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Welcome to the Boomtown

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"Welcome to the Boomtown"
Single by David & David
from the album Boomtown
B-side"A Rock for the Forgotten"
Released1986
Recorded1985
GenreRock
Length5:30
LabelA&M Records
Songwriter(s)David Baerwald
David Ricketts
Producer(s)Davitt Sigerson
David & David singles chronology
"Welcome to the Boomtown"
(1986)
"Swallowed by the Cracks"
(1987)

"Welcome to the Boomtown" is the Los Angeles themed debut hit single by David & David from the album Boomtown.[1][2] The single reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 119
US Hot 100 (Billboard)[4] 37
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[5] 8

References

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  1. ^ People Staff (January 12, 1987). "David and David, a Couple of Musical Moralists Who Look at L.A. from Down the Up Staircase". People.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Boomtown". 45cat.com.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 82. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - November 29, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay - September 27, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.