"The Real Thing" is a 1987 hit single for the popular music producer Jellybean which featured the vocals of Steven Dante

Steven Dante

Steven Dante is a British soul singer and songwriter, who had several singles released in the late 1980s on the Cooltempo label. His only solo album, Find Out, was released on Chrysalis in 1988. It peaked at #87 in the UK Albums Chart in September 1988...

. It is featured on Jellybean's album "Just Visiting This Planet". The song was successful in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, reaching #13. It was even more successful in clubs at the time, reaching #1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 Chart for 1 week. "The Real Thing" can be found on various pop compilation albums, mainly from 1987 and 1988 including Now That's What I Call Music 10 (UK series).

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	82
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	49
UK Singles Chart	13
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	1