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"Stumblin' In" is a song written by
Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi Quatro ...
and
Nicky Chinn Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the US and UK in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international record c ...
, performed by
Chris Norman Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (band), Smokie (1964–1986), which found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 ...
and
Suzi Quatro Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, with both "Can the Can" (1973) and "Devil Gate Drive" ...
. Originally released as a standalone single, it was later added to some editions of the Quatro album '' If You Knew Suzi...'' It was Norman's first single as a solo artist.


Background

The writing-producing team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn were behind many of the 1970s hits for Suzi Quatro and for Chris Norman's band Smokie. In 1978, Chapman, Chinn, Quatro, and the members of Smokie were all at a party in
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. As Chapman recounted, "Suzi was playing bass, and Chris was there with his arm round her, and they were singing into a mike, and I thought what a fantastic duet they’d make, because they looked so great together. The next day, I was in the studio with Suzi, and during a break, I came up with the line, 'Our love is alive'…I looked at Suzi and said 'What about this, with you and Chris? Wouldn’t it be great?' and she said it sounded fantastic.”


Chart performance

The single peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1979. The song was Quatro's only U.S. top 40 hit and Norman's lone U.S. charting effort apart from his time with the band Smokie (where they charted three times while Norman was still a member). In the UK, where the song was also Norman's only chart hit as a solo artist, the disc hit the listing on 11 November 1978 and peaked at number 41 with eight weeks on the chart. It reached No. 11 on the Canada ''RPM'' Chart, but went to No. 1 on the Canada Adult Contemporary Chart.


Use in media

In 2021, the song was used in the
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film, '' Licorice Pizza''. A year later, in 2022, "Stumblin' In" was featured in episode 3 of the
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drama '' Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story''.


Personnel

*
Suzi Quatro Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, with both "Can the Can" (1973) and "Devil Gate Drive" ...
– lead vocals *
Chris Norman Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (band), Smokie (1964–1986), which found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 ...
– lead vocals


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Film soundtrack albums

*''Polle Fiction: Original Soundtrack'' (2002). *'' - Original Soundtrack'' (2008). *''Red Dog - Original Soundtrack'' (2011). *'' Licorice Pizza - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2021).


Cyril version

In 2023, Australian musician Cyril Riley (known mononymously as
Cyril Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek language, Greek name (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek (''kýrios'') 'lord'. There are various variant forms of t ...
) released his version which was an international hit, charting in many countries.


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* , film of a promotional photoshoot for the ''Red Dog'' film, on the Suzi Quatro official YouTube channel which prominently features "Stumblin' In" {{Authority control 1978 songs 1978 debut singles 1979 singles 2023 singles Suzi Quatro songs Chris Norman songs Cyril (DJ) songs Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Male–female vocal duets Number-one singles in Moldova Number-one singles in Poland Number-one singles in Romania Songs written by Nicky Chinn Songs written by Mike Chapman Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman RSO Records singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles