Jeopardy (song)

"Jeopardy"
French picture sleeve
Single by The Greg Kihn Band
from the album Kihnspiracy
B-side"Fascination"
ReleasedJanuary 1983
StudioFantasy, Berkeley
Genre
Length3:47
LabelBeserkley
Songwriter(s)Greg Kihn, Steve Wright
Producer(s)Matthew King Kaufman
The Greg Kihn Band singles chronology
"Happy Man"
(1982)
"Jeopardy"
(1983)
"Tear That City Down"
(1983)

"Jeopardy" is a song released by the Greg Kihn Band, from their 1983 album Kihnspiracy. It was the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching number 2 in May 1983 (behind Michael Jackson's "Beat It").

It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Club Dance Play chart in April, 1983 and crossed over to the Top 50 of Billboard's Soul chart. The song also reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's only charting song in the UK. The song was composed in D minor.

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