Elena (song)
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"Elena" was the debut single for the West Coast rock group,
Marc Tanner Band The Marc Tanner Band was a west coast rock band fronted by Marc Tanner, that released two albums on the Elektra label. They had a small hit with the song "Elena" in 1979. Background During their time the band released two albums, '' No Escape'' i ...
. It was a hot 100 hit for them in 1979.


Background

The song was written by
Marc Tanner The Marc Tanner Band was a west coast rock band fronted by Marc Tanner, that released two albums on the Elektra label. They had a small hit with the song "Elena" in 1979. Background During their time the band released two albums, '' No Escape'' i ...
, Nat Jeffrey, and Jeff Monday. Nat Jeffrey also produced the single. It was released on the Elektra label, cat# E-46003 in January 1979. Two of the features in the song described by ''Billboard'' were the wailing sax solo and the sassy vocals. The single was taken from the group's '' No Escape'' album, released on Elektra 6E-168.


Chart performance

As reported for the week ending April 7, 1979, "Elena" moved up to No. 45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It spent six weeks on the chart.''Music VF.com''
Songs written by Marc Tanner
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