"Tight Rope" is the debut 1972 hit single by singer-songwriter Leon Russell. It was the lead track on his LP, Carney.
The song reached number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - and number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, it reached number five.
This song is a circus metaphor about clinging to life while being on a high wire.
In the instrumental section, this song quotes a couple of times, a slow version of the "Entrance of the Gladiators" March, played in a mysterious descending scale, before Russell finishes the last half of the bridge section.
The B-side of 45 RPM for "Tight Rope" was "This Masquerade", also penned by Russell, which became a Top 10 hit for George Benson in 1976.
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1972)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)24Canadian RPM Top Singles 5U.S. Billboard Hot 10011U.S. Cash Box Top 10010
Year-end charts Chart (1972)RankU.S. Billboard Hot 100104
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