"Johnny B" is a song from

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' third studio album '' One Way Home''. It was written by

Eric Bazilian Eric M. Bazilian (born July 21, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. Bazilian is a founding member of the rock band The Hooters. He wrote " One of Us", a song first recorded by Joan Osborne in 1 ...

Rick Chertoff Richard E. Chertoff (born March 29, 1950 in New York, NY) is an American five-time Grammy-nominated producer responsible for such hits as Joan Osborne's " One of Us", Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and " Time After Time" and Sophie ...

and

Rob Hyman Robert Andrew Hyman (born April 24, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters. Early life Hyman st ...

. "Johnny B" was released as a single in 1987 by Columbia Records, and reached #61 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list. The song had considerable success in Germany, topping at #7 for two weeks. An accompanying music video was also released, directed by David Fincher. '' Cash Box'' said that it "is filled with musical textures that enhance the narrative and range from Old World quaintness to gritty guitar-based rock." The song was covered in 1997 by the

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group Down Low and reached #4 on the

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. The Finnish rock band

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has also recorded a Finnish version of the song with the title "Angelique". Czech rock band Tlustá Berta also recorded another version of this song with title "Prázdnej byt" and Nanovor with title "Už nezavolá" Another cover was released in August 2019 by German Folk Metal Band Equilibrium, on their Album Renegades.

Track list

;7" and 12" single :A side: "Johnny B" (3:58) :B side: "

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(Live)" (4:08) ;CD

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(released in

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) # "Johnny B" (3:58) # "

(Live)" (4:08) # "Satellite" (4:08) # "And We Danced" (3:48)

Charts

References

;Sources * 1987 songs Columbia Records singles The Hooters songs Music videos directed by David Fincher Song recordings produced by Rick Chertoff Songs written by Eric Bazilian Songs written by Rick Chertoff Songs written by Rob Hyman {{1980s-single-stub