"Right on Track" is a 1987

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by the American band Breakfast Club. Written by the band's lead singer and drummer, Dan Gilroy and

Stephen Bray Stephen Pate Bray (born December 23, 1956) is an American songwriter, drummer, and record producer. He is best known for his collaborations with Madonna, being a member of the band Breakfast Club, and for winning the 2017 Grammy Award for the ...

respectively, the single climbed to number seven on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on May 30, 1987. The single also peaked at number 54 on the

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and number seven on the ''Billboard''

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chart that same year.

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{{Reflist 1986 songs Songs written by Stephen Bray Song recordings produced by Jimmy Iovine MCA Records singles 1987 singles