Tired of Toein' the Line

"Tired of Toein' the Line"
Single by Rocky Burnette
from the album The Son of Rock and Roll
B-side "Boogie Down in Mobile, Alabama"
Released May 1980
Format 7"
Recorded 1979
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Length 3:48
Label EMI America
Writer(s) Rocky Burnette, Ron Coleman
Producer(s) Rocky Burnette

"Tired of Toein' the Line" is a song by Rocky Burnette, who co-wrote it with Ron Coleman, former bass player of the Brothers Grim and The Everly Brothers. It was performed by Burnette, and contains lyrics detailing an imminent breakup. It became an international hit when released in May 1980, and was Burnette's only hit single.

By peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, "Tired of Toein' the Line" tied "You're Sixteen", by Rocky's father Johnny Burnette, as the highest-charting Hot 100 single from a member of the Burnette family. The single was also number one in Australia.

In the 1980s, cover versions of the song were released by singer Ricky Nelson on his album Playing to Win (1981) and British singer Shakin' Stevens on his album A Whole Lotta Shaky (1988).

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles[1] 4
New Zealand [2] 3
South Africa 3
UK 58
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 8
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[4] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Rank
Australia [5] 11
Canada 28
New Zealand [6] 13
U.S. Billboard [7] 48
U.S. Cash Box [8] 31

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  2. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1980-08-10. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  3. ↑ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1980 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1980-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  8. ↑
Preceded by
"I Got You" by Split Enz		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
June 9, 1980 - June 16, 1980 		Succeeded by
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors


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