Hit and Run (Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons song)

"Hit and Run"
Single by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
from the album Screaming Targets
ReleasedJuly 1979
StudioArmstrong Studios, Melbourne
GenreRock, Reggae-Pop
Length3:30
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse
Producer(s)Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons singles chronology
"So Young"
(1978) 		"Hit and Run"
(1979) 		"Shape I'm In"
(1979)

"Hit and Run" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was the first on the Mushroom Records label, released in July 1979 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Screaming Targets (1979).

The song peaked at number 12 on the Kent Music Report in Australia, becoming the band's first top 20 single. It was also the band's first single to be released in USA via Columbia Records.

Track listing

7" (K 7525)

  • Side A – "Hit and Run" - 3:30
  • Side B – "Not A Woman, Not A Child" - 3:34

7" (USA)' (11319)

  • Side A – "Hit and Run" - 3:19
  • Side B1 "Nosey Parker" - 3:16
  • Side B1 "Thin Line" - 3:22

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Hit and Run"
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[1][2] 12

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Hit and Run"
Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 63

References

  1. ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 10 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.


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