Drop the Pilot

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“Drop the Pilot”
“Drop the Pilot” cover
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album The Key
B-side "Business Is Business"
Released 1983
Length 3:39
Label A&M
Writer(s) Joan Armatrading
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Joan Armatrading singles chronology
"No Love"
(1982)
"Drop the Pilot"
(1983)
"Temptation"
(1985)

"Drop the Pilot" is a song written and originally performed by Joan Armatrading. It was the first single to be released from Armatrading's 1983 album The Key, and was her third and (to date) final UK top 40 hit. The single also charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Drop the Pilot”
“Drop the Pilot” cover
Single by Mandy Moore
from the album Coverage
Released 2003
Length 3:39
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Joan Armatrading
Mandy Moore singles chronology
"Have a Little Faith in Me"
(2003)
"Drop the Pilot"
(2003)
"Senses Working Overtime"
(2004)

[edit] Mandy Moore version

A version of the song by Mandy Moore, included as a track on her album Coverage, saw limited release as that album's second single in Brazil and The Philippines.

[edit] The Video

A video for Drop the Pilot was made, however this was not used to promote Mandy's Coverage album, nor used later to promote her The Best of Mandy Moore.

The video was produced as a demo for Kodak's Vision2 500T series motion picture film. It is included on the demo DVD for the Vision2 line of stocks and used as a product example projected from a print at Kodak product screenings.


[edit] Versions

  • Album Version
  • Sessions@AOL Version