Smoking Gun (song)

Smoking Gun is a 1986 song by Robert Cray. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] In addition, Cray was nominated for the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist in a Video for this song.[3]

"Smoking Gun"
Single by Robert Cray
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenreBlues rock
LabelMercury Records
Songwriter(s)Robert Cray, Bruce Bromberg, Richard Cousins[1]
Producer(s)Dennis Walker, Bruce Bromberg[1]

Background

The song deals with infidelity.[1]

Critical reception

Ed Hogan of AllMusic remarked that the song contained "an arresting, up-tempo groove" which "ushered in the contemporary blues era with its respectful nod to the blues tradition while imparting the genre with an underlying airiness".[1]

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References

  1. "Smoking Gun - Robert Cray, Robert Cray Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. "Robert Cray - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. "Downtown" Julie Brown, Carolyn Heldman & Dweezil Zappa (11 September 1987). "1987 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV.
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