Smoking Gun (song)
"Smoking Gun" | |
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Single by Robert Cray | |
Released | 1986 |
Recorded | 1986 |
Genre | Blues rock |
Label | Mercury Records |
Songwriter(s) | Robert Cray, Bruce Bromberg, Richard Cousins[1] |
Producer(s) | , Bruce Bromberg[1] |
Smoking Gun is a 1986 song by Robert Cray. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] In addition, Cray was nominated for the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist in a Video for this song.[3]
Background[]
The song deals with infidelity.[1]
Critical reception[]
Ed Hogan of AllMusic remarked that the song contained "an arresting, up-tempo groove" which "ushered in the contemporary blues era with its respectful nod to the blues tradition while imparting the genre with an underlying airiness".[1]
References[]
Categories:
- 1986 singles
- 1986 songs
- Songs written by Bruce Bromberg
- Songs written by Robert Cray
- Mercury Records singles