Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)

"Bad Luck" (Part 1) is a 1975 disco/R&B/pop single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. The single was a number one Disco/Dance hit for eleven weeks.[1] On the soul chart "Bad Luck" went to #4 and also peaked at #15 on the Hot 100.[2] The song was featured in the 2000 film Next Friday and in the 2012 film A Thousand Words.

"Bad Luck"
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
GenreSoul, Disco
Length3:10 (single version)
6:29 (full-length version)
LabelPhiladelphia International
Songwriter(s)Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
Producer(s)Victor Carstarphen & John Whitehead & Gene McFadden
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology
"Where Are All My Friends"
(1974)
"Bad Luck"
(1975)
"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
(1975)

Chart history

Charts (1975) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 4
U.S. Billboard Disco Action chart 1

References

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


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