"Shakedown Cruise"
Single by Jay Ferguson
from the album Real Life Ain't This Way
B-side"City of Angels"
ReleasedMay 1979
GenrePop rock
LabelAsylum Records
Songwriter(s)Jay Ferguson
Producer(s)Jay Ferguson, Ed Mashal
Jay Ferguson singles chronology
"Losing Control"
(1978)
"Shakedown Cruise"
(1979)
"Paying Time"
(1979)

"Shakedown Cruise" is a song written and recorded by Jay Ferguson, from his album Real Life Ain't This Way.

Track listing

U.S. 7" single
A. "Shakedown Cruise" - 3:10
B. "City of Angels" - 3:44

Chart performance

Released as a single in 1979, the song reached No. 31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and No. 27 on Cash Box.[2] It was his second and final song to hit the Billboard charts after "Thunder Island" peaked at No. 9. In Canada, "Shakedown Cruise" peaked at No. 48.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Jay Ferguson - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. โ†‘ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 30, 1979
  3. โ†‘ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-01.


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