Right on Track (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Right on Track

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Breakfast Club

| album = Breakfast Club

| released = May 1987

| recorded = 1986

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 4:18

| label = MCA

| writer = {{hlist|Dan Gilroy|Stephen Bray}}

| producer = Jimmy Iovine

| prev_title = Rico Mambo

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Kiss and Tell

| next_year = 1987

}}

"Right on Track" is a 1987 hit single by the American band Breakfast Club. Written by the band's lead singer and drummer, Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray respectively, the single climbed to number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 30, 1987. The single also peaked at number 54 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart that same year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Right+on+Track+by+Breakfast+Club&id=6782|title=Right on Track (Song by Breakfast Club) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1987)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| 4

{{singlechart|Flanders|16|artist=Breakfast Club|song=Right on Track|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}
{{singlechart|Dutch40|10|year=1987|week=22|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|16|artist=Breakfast Club|song=Right on Track|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|30|artist=Breakfast Club|song=Right on Track|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}
{{singlechart|UK|54|date=19870704|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}
scope="row"|Cash Box (Cashbox) {{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title= Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}

|style="text-align:center"|11

{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=Breakfast Club|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}
{{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|7|artist=Breakfast Club|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}
{{singlechart|West Germany|32|songid=45706|artist=Breakfast Club|song=Right on Track|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1987)

!Position

align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987|publisher=Australian Music Report|via=Imgur|access-date=11 December 2019}}

|align="center"|31

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=April 11, 2021}}

| 97

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |date=December 26, 1987 |title=1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=52 }}

| 94

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