"Elena" was the debut single for the West Coast rock group, Marc Tanner Band. It was a hot 100 hit for them in 1979.
| "Elena" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Marc Tanner Band | ||||
| from the album No Escape | ||||
| A-side | "Elena" | |||
| B-side | "Lady In Blue" | |||
| Released | January 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Elektra E-46003 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Tanner, Nat Jeffrey, Jeff Monday | |||
| Producer(s) | Nat Jeffrey | |||
| The Marc Tanner Band singles chronology | ||||
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The song was written by Marc Tanner, Nat Jeffrey, and Jeff Monday. Nat Jeffrey also produced the single. It was released on the Elektra label, cat# E-46003 in January 1979. Two of the features in the song described by Billboard were the wailing sax solo and the sassy vocals.[1] The single was taken from the group's No Escape album, released on Elektra 6E-168.[2]
As reported for the week ending April 7, 1979, "Elena" moved up to No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] It spent six weeks on the chart.[4][5]