Going for Broke (album)

Going for Broke
Studio album by
Released1984
GenreReggae, funk
Length39:30
LabelPortrait Records
ProducerEddy Grant
Eddy Grant chronology
Killer on the Rampage
(1982)
Going for Broke
(1984)
Born Tuff
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Going for Broke is a 1984 album by Eddy Grant. Following the major success of the previous Killer on the Rampage, this album takes a similar approach but was not as successful. It featured the U.S. hit "Romancing the Stone", as well as the singles "Till I Can't Take Love No More" and "Boys in the Street".

"Romancing the Stone" was intended for the 1984 feature film of the same name, in fact was announced by Casey Kasem on the 30 June 1984 edition of American Top 40 as the title song to the movie, but ultimately was used only briefly, though clips from the film appeared in at least one official music video for the song, and the song is mentioned in the film's closing credits.

A music video for "Boys in the Street" entered rotation on MTV in mid-October 1984.[2]

  1. ^ Going for Broke at AllMusic
  2. ^ "MTV Programming". Billboard. 20 October 1984. p. 32. Retrieved 29 July 2019.