"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]

"Right on Track"
Single by Breakfast Club
from the album Breakfast Club
Released1987
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)

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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.