Jojo (Boz Scaggs song)

"Jojo"
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Middle Man
B-side"Do Like You Do In New York"
ReleasedJune 1980
GenreJazz rock, post-disco
Length
  • 4:09 (single version)
  • 5:51 (album & 12" version)
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bill Schnee
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
(1980) 		"Jojo"
(1980) 		"Look What You've Done to Me"
(1980)
Official audio
"JoJo" on YouTube

"Jojo" is a song by Boz Scaggs. It was released in 1980 as the second single from his album Middle Man. The song talks about a pimp working in Broadway.[1][2][3][4]

Like the album's other single "Breakdown Dead Ahead", the song was a Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 17
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 29
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[8] 17
Canada RPM Top 100 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 89

References

  1. ^ "Five of Boz Scaggs' best". The Herald Bulletin. October 31, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 3". IPC Specialist & Professional Press. 1980. p. 33. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Modern Drummer MD: Vol. 26, Issues 7-12". Modern Drummer Publications. 2002. p. 72. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Uslan, Michael; Solomon, Bruce (1981). "Dick Clark's The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll". Spin. 5 (2). Delacorte Press: 376. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Jojo (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Jojo (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jojo (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.