Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)

"Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)"
Single by Don Felder
from the album Heavy Metal: Music from the Motion Picture
B-side"All of You"
ReleasedJuly 1981
GenreHard rock
Length4:58
LabelAsylum Records
Producer(s)Don Felder

"Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" is a song by Eagles guitarist Don Felder with lead vocals sung by Don Felder with backing vocals sung by Timothy B. Schmit and Don Henley. It is the theme song of the animated film Heavy Metal, not to be confused with the song of the same title by Sammy Hagar, also included on the same movie soundtrack. The B-side, "All of You", is also a track on the movie's soundtrack album.

"Heavy Metal" was Felder's only solo chart hit. The song charted in the United States, reaching No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and number 42 on Cash Box.[2] It spent four months on the pop charts. On the Mainstream Rock chart, "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" peaked at number five.[3]

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 43
US Billboard Top Tracks[3] 5
US Cash Box Top 100[2] 42

References

  1. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990. ISBN 0-89820-089-X.
  2. ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 Singles", October 24, 1981
  3. ^ a b Billboard "Mainstream Rock songs", September 19, 1981


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