Drop the Pilot
~ Recording by Joan Armatrading
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | The Key | Joan Armatrading | Album |
| A&M Records | SP-4912 |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | The Key | Joan Armatrading | Album |
| A&M Records | CD-4912 |
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | ?:?? | Joan Armatrading | Chart Encounters of the Hit Kind | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ronco | 4C RTL 2091 A |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | The Key | Joan Armatrading | Album |
| A&M Records | AMLX 64912 |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | The Key | Joan Armatrading | Album |
| A&M Records | AMLX 64912 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:44 | Joan Armatrading | Track Record | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | JA 2001 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:44 | Joan Armatrading | Track Record | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CDA 63725 |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:43 | Joan Armatrading | Classics, Volume 21 | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 2519 |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:43 | Joan Armatrading | Classics, Volume 21 (A&M Records 25th Anniversary) | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 75021-2519-2, CD 2519 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:44 | Joan Armatrading | Track Record | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 3319 |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | The Very Best of Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 397 122 2 |
| 3.2 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | The Hit Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Concept Records (Australia) | CC0183CD |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | The Very Best of Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 3971222 |
| 1.11 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | The 80’s Collection: 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 544/04 |
| 2.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | The Rock Collection: The Heart of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/34 |
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Rock Moves & Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 525 171-2 |
| 2.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:35 | Joan Armatrading | The Emotion Collection: Women in Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | TL 571/32 |
| 1.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | World Hits 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | KA 506 |
| 2.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Drive Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD96 |
| 2.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Drive Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINMC 96 |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | Greatest Hits | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 31454 0525 2 |
| 3.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Drive | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 525 307-2 |
| 3.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:33 | Joan Armatrading | Hit the Road With… Drive (4 disc boxset) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight (Polygram sublabel) | 525 306-2, 525 309-2 |
| 1.12 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Radiottanta | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 535 446-2 |
| 2.11 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Love & Affection | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 405-2 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | 80’s Pilgrimage: The Very Best of Mark Pilgram’s “80’s Half Hour” | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!) | CDEMCJ (WM) 5736 |
| 1.14 | Drop the Pilot | 3:34 | Joan Armatrading | 1982 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 39619 2 |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | The Power of Love: 1981–1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/7 |
| 2.14 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Was het nu 70 of 80? Volume 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | 7243 845071 2 |
| 4.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Young at Heart: Classic Hits of the Early 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD1881-5 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Millennium Edition | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 490 588-2 |
| 3.13 | Drop The Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Classic Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 565 604-2 |
| 1.14 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | One Shot ’80, Volume 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 545 626-2 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 069 490 696-2 |
| 2.12 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Classic Rock: Women in Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL559/29 |
| 3.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | drive | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight Music (ambient / chillwave from UK) | |
| 1.15 | Drop The Pilot | 3:30 | Joan Armatrading | Drivetime | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum (UK label) | 5418262 |
| 1.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:33 | Joan Armatrading | Hit the Road With… Drive (CD3 & CD4, reissue) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight Music Ltd | 541 421-2 |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Music of the Year: 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 544 523-2 |
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Classic Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation | A&M Records | 490 789-2 | |
| 1.17 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.11 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Rock is Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321972902 2 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot (album version) | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection: Classics (1975-1983) | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection: Classics 1975-1983 | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 069 493 613-2 |
| 2.2 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | Timeless Memories III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | DGCD 033 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection: Joan Armatrading Classics (1975-1983) | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 613-2 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection: Classics 1975–1983 | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 982 3506 |
| 2.8 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Jora Road Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Strategic Marketing (subsidiary of Universal Music GmbH) | |
| 1.16 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Greatest Rock Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 060249824905 (5) |
| 2.8 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Road Hits Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 06024-9825955(9) |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:34 | Joan Armatrading | Legends III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!) | 7243 860420 2 6 |
| 2.12 | Drop the Pilot | 3:30 | Joan Armatrading | N3W WAV35 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Pictures UK | |
| 2.15 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | One Shot 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 9831956 |
| 2.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:30 | Joan Armatrading | Die besten Hits der 80er, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 060249826359(4) |
| 3.9 | Drop the Pilot | ?:?? | Joan Armatrading | Forever 80s: 54 Classic Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | SAIFOR003 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Gold | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 0602498828397 |
| 2.13 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Rock Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, TCM (Tchibo Certified Merchandise) | 06024 983 4341 (8), 229559 |
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Cabrio Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 06024 984117-0 |
| 1.16 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | Simply the Best 1980s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 4.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | 100 Essential 1980's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America) | 5303024 |
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Colour Collection | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 0600753012703 |
| 3.12 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Top 100 anni ’80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | 100 Eighties Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 530.652-0 |
| 4.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | 100 Essential: 1980’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America) | FBUDCD005 |
| 3.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | A Day on the Green: The Vintage Years 2001–2008 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line) | LMCD0018 |
| 3.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | Platinum Collection 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal UMC | 06024-9847153-1, 9847153 |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot (album version) | 3:35 | Joan Armatrading | 100 Essential Hits – 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Strategic Marketing (subsidiary of Universal Music GmbH) | |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Total 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | [none] |
| 1.3 | Drop the Pilot | 3:41 | Joan Armatrading | The Key | Joan Armatrading | Album |
| A&M Records | |
| 4.6 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | De Pre Historie 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ARS | 533.153-1 |
| 1.8 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Driving 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Helicon Music | 9364-2 |
| 2.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:35 | Joan Armatrading | More 80 From the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using) | 5335368 |
| 2.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Der letzte Bulle, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music Media | 88691 91175 2 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | 101 Rock Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 8888376732 |
| 1.2 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | Love & Affection: The Very Best Of | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | spec2136 |
| 2.13 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Countdown: 40th Anniversary Continues… | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ABC Music (Australian Broadcasting Corporation in-house label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 535 9448 |
| 2.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | Classic 80s Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | UWCLA038 |
| 2.9 | Drop the Pilot | 3:32 | Joan Armatrading | 101 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | UMC10103 |
| 4.14 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | 101 Classic Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985465892 |
| 4.17 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | 101 Drivetime | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | UMC10110 |
| 2.20 | Drop the Pilot | 3:35 | Joan Armatrading | Classic Driving Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | UWCLA035 |
| 1.38 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | The Best 80s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 1.17 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | Now Yearbook ’83 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDBYNOW83 |
| 1.17 | Drop the Pilot | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | NOW Yearbook ’83 (special edition (with booklet)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398733524, CDYBXNOW83 |
| 2.5 | Drop the Pilot (album version) | 3:39 | Joan Armatrading | Now Yearbook 1983 (translucent red vinyl) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand | 0194398733616, LPYBNOW83 |
| 1.80 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | The Best BBQ Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 1.29 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | The Best Rock Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| 2.13 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | The Hits Album: Drivetime Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | |
| 3.9 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | The Hits Album: All Time Greatest Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | LC12723 |
| 1.5 | Drop the Pilot | 3:34 | Joan Armatrading | Drive 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 2.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | Hottest Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hit Bound Records | HB0096CD |
| 1.7 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | New York Collection, 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| amc records (Belgian label and publisher) | NYC 1983 |
| 1.9 | Drop the Pilot | 3:37 | Joan Armatrading | Power of a Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | STELCD0069 |
| 2.18 | Drop the Pilot (album version) | 3:31 | Joan Armatrading | The Best Soft Rock Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 8852413 |
| 1.1 | Drop the Pilot | 3:44 | Joan Armatrading | Track Record | Joan Armatrading | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 394 987-2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Drop the Pilot | 3:40 | Joan Armatrading | Hot Summer 2001: Due | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sorrisi e Canzoni TV | HS 200102-TVSC |
| Pseudo-Release | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | The Hit Box CD 3 - The 80’s Smash Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | Drop the Pilot | 3:42 | Joan Armatrading | Fantastic 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19658762162 |
| 1.8 | Drop The Pilot | 3:38 | Joan Armatrading | The Ultimate Party Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.10 | Drop the Pilot | 3:36 | Joan Armatrading | Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Niko Bolas |
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| engineer and producer: | Val Garay |
| bass: | Bryan Garofalo |
| drums (drum set): | Craig Krampf |
| guitar: | Joan Armatrading Craig Hull Tim Pierce (US session guitarist) |
| keyboard: | Steve Goldstein |
| percussion: | M. L. Benoit |
| vocals: | Joan Armatrading |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | A&M Records (in 1983) A&M Records, Ltd. (in 1983) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1443870207 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/72YATNrv9D0QIVgOURyTFg [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/16505806 [info] |
| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1443870207 [info] https://tidal.com/track/13576516 [info] |
| recording of: | Drop the Pilot |
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Related works
Drop the Pilot
| composer: | Joan Armatrading |
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| publisher: | Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. Polygram Music |
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