Ah! Leah!

"Ah! Leah!" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1980 album Back on the Streets. The song was released as a single in late 1980 and reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 22 on the Cash Box Top 100, and 19 on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart. The song is widely considered to be Iris' signature song.^[1] The song was most popular in Canada, where it became a Top 10 hit.^[2]

A full complement of eight musicians appeared in the early live performances of the song, including lead singer Iris, a drummer, three guitar players, one keyboardist and at least two backing vocalists, one female and one male. The song has a driving beat, underscoring a passionate vocal performance by Iris.

The title of the song has been referenced in the form of puns on a few of Iris's later albums—the 2009 live album Ah! Live! and the 2010 Christmas album Ah! Leluiah!.

Electric Six covered the song on their cover-album Mimicry and Memories (2015).^[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1980–81)	Peak position
Canada RPM^[2]	6
US Billboard Hot 100	29
US Billboard Mainstream Rock	19
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	22

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Position
Canada^[5]	53

Album appearances

Back on the Streets, 1980
Out of the Blue, 1992
Live! At Nick's Fat City, 1998 (live)
Together Alone, 1999 (acoustic)
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donnie Iris, 2001
25 Years, 2004 (live)
Ah! Live!, 2009 (live)

References

↑ "The Popdose Guide to Donnie Iris and the Cruisers: It's a Rough World". Popdose.com. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
1 2 "Top Singles". RPM. 21 March 1981. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ "Final track listing for Mimicry and Memories". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-27.

External links

Donnie Iris

Studio albums	Back on the Streets King Cool The High and the Mighty Fortune 410 No Muss...No Fuss Out of the Blue Footsoldier in the Moonlight Poletown Together Alone Ellwood City Ah! Leluiah!

EPs	You Can't Really Miss Me If I Never Go Away

Live albums	Live! At Nick's Fat City Ah! Live!

Compilations	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donnie Iris 25 Years

Video/DVD Releases	Live at Blossom King Cool: Ah! History of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

Singles	"Ah! Leah!" "I Can't Hear You" "Sweet Merilee" "Love Is Like a Rock" "My Girl" "Tough World" "The High and the Mighty" "Do You Compute?" "Injured in the Game of Love"

The Cruisers	Mark Avsec Brice Foster Paul Goll Marty Lee Hoenes Albritton McClain Steve McConnell Tommy Rich Mark Tirabassi Kevin Valentine Scott Alan Williamson

Related bands	The Jaggerz Wild Cherry Cellarful of Noise The Innocent

Other	"The Rapper" Discography King Cool Light Cellarful of Noise (Cellarful of Noise, 1985) Magnificent Obsession (Cellarful of Noise, 1988)

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