The Right Thing
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"The Right Thing" is a single released by British
soul group Simply Red
in 1987. It was taken from the album Men and Women
.
It displays more of a funk
influence than the group's previous hits, but also retains the blue-eyed soul
sound that became their trademark during the '80s. It is similar to the sound of the album it was taken from, which also featured funk influence on many songs.
It reached #11 in the UK charts in early 1987, but did not find significant success in the US, only reaching #29 on the Billboard Hot 100
at a time where the group were at their peak amount of success in the States. It is one of the group's least popular singles in the latter country.
According to some sources, the racy sexually implicit nature of the song caused the album to be banned in Singapore
.
United Kingdom
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soul group Simply Red
Simply Red
Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
in 1987. It was taken from the album Men and Women
Men and Women (album)
Men and Women is the second album released by British pop group Simply Red in 1987.-Track listing:Side one# "The Right Thing" - 4:19# "Infidelity" - 4:09# "Suffer" - 4:55...
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It displays more of a funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
influence than the group's previous hits, but also retains the blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul is a media term that was used to describe rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists, with a strong pop music influence. The term was first used in the mid-1960s to describe white artists who performed soul and R&B that was similar to the music of the Motown and...
sound that became their trademark during the '80s. It is similar to the sound of the album it was taken from, which also featured funk influence on many songs.
It reached #11 in the UK charts in early 1987, but did not find significant success in the US, only reaching #29 on the 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...
at a time where the group were at their peak amount of success in the States. It is one of the group's least popular singles in the latter country.
According to some sources, the racy sexually implicit nature of the song caused the album to be banned in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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