"Right Place, Wrong Time" | ||||
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Single by Dr. John | ||||
from the album In the Right Place | ||||
B-side | "I Been Hoodood" | |||
Released | April 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
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Length | 2:50 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mac Rebennack | |||
Producer(s) | Allen Toussaint | |||
Dr. John singles chronology | ||||
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"Right Place, Wrong Time" is a song by American musician Dr. John. It was the first single from his sixth album, In the Right Place, and became his biggest hit single.
During the summer of 1973, the song peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It is ranked as the 24th biggest hit of 1973. In Canada, the song reached number six.[2]
Some of the lines came from contributions by Bob Dylan, Bette Midler and Doug Sahm.[3] A verse lyric from the song ("Just need a little brain salad surgery/got to cure my insecurity") was the inspiration for the title of the album Brain Salad Surgery by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, replacing the working title of Whip Some Skull on Yer.[4] Both titles are slang expressions for fellatio.[5][6]