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Thunder Island (song)

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"Thunder Island"
Single by Jay Ferguson
from the album Thunder Island
B-side"Magic Moment"
ReleasedOctober 1977
GenreSoft rock
Length4:00 (album version)
3:19 (single version)
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Jay Ferguson
Producer(s)Bill Szymczyk
Jay Ferguson singles chronology
"Medicated Goo"
(1976)
"Thunder Island"
(1977)
"Losing Control"
(1978)

"Thunder Island" is a song by American musician Jay Ferguson. It is the title track and lead single from the 1977 album of the same name. The song peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 1, 1978.[1] The recording features Joe Walsh on guitar. In Canada, it reached No. 8.[2]

As "Thunder Island" was Ferguson's highest-ranking song on the charts, he is sometimes tagged a one-hit wonder. However, he achieved an additional hit with the song "Shakedown Cruise" which reached No. 31 on the Hot 100 the week of June 23, 1979.[1] Ferguson had also scored hits with his two previous bands: "I Got a Line on You" by Spirit and "Run Run Run" by Jo Jo Gunne reached the top 40 in 1968 and 1972, respectively.

Chart performance

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Chart (1977–1978) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 9
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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jay Ferguson - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada. 1979-04-08. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  4. ^ "Music from Good Girls S4E04".
  5. ^ "Good Girls". NBC.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
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