Just Got Lucky

1983 single by JoBoxers

"Just Got Lucky"

Single by JoBoxers

from the album Like Gangbusters

B-side

"Crosstown Walkup"

Released

May 1983

Recorded

1982

Genre

New wave^[1]

Length

4:42 (12")
3:44 (single version)

Songwriter(s)

Chris Bostock
Dig Wayne

Producer(s)

Alan Shacklock

JoBoxers singles chronology

"Boxerbeat"
(1983)

"Just Got Lucky"
(1983)

"Johnny Friendly"
(1983)

"Just Got Lucky" was the second single from the British band JoBoxers. The track was initially released on the band's debut album, Like Gangbusters, in 1983. The song reached the top ten in the UK^[2] and the top 40 in the United States that autumn. It was later released on the band's albums Doing the Boxerbeat - The Anthology and Essential Boxerbeat.

Chart history

Chart (1982–83)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	25
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	30
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	13
UK Singles Chart^[6]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	36
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	40

In popular culture

In December 2008, the song was used in a radio advert, for a Max's Restaurant promotion "Lucky with the Tilaok".^{[citation needed]}
It was included in the compilation album Chorus Girl and the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin,^[9] Just My Luck, Philippine film Bagets, and Lucky 13. The song was also used in the final weekly of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4.^{[citation needed]}
In November 12, 2017, the song was performed by the cast of Goin' Bulilit at the opening of the 1980s episode.
In November 14, 2020, the song was performed on an Eat Bulaga! segment "Social Dis-dancing" for a dance challenge

References

^ "Gino Padilla on 'The Ryzza Mae Show' "...a perfect example of a song for that era, "Just Got Lucky" by Jo Boxers. Gino even showed Ryzza Mae the dance moves of the popular New Wave hit in the early 80's"; Inquirer Entertainment". Entertainment.inquirer.net. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 284. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1983-01-15. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Just Got Lucky". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1983-05-21. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 3, 1983". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ IMDb. "Just Got Lucky". Soundtrack to The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. Retrieved 18 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}