Drop the Pilot
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| "Drop the Pilot" | ||
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| Single by Joan Armatrading | ||
| from the album The Key | ||
| B-side(s) | "Business Is Business" | |
| Released | 1983 | |
| Length | 3:39 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Writer(s) | Joan Armatrading | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite | |
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| Joan Armatrading singles chronology | ||
| "No Love" (1982) |
"Drop the Pilot" (1983) |
"Temptation" (1985) |
"Drop the Pilot" is a song written by Joan Armatrading. It was first released on Armatrading's 1983 album The Key. Later that year, it was released as a single. It proved one of Armatrading's biggest commercial successes, continuing her string of hits on the UK Singles Chart and also charting on the Billboard Hot 100. It spurred sales of its parent album.
[edit] Mandy Moore version
A version of the song by Mandy Moore, included as a track on her album Coverage, saw limited release as that album's second single in Brazil and The Philippines. It peaked at number thirteen on the national charts of the latter country.
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| Discography |
| Albums: So Real · I Wanna Be with You · Mandy Moore · Coverage · The Best of Mandy Moore · Candy · Wild Hope |
| Singles: "Candy" · "Walk Me Home" · "I Wanna Be with You" · "In My Pocket" · "Crush" · "Cry" · "17" · "Have a Little Faith in Me" · "Drop the Pilot" · "Extraordinary" |
