Just Got Lucky

{{distinguish|Just Got Lucky (Dokken song)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Just Got Lucky

| cover = JustGotLucky.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = JoBoxers

| album = Like Gangbusters

| B-side = Crosstown Walkup

| released = May 1983

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| genre = New wave{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/131543/gino-padilla-on-the-ryzza-mae-show |title=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 |publisher=Entertainment.inquirer.net |date=2014-01-26 |accessdate=2016-08-05}}

| length = 4:42 (12")
3:44 (single version)

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Alan Shacklock

| prev_title = Boxerbeat

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Johnny Friendly

| next_year = 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{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.)|year=2006|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn= 1-904994-10-5|page=284}} 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

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1982–83)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"|25

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6182&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6182.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6182|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1983-01-15 |accessdate=2018-12-01}}

| style="text-align:center;"|30

{{singlechart|Ireland2|13|song=Just Got Lucky|accessdate=September 26, 2018}}
UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/just-got-lucky/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1983-05-21 |accessdate=2018-12-02}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|36

US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19831203.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 3, 1983 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603033214/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19831203.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

|align="center"|40

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