Lead Me On (Maxine Nightingale song)

"Lead Me On"
Single by Maxine Nightingale
from the album Lead Me On
B-side	"Love Me Like You Mean It"
Released	May 1979
Format	7" single
Recorded	1978
Genre	Pop, R&B, soul
Length	2:48
Label	Windsong Records
Writer(s)	Allee Willis, David Lasley
Producer(s)	Denny Diante
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Maxine Nightingale singles chronology
"Right Now" (1977) "Lead Me On" (1979) "(Bringin' Out) The Girl in Me" (1979)

"Lead Me On" is a popular song written by Allee Willis and David Lasley which was a hit single for Maxine Nightingale in 1979.

"Lead Me On" was introduced on Love Lines which was Nightingale's third album for United Artists Records. Love Lines was issued in 1978 in the UK and Europe and "Lead Me On" was a non-charting UK single. Although United Artists did not release "Lead Me On" or its parent album in the US, Al Teller who had been president of United Artists when Nightingale had recorded her breakout hit "Right Back Where We Started From" made the US release of "Lead Me On" the debut single on Windsong Records shortly after assuming the latter company's presidency in January 1979^[1] and the track began to accrue interest that spring particularly in the easy listening market with the #1 position on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart attained that July. In all, "Lead Me On" spent seven weeks atop the AC chart (for the weeks of July 7, 14, and 21; August 4, 11, and 18; and September 1). On the Billboard Hot 100, "Lead Me On" peaked at number five, while reaching number 37 on the R&B chart.^[2] Despite the fact that it was an AC song, it enjoyed better success in Canada on the RPM Dance Music Chart, where it spent 4 non-consecutive weeks at number one in 1979.^[3]

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1979 (U.S.)

References

1. Billboard 21 July 1979 p.4
2. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
3. Top 20 Dance Music Chart (October 13, 1979) from RPM/Library and Archives Canada