Burning The Ground Exclusive 1979
“How Could This Go Wrong” is a 1979 song performed by the American group Exile. Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn wrote it. The song was included on the band’s fourth studio album All There Is, and it was the first of three singles released from the LP. After spending only two weeks on the survey, the song reached #88 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on April 29, 1979. In the U.K. the song reached #46. “How Could This Go Wrong” also charted in Australia #68, and New Zealand #67.
The pop and country music group, formed in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1963 as the Exiles. They toured with Dick Clark Caravan of Stars from 1965 to 1968. In 1972 they changed their name to Exile. In 1978 they had a US #1 pop hit with “Kiss You All Over”. They evolved into country music in 1983 with many subsequent country chart hits.
The “Disco Mix” is only available on this U.S. 12″.
SIDE A:
How Could This Go Wrong (Disco Mix) 6:20
Written-By – Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn, James P. Pennington, Lynda Lawley*
SIDE B:
Being In Love With You Is Easy 5:37
Written-By – James P. Pennington*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | How Could This Go Wrong | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #88 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – WBSD 8797, Curb Records – WBSD 8797
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Disco
CREDITS:
- Producer – Mike Chapman
NOTES:
From the LP “All There Is”
Disco – Stereo
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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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Thank you for this! I remember Kiss You All Over by this band but don’t think I’d ever heard this one.
Never heard this version before. Thanks for making it available for all to hear again.
You’re welcome, Johnny 🙂
This beginning reminds me of Kiss’ only Disco Hit (and IMHO their best song) “I Was Made For Loving You”, but with a touch of space synth! Definitely never heard this song before, but I love it! Thank you, Paul!
I hope everyone here has a fantastic weekend!
I heard KISS in this one too, Martika. Glad you like it 🙂
Simply brilliant choice, Paul. Thank you so much for sharing this in a high quality file format. I love this track which is amazing on all LEVELS! Have a great weekend!!!
ekend :)Thank you, Martika. Have a great weekend 🙂
WOW! Paul, JUST WOW! When I read your post I thought “Never heard of that one. I´m intrigued.” And then the main melody started and it was like “Oh THAT ONE!” Great song. It reached no. 12 over here. The German cover version “Frei und abgebrannt” (“Free and broke”) reached no. 24 in the German charts and was one of the first bigger hits of a singer who ist still on tour today 🙂 What a disco way to start into the weekend. Have a great fin de semana, Paul and Jeff and all you lovely people out there.
I had no idea there was a cover version thanks for schooling me on that. I hope you have a great weekend 🙂
This is super catchy of a song. I’ve never heard of this as well. Thanks.
You’re welcome, Gilbert 🙂
Thanks. I’ll look for it 🙂
The 8:05 version is the album version.
Great choice Paul!! Like Jeff said, this is new to me too. I love their song Kiss You All Over. In my opinion it’s unique among the disco hits with its rock element and highly effective use of the synthesizer. How Could This Go Wrong is also no exception. I can see this fitting in perfectly and tearing up the dance floor, but I’m actually surprised it only reached #88 on the chart! In reality, that’s actually testament to how good music was then and how many great charting hits there were, for a song this good to be relegated… Read more »
Where else but the 80s could you hear pop, rock, disco, country, and R&B all together on Top 40 radio I have said this before it was a magical time for music. This song should have been a bigger hit but I guess at this point Disco was on its way out and their hardcore fans did not accept the change. I hope you have a great weekend, Retro Hound 🙂
This was really fun to hear, Paul. I had loved their, “Kiss You All Over” record and wondered what really happened to them after that. I love that you gave us a Disco song that is pretty much new to me. I do like this one a lot and it’s a perfect flashback to when Disco was indeed everywhere. You are always thinking outside the platform shoes, Paul. Thanks for giving us something different than the same old same old. I got a kick out of the video with the hairstyles and fashion choices from way back when. Very cool!!… Read more »
“Kiss You All Over” is one of my favorite country/rock songs in the same vein as The Eagles. Exile did go on to have at least Ten #1 Country singles throughout the 80s and 90s. Have a great weekend, Jeff 🙂
This was a moderate hit reaching # 24 in the German charts in 1979
as “Frei und abgebrannt” (= Free And Broke) by Bernhard Brink.
Thank you for the info, Christian I did not know the song was covered.
It was a time when *everyone* was doing a disco song. Rod Stewart, the Stones, Ethel Merman…
The ads in the trades were headlined “How Could Disco Wrong?”
We found out.
(I still enjoyed this tune and spun it at the club where I was working at the time, but it never caught on otherwise.)
It is a shame it did not catch on it is a pretty good Disco romp. 🙂