{{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 = 9 May 1983 | recorded = 1982 | studio = | genre = * New wave<ref>{{cite web|author=Atilano, Joseph |url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/131543/gino-padilla-on-the-ryzza-mae-show |title=Gino Padilla on 'The Ryzza Mae Show' |publisher=Inquirer.net |date=January 26, 2014 |accessdate=April 2, 2026}} ...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</ref> * blue-eyed soul | length = 4:42 (12")<br/>3:44 (single version) | label = RCA | writer = * Chris Bostock * Dig Wayne | producer = Alan Shacklock | prev_title = Boxerbeat | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Johnny Friendly | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{External music video | type = single | header = Music videos | 1 = {{YouTube|t2IUDF-p2Ug|"Just Got Lucky"}} }} }}
"'''Just Got Lucky'''" is a song recorded by the British band JoBoxers, released in May 1983, through RCA Records. The track was initially released on the band's debut album, ''Like Gangbusters'' (1983). The song reached the top ten in the UK,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the top 40 in the United States that autumn. It was later included on the band's compilation albums, ''Essential Boxerbeat'' (1996, later re-released in 2006) and ''Doing the Boxerbeat - The Anthology'' (2003).
==Chart history== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1982–83) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="Australian Chart Book 1970–1992">{{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}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|25 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{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=January 15, 1983 |accessdate=April 2, 2026}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|30 |- |{{singlechart|Ireland2|13|song=Just Got Lucky|accessdate=September 26, 2018}} |- |UK Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/just-got-lucky/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=May 21, 1983 |accessdate=April 2, 2026}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|36 |- |US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{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 }}</ref> |align="center"|40 |- |}
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==External links== * [https://genius.com/Joboxers-just-got-lucky-lyrics Lyrics of this song] *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/soundtrack Soundtrack to The 40 Year Old Virgin] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20021216212741/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/joboxers/artist.jhtml Just Got Lucky on VH1.com] (via Wayback Machine) *[http://joboxers.net/lucky.html Just Got Lucky on the Official JoBoxers Website] * {{YouTube|vOPEew6WrJk|Listen to "Just Got Lucky"}}
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Category:1983 songs Category:1983 singles Category:JoBoxers songs Category:RCA Records singles Category:Music videos shot in London
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