"Breakdown Dead Ahead" is a 1980 song recorded by

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller in the Ardells in the early 1960s and a member of the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 196 ...

, and composed by Scaggs and

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s befor ...

. It was the lead single of two released from Scaggs's album '' Middle Man''. During May, the song reached number 15 on the US ''

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'' Hot 100 and number 12 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it spent two weeks at number eight on the Pop chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Rick Marotta – drums *

– lead vocals, guitar *

– acoustic piano * Don Grolnick – electric piano *

Lenny Castro Lenny Castro (born September 19, 1956) is an American percussionist from the Los Angeles area. He is one of the most prolific percussionists of all time, appearing on hundreds of albums, including those by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Maroon ...

– percussion *

David Hungate David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American retired bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his ...

– bass * Steve Lukather – additional guitars, guitar solo * Ray Parker Jr. – guitar *Paulette K Brown – background vocals * Venetta Fields – background vocals *Bill Thedford – background vocals

References

External links

* 1980 singles Boz Scaggs songs Songs written by David Foster Songs written by Boz Scaggs 1980 songs Columbia Records singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub