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1986 single by David & David
"Welcome to the Boomtown"
Single by David & David
from the album Boomtown
B-side"A Rock for the Forgotten"
Released1986
Recorded1985
GenreRock
Length5:30
LabelA&M Records
Songwriter(s)David Baerwald
David Ricketts
Producer(s)Davitt Sigerson
David & David singles chronology
"Welcome to the Boomtown"
(1986)
"Swallowed by the Cracks"
(1987)

"Welcome to the Boomtown" is the Los Angeles themed debut hit single by David & David from the album Boomtown. The single reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 119
US Hot 100 (Billboard) 37
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) 8

References

  1. People Staff (January 12, 1987). "David and David, a Couple of Musical Moralists Who Look at L.A. from Down the Up Staircase". People.
  2. "Welcome to the Boomtown". 45cat.com.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 82. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Billboard Hot 100 - November 29, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  5. "Mainstream Rock Airplay - September 27, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.


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