Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Studio album by Warren Zevon
Released February 15, 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre Rock
Length 35:31
Label Elektra
Producer Greg Ladanyi
Warren Zevon
Waddy Wachtel
Warren Zevon chronology

Excitable Boy
(1978)
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
(1980)
Stand in the Fire
(1980)
Singles from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
  1. "A Certain Girl"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Gorilla, You're a Desperado"
    Released: 1980
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Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1980.

"Play It All Night Long" is a satire of/homage Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". It is probably the only popular song ever written which contains a reference to brucellosis.

The term "dancing school" has been used as a euphemism for a brothel since the mid-17th century.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon, unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" – 3:00
  2. "A Certain Girl" (Naomi Neville) – 3:08
  3. "Jungle Work" (Jorge Calderón, Zevon) – 3:58
  4. "Empty-Handed Heart" – 3:16
  5. "Interlude No. 1" – 0:26
  6. "Play It All Night Long" – 2:53
  7. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Bruce Springsteen, Zevon) – 3:55
  8. "Interlude No. 2" – 1:08
  9. "Bill Lee" – 1:37
  10. "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" – 2:47
  11. "Bed of Coals" (T-Bone Burnett, Zevon) – 5:04
  12. "Wild Age" – 4:19

Personnel

Additional personnel

Producers - Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard Pop Albums 20

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "A Certain Girl" Billboard Pop Singles 57

References

  1. "dancing academy" in Jonathan Green, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd ed., 2006.