Burned Like a Rocket
1985 single by Billy Joe Royal
"Burned Like a Rocket" | ||||
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Single by Billy Joe Royal | ||||
from the album Looking Ahead | ||||
B-side | "Lonely Loving You" | |||
Released | October 26, 1985 | |||
Genre | Country, doo-wop | |||
Length | 3:38 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gary Burr | |||
Producer(s) | Nelson Larkin | |||
Billy Joe Royal singles chronology | ||||
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"Burned Like a Rocket" is a song written by Gary Burr, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released in October 1985 as the first single from the album Looking Ahead. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was Royal's first Top 10 hit on that chart,[1] and his first charting single overall since 1978.
Atlantic Records withdrew the single after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986.[2]
Chart performance
Chart (1985–1986) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 10 |
References
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- Down in the Boondocks
- Cherry Hill Park
- Looking Ahead
- The Royal Treatment
- Tell It Like It Is
- Out of the Shadows
- Greatest Hits
- "Down in the Boondocks"
- "I Knew You When"
- "I've Got to Be Somebody"
- "Yo-Yo"
- "Hush"
- "Cherry Hill Park"
- "Every Night"
- "Under the Boardwalk"
- "Burned Like a Rocket"
- "I Miss You Already"
- "Old Bridges Burn Slow"
- "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow"
- "Out of Sight and on My Mind"
- "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'"
- "Tell It Like It Is"
- "Love Has No Right"
- "Till I Can't Take It Anymore"
- "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"
- "Oh, What a Night"
- "Amanda"
- "Bring It On Home to Me"
- "Crying"
- "Funny How Time Slips Away"
- "I'm Sorry"
- "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
- "Making Believe"
- "Save the Last Dance for Me"
- "Solitary Man"
- "Spanish Harlem"
- "Stand by Me"
- "To Love Somebody"
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