| "Stranger in Town" | ||||
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| Single by Toto | ||||
| from the album Isolation | ||||
| B-side | "Change of Heart" | |||
| Released | October 15, 1984[1] | |||
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| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Paich, Jeff Porcaro | |||
| Producer(s) | Toto | |||
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"Stranger in Town" is a hit song by American rock band Toto from their 1984 album Isolation.
It was the first single released from that album, reaching the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984.[3] The song was the band's highest-ever charting Mainstream Rock track, eventually peaking at number 7. It was also a top 40 single in Australia, where it remains the fourth highest charting single by Toto, behind only "Hold the Line", "Rosanna", and "Africa". The song was written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, and features Paich on lead vocals. Though Bobby Kimball is officially credited as a guest musician on the album, having been fired from Toto, "Stranger in Town" was recorded while he was still a member of the group.
The song was performed live during the 1985 Isolation tour as well as during the first leg of the subsequent Fahrenheit tour in October–November 1986 before being dropped for the second (European) leg of the tour. It then only resurfaced in the band's live set in 2015-16 (on the Toto XIV tour) and again in 2018 (40 Trips around the Sun tour).
- ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 30.
- ^ a b Molanphy, Chris (July 31, 2021). "What a Fool Believes Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Stranger in Town" USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.