Drop the Pilot

"Drop the Pilot"
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album The Key
B-side"Business Is Business"
Released22 January 1983
Recorded1982–1983
GenrePop rock
Length3:41
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Joan Armatrading
Producer(s)Val Garay
Joan Armatrading singles chronology
"No Love"
(1982) 		"Drop the Pilot"
(1983) 		"Temptation"
(1985)

"Drop the Pilot" is a song written and originally performed by Joan Armatrading. It was the first single to be released from Armatrading's 1983 album The Key, and was her third and (to date) final UK top 40 hit. It reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and spent a total of ten weeks in the Top 40.[1]

The song was a major hit in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number 6 on both charts. The single was Armatrading's only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent six weeks, peaking at number 78 on 25 June 1983.[2]

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