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| Single by The Pointer Sisters | ||||
| from the album Break Out | ||||
| B-side | "Nightline" | |||
| Released | January 13, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 (Los Angeles, California) | |||
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| Length | 4:48 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |||
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| "Automatic" at TopPop on YouTube | ||||
"Automatic" is a song recorded by American vocal group the Pointer Sisters for their tenth studio album Break Out (1983). The song was released by the Planet label on January 13, 1984, as the second single from the album. It was written by Brock Walsh and Mark Goldenberg.
"Automatic" reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became one of their signature songs. Eventually, three other singles from Break Out reached the top-ten on the Hot 100 consecutively. Billboard named the song number 94 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs Of All Time".[3]
"Automatic" was the group's first Top 40 hit to feature Ruth Pointer's distinctive contralto on lead.
- ^ a b Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles: August 12, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
- ^ a b Molanphy, Chris (16 June 2023). "Yes We Can Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 11 July 2017.