"Joey" | ||||||||
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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 | |||||||
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"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.