Joey (Concrete Blonde song)

"Joey"
Single by Concrete Blonde
from the album Bloodletting
Released 1990
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:07
Label I.R.S. Records
Writer(s) Johnette Napolitano
Music sample
"Joey"

"Joey" is a song from Concrete Blonde's third and most successful album Bloodletting. The song was released in 1990 and was sung by Johnette Napolitano. The song is about a man who is in love with alcohol.[1]

It became the group's biggest hit, spending four weeks atop the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and crossing over to pop radio, reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it remains their only charting song on the latter chart.

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References

  1. ^ Peter Buckley, ed (2003). The Rough Guide Rock: The Definitive Guide to More than 1200 Artists and Bands (Third ed.). Rough Guides. pp. 222. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.