"Sunset Blvd" | ||||
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Single by Scott Grimes | ||||
from the album Livin' on the Run | ||||
Released | January 2005 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
Length | 4:38 | |||
Label | Velocity Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Scott Grimes, Dave Harris | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Fletcher | |||
Scott Grimes singles chronology | ||||
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"Sunset Blvd" is a song by Scott Grimes, which appears on his album, Livin' on the Run . [1] The single was written by Scott Grimes and Dave Harris [1] and produced by Tom Fletcher. The song peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in April 2005.
The song was featured in a 2007 episode of American Dad! on the Fox Network. [2] Grimes, who does the voice for the teen-aged Steve Smith, sang the song in the episode "American Dream Factory".
The song tells the story of a young man named Brian who has dreams of making it big in Hollywood, eventually succeeding.
The music video for "Sunset Blvd" was directed by Bryan Pitcher. It stars Jason Gray-Stanford and Grimes and features many of Grimes' family and friends. The song's co-writer, Dave Harris, is seen as a dock worker in the opening sequences to the video. Mickey Jones also appears in the video as the dock supervisor. [ citation needed ]
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [3] | 18 |