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Right on Track (song)

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"Right on Track"
Single by Breakfast Club
from the album Breakfast Club
ReleasedMay 1987
Recorded1986
GenreDance-pop, R&B, disco
Length4:18
LabelMCA
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 7 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 7 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart that same year.[1]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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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 (GfK)[11] 32

Year-end charts

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

References

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  1. ^ "Right on Track (Song by Breakfast Club) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Breakfast Club – Right on Track" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 22, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Breakfast Club – Right on Track" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Breakfast Club – Right on Track". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  9. ^ "Breakfast Club Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Breakfast Club Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Breakfast Club – Right on Track" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2019 – via Imgur.
  13. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  14. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987.
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