Slipping Away (Dave Edmunds song)

"Slipping Away"
Single by Dave Edmunds
from the album Information
B-side"Don't Call Me Tonight"
Released1983
GenrePop rock
Length4:20
Label
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne[3]
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Dave Edmunds singles chronology
"Run Rudolph Run"
(1982) 		"Slipping Away"
(1983) 		"Information"
(1983)
Music video
"Slipping Away" on YouTube

"Slipping Away" is a Top 40 pop song performed by Welsh singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds. The song was written and produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame and was included on Edmunds' 1983 album Information.[4] "Slipping Away" was released as a single and became Edmunds' second and final Top 40 single in the US, following 1970's "I Hear You Knocking".[1]

"Slipping Away" reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Chart,[5] and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song has since appeared on several 1980s music compilations.[3] The song's music video was directed by Peter Sinclair.[6]

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  6. ^ "Dave Edmunds Slipping away". mvdbase.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2021.