"Sitting at the Wheel" is a 1983 hit single by The Moody Blues, written by John Lodge. It was released in the US as the lead-off single from The Present in August 1983 and debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 3, 1983. In the UK, "Sitting at the Wheel" was released in November 1983 as the second single from The Present, following "Blue World".

"Sitting at the Wheel"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album The Present
B-side	"Sorry" (UK) "Going Nowhere" (US)
Released	19 August 1983 (US) 14 November 1983 (UK)
Recorded	8 March - 10 December 1982
Genre	New wave
Length	5:40 (album) 3:30 (single edit) 7:32 (Germany 12-inch single remix)
Label	Threshold
Songwriter(s)	John Lodge
Producer(s)	Pip Williams
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Blue World" (1983) "Sitting at the Wheel" (1983) "Your Wildest Dreams" (1986)

Cash Box said "Sitting at the Wheel" was worth the long wait since the Moody Blues' previous US single, "The Voice," and that "bright, brassy keyboard flourishes give ELO-style orchestration and pumping bass rhythms a strong forward thrust."[1]

"Sitting at the Wheel" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[2] It peaked at #91 in the UK.[3]

Personnel

• Justin Hayward – vocals, guitar
• John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar
• Graeme Edge – drums
• Patrick Moraz – keyboards

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