Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)

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"Bad Luck"
Bad Luck - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.jpg
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)"
ReleasedFebruary 1975
GenreDisco, pop, soul
Length3:10 (single version)
6:29 (full-length version)
LabelPhiladelphia International
Songwriter(s)Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead[1]
Producer(s)Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology
"Where Are All My Friends"
(1974)
"Bad Luck"
(1975)
"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
(1975)

"Bad Luck" (Part 1) is a 1975 disco/soul/pop single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. The single was a number one Disco/Dance hit for eleven weeks.[2] On the soul chart "Bad Luck" went to #4 and also peaked at #15 on the Hot 100.[3]

Chart history[]

Charts (1975) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 4
U.S. Billboard Disco Action chart 1

References[]

  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 173.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 393.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-06-14. Retrieved 2018-07-09.

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