Eddie Schwartz - Over The Line (1981, Canada)

Song made it to the US 1982 Billboard charts for four weeks but only reached #89 unlike his other 1982 song 'All Our Tomorrows' which made it to the top 40.
This is the single version. Album version is a bit longer and can be found on his 1981 album "No Refuge.
Eddie Schwartz was from Toronto.
Trivia - he started off as guitarist in Charity Brown’s backing band

Trivia 2 - He wrote the song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot' which became a hit for Pat Benatar
His other writing success include “Does A Fool Ever Learn” for Helix, “Two Wrongs” for Joe Cocker, and “Don’t Shed A Tear” for Paul Carrack, Some of his songs were also recorded by Peter Frampton and Amii Stewart His material for others gained him an international reputation as a world class songwriter. He also wrote the title track for the Doobie Brothers’ comeback album ‘The Doctor’ plus two albums for Canadian artist Gowan

He went solo in 1976 and in 1978 Klaatu manager Bernie Solomon signed Schwartz as a staff songwriter with ATV Music. After signing a record deal with Infinity Records he began recording his debut LP with Murray Klugman (Blue Oyster Cult) and received musical assistance from David Tyson (Alannah Myles), Rick Derringer, Terry Wilkins (Rough Trade), Clarence Clemens, Howard Ayee, Kate And Anna McGarrigle, and Nona Hendryx. After the completion of the album, Infinity went bankrupt and Schwartz ended up releasing his self-titled album ‘Schwartz’ with A & M