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Song Details
Rank this week: 10 (↑27)
Duration: 2:28 
Release Date: 1984 
Lyrics By: Karl Brown & Matthew McQueen 
Music By: Karl Brown & Matthew McQueen 
Produced By: Tony Kramedas & Automatic Pilot 
Released By: Brown and McQueen Music (ASCAP) (karlap) 
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Licensing: ASCAP  #341482793 
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Facts:
  • The only Automatic Pilot song ever to be played on Dr. Demento (once on July 1, 1984, and again on June 4, 2011 in the "1984" topic segment) (karlap)
  • #2 on The Mad Music Show Episode #84, July 2, 2007 - Topic: Misfits, Rejects & Outcasts (karlap)
  • Nineteen appearances on DFSXRadio.com Demented Top 20 (eight on the MMDT20 podcast) between 1/26/2007 and 11/30/2007, including one at #2 and two at #3, plus the end-of-year Top 50 show on 12/28/2007. Finished at #2 on the DT20 for all of 2007 (karlap)
  • Song Lyrics:
    There's a derelict in my doorway
    Peeing on my floorway
    Please chase him away.
    When my friends come by they smell him
    And I don't know what to tell them
    Please chase him away.
    There's a derelict in my doorway
    Better get back
    His bottle is empty
    He's about to attack!

    He is ranting and he's raving
    And I don't know what he's saying
    Please chase him away.

    (Derelict:)
    Tell me brother can you help me?
    Can you help me with a quarter?

    Please TAKE him away!
    There's a derelict in my doorway
    Better get back
    His bottle is empty
    He's about to attack!

    (Derelict:)
    I'm cold!
    I'm hungry!
    Please help me!

    There's a derelict in my doorway
    And I don't know what to do
    Looks like I'm gonna have to
    Sic the fuzz on you.
    The psycho cops are coming
    With Thorazine and lead
    They're going to stop that crazy
    Voice in your head.
    There's a derelict in my doorway
    Better be quick
    He's headed this way
    He's about be sick!
    (vomiting noises)

    (Derelict:)
    (derelict noises)
    They kicked me out of the hospital.
    They cut off my check.
    I can't find a stinking job.
    PLEASE HELP ME!

    D d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
    Derelict in my doorway.

    (Derelict:)
    Derelict in my doorway?

    Derelict in my doorway!

    (Derelict:)
    That's me!

    D d d d d d d d derelict
    In my doorway!!

    Copyright © 1984, 2005 Karl Brown & Matthew McQueen

    (karlap)
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    Current Rating 10.0 (1 vote)
    Messages about the song: "Derelict In My Doorway"
     
     
    karlap   Offline  -  Artist  -  06-22-11 07:29 PM  -  12 years ago
    fiogf49gjkf0d
    Correction has been applied to the song fact above, which was originally posted before the 20 Club was documented.
    This could change at any time with a few well-placed votes!
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    DJ Particle:

    Correction to make: This song was actually one week shy of the "20 Club". It spent its 19th week on the chart on Nov. 30, 2007 and never hit again :(

    The DT20 show of 12/28/07 was the second half of the Top 50 of 2007 and therefore doesn't count in this determination.
    DJ Particle   Offline  -  Moderator, Artist & D.J.  -  03-04-11 09:11 AM  -  13 years ago
    fiogf49gjkf0d
    Correction to make: This song was actually one week shy of the "20 Club". It spent its 19th week on the chart on Nov. 30, 2007 and never hit again :(

    The DT20 show of 12/28/07 was the second half of the Top 50 of 2007 and therefore doesn't count in this determination.
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