| "The Valley Road" | ||||
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| Single by Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||||
| from the album Scenes from the Southside | ||||
| B-side | "The Long Race" | |||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby | |||
| Producer(s) | Bruce Hornsby, Neil Dorfsman | |||
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"The Valley Road" is a song recorded by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Hornsby co-wrote the song with his brother John Hornsby and co-produced it with Neil Dorfsman. The song is included on Bruce Hornsby and the Range's 1988 album, Scenes from the Southside. It is written in the key of A major.
Released as the lead single from the album, "The Valley Road" reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1988, peaking at number 5 the week of July 2.[1] It also spent a week atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in mid-June.[2] This was the group's third song to reach number 1 on the adult contemporary chart, following "The Way It Is" from 1986 and "Mandolin Rain" from 1987. The single lodged three weeks at the summit on the Billboard mainstream rock chart, becoming the first of the group's two chart-toppers on that list.[1] Roughly around the same time, the song reached number 44 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 292.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 335.
- ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2009.