| "Bad Luck" | ||||
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| Single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | ||||
| from the album To Be True | ||||
| A-side | "Bad Luck (Part 1)" | |||
| B-side | "Bad Luck (Part 2)" | |||
| Released | February 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soul/Disco | |||
| Length | 3:10 (single version) 6:29 (full-length version) |
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| Label | Philadelphia International | |||
| Writer(s) | Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead | |||
| Producer | Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff | |||
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Luck" (Part 1) is a 1975 disco/R&B/pop single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. The single was a number one Disco/Dance hit for eleven weeks, a feat that would be matched eight years later when all cuts of Michael Jackson's album Thriller would hit the top spot on the dance chart for the same number of weeks.
| Charts (1975) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| Preceded by "Hijack" by Herbie Mann |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single March 8, 1975 – May 17, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Ease on Down the Road" by Consumer Rapport |
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