Ah! Leah!

"Ah! Leah!"
Single by Donnie Iris
from the album Back on the Streets
B-side "Joking"
Released October, 1980
Format 7"
Recorded 1980
Genre
Length 3:41
Label Midwest National
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mark Avsec
Donnie Iris singles chronology
- "Ah! Leah!"
(1980)		 "I Can't Hear You"
(1981)

"Ah! Leah!" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1980 album Back on the Streets. The song was released as a single in late-1980 and reached #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #22 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #19 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tracks chart. The song is widely considered to be Iris' signature song.[1] The song was most popular in Canada, where it became a Top 10 hit.[2]

A full complement of eight musicians appeared in the early live performances of the song, including lead singer Iris, a drummer, three guitar players, one keyboardist and at least two backing vocalists, one female and one male. The song has a driving beat, underscoring a passionate vocal performance by Iris.

The title of the song has been referenced in the form of puns on a few of Iris's later albums - the 2009 live album Ah! Live! and the 2010 Christmas album Ah! Leluiah!.

Electric Six covered the song on their cover-album Mimicry and Memories (2015).[3]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1980-81) Peak
Position
Canada RPM[2] 6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 29
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock 19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [4] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Canada [5] 53

Album appearances

References

  1. ↑ http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-donnie-iris-and-the-cruisers-its-a-rough-world/
  2. 1 2 "Top Singles". RPM. 21 March 1981. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Final track listing for Mimicry and Memories". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19810328.html
  5. ↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4689&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=d8u2448u0uu6fmraq2ge1nhc87

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