Footloose – Kenny Loggins

This track by Kenny Loggins spent three weeks in the UK top 10 in 1984.

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Thirty years ago this week, Footloose by Kenny Loggins reached its highest position of number 6 in the UK singles chart. It had entered the top 40 two weeks previously at number 28 and broke into the top 10 a week later. After one week at its peak position, the song fell to number 7 for a final week in the top 10 and then dropped into the lower top 40 for the last three weeks of its chart life.

Footloose was released on the CBS record label and was the only top 10 hit for Kenny Loggins in the UK. It was written for the film of the same name and appeared on its soundtrack album. The single was a US number 1.

More music from Kenny Loggins

 

UK singles chart for the week ending 19 May 1984

1. The reflex – Duran Duran

2. Automatic – Pointer Sisters

3. Against all odds (take a look at me now) – Phil Collins

4. I want to break free – Queen

5. One love – People get ready – Bob Marley and the Wailers

6. Footloose – Kenny Loggins

7. Locomotion – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

8. Let’s hear it for the boy – Deniece Williams

9. Don’t tell me – Blancmange

10. When you’re young and in love – Flying Pickets

11. Love games – Belle and the Devotions