocking". [1] A promotional video for the song received considerable airplay on the fledgling MTV network.

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"Slipping Away" reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, [5] and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] The song has since appeared on several 1980s music compilations. [3] The song's music video was directed by Peter Sinclair. [6]

Track listing

7" and 12" Vinyl

  1. "Slipping Away" – 4:20
  2. "Don't Call Me Tonight" – 2:26

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 47
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 60
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 39
US CashBox Top 100 [11] 32
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [12] 7

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