Double Fun

Double Fun
Studio album by
Robert Palmer
Released17 March 1978 (1978-03-17)[1]
Studio
GenreRock
Length34:48
LabelIsland
ProducerRobert Palmer, Tom Moulton
Robert Palmer chronology
Some People Can Do What They Like
(1976) 		Double Fun
(1978) 		Secrets
(1979)
Singles from Double Fun
  1. "Every Kinda People"
    Released: March 1978
  2. "Best of Both Worlds"
    Released: April 1978 (EU)
  3. "You Overwhelm Me"
    Released: June 1978 (US)
  4. "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
    Released: October 1978 (US)

Double Fun is the fourth solo album by Robert Palmer, released in 1978. Self-produced, this pop album is influenced by multiple genres including blue-eyed soul, disco and heavy rock but maintains an overall consistency of production which holds it all together.[2] The album peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1978, his highest rank up to that point,[3] and includes a top 20 hit, "Every Kinda People".[4]

The hit single from the album "Every Kinda People" was written by former Free bassist Andy Fraser. Fraser recorded his own version of the song which he never released but which Palmer heard. This album and the hit single paved the way for his next album Secrets which reached No. 19 on the Billboard charts and gave Palmer his biggest hit yet with the Moon Martin penned "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)".

The album cracked the Billboard Top 100 peaking at No. 45 thanks to the success of "Every Kinda People", and two follow up singles continued to keep the album afloat on the charts. The last track "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" penned by Palmer later became a hit single (reaching No. 73 on the Billboard charts in 1980) for Bonnie Raitt and was featured on her 1979 album The Glow. Double Fun peaked at No. 10 in the Netherlands and No. 29 in New Zealand.[5]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). Music Week. 11 March 1978. p. 62. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ Donald A. Guarisco. "Review of Double Fun". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Billboard Albums Chart for Robert Palmer". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Billboard Singles Chart for Robert Palmer". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
  5. ^ "Album artist 453 – Robert Palmer". Tsort.info. Retrieved 14 February 2012.