Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Studio album by Warren Zevon
Released	February 15, 1980 (1980-02-15)
Recorded	1979
Studio	The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock
Length	35:31
Label	Elektra
Producer	Greg Ladanyi Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon chronology
Excitable Boy (1978) Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980) Stand in the Fire (1980)
Singles from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
"A Certain Girl" Released: 1980 "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" Released: 1980 "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" Released: 1980

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on February 15, 1980, by Elektra Records. Three singles were released from the album, one of which charted: "A Certain Girl" (a cover of a song previously recorded by Ernie K-Doe and the Yardbirds) reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Zevon's second and final hit on that chart.

The album was dedicated to Ken Millar (1915–1983), popularly known as mystery writer Ross Macdonald, who had assisted Zevon in fighting through substance abuse addiction and successfully completing related treatment.^[1]