Devil's Gun

"Devil's Gun"
Single by C. J. & Company
from the album Devil's Gun
B-side "Free to Be Me"
Released 1977 (1977)
Genre Disco
Length 3:17 (7" version)
7:14 (Album version)
Label Westbound
Writer(s) Barry Green, Ron Roker, Gerry Shury
Producer(s) Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
C. J. & Company singles chronology
"Day Dreamer"
(1975)
"Devil's Gun"
(1977)
"We Got Our Own Thing"
(1977)

"Devil's Gun" is a 1977 song by C. J. & Company from the album of the same name. Along with the tracks, "We Got Our Own Thing" and "Sure Can't Go to the Moon", the song went to number one for five weeks on the Billboard disco/dance chart.[1] The single also peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart.[2]

"Devil's Gun" was written by Barry Green (also known as Barry Blue), Ron Roker, and Gerry Shury and produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey. The song is notable for being the first record played at the opening of Studio 54 on April 26, 1977, by DJ Richie Kaczor.[3]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  3. "Disco-Disco: A history of Studio 54".
Preceded by
"Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye
Billboard National Disco Action number-one single
(with "We Got Our Own Thing" and "Sure Can't Go to the Moon")

May 28 – June 25, 1977
Succeeded by
I Remember Yesterday (all cuts) by Donna Summer
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