Pilot of the Airwaves

"Pilot of the Airwaves"
Single by Charlie Dore
from the album Where to Now
B-side "Falling" (original version)
"Sleepless" (Radio edit)
Released 1979
Format 7"
Recorded 1979 at Crazy Mama's in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre Pop
Length 3:15 (radio edit)
3:45 (album version)
Label Island
Writer(s) Charlie Dore and Julian Littman
Producer(s) Alan Tarney and Bruce Welch

Pilot of the Airwaves is a 1979 hit single by English singer-songwriter and actress Charlie Dore. The song reached No. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned Dore the Record World New Female Artist of the Year, and an ASCAP award. The single also charted in Canada, Australia and Europe.[1]

On 5 November 1990, "Pilot of the Airwaves" was the final track played by Radio Caroline as an unlicensed offshore radio station.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1979-80) Peak
position
Australia
Canada RPM[3] 3
UK [4] 66
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
Canada 38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 79

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 166. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ Offshoreechos.com
  3. ↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0189a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=5gkfg8v40o0q32ej9r1d2f2b53
  4. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/PILOT%20OF%20THE%20AIRWAVES/
  5. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm