Released 1986 Genre Blues rock | Recorded 1986 Label Mercury Records | |
Writer(s) Robert Cray, Bruce Bromberg, Richard Cousins Producer(s) Dennis Walker, Bruce Bromberg | ||
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. In addition, Cray was nominated for the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist in a Video for this song.
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Background
The song deals with infidelity.
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".
References
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