Right on Track (song)

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"Right on Track"
Single by Breakfast Club
from the album Breakfast Club
Released1987
Recorded1986
Genre Dance-pop, R&B, disco
Length4:18
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jimmy Iovine
Breakfast Club singles chronology
"Rico Mambo"
(1984)
"Right on Track"
(1987)
"Kiss and Tell"
(1987)

"Right on Track" is a 1987 hit single by the American band Breakfast Club. Written by the band's lead singer and drummer, Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray respectively, the single climbed to number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 30, 1987. The single also peaked at number 54 on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart that same year. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [4] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 16
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 30
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 54
Cash Box (Cashbox) [8] 11
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 7
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 7
West Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 32

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [12] 31
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] 97
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 94

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