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"Casanova " is a 1987 single by American R&B vocal group LeVert , written and produced by Reggie Calloway . It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart , LeVert's only Top Ten (and Top-40) on either chart. It was the first new jack swing song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. It topped the chart for two weeks, becoming the group's second number-one.[2] It has become a standard number for New Orleans brass bands following its popularization by the Rebirth Brass Band .[3] The song is featured in 1987's The Pick-Up Artist , starring Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald , and appears on the soundtrack album of the Whoopi Goldberg movie Fatal Beauty , released the same year.
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"Casanova" Released February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17 ) [16] Length 3 :53 Label
Songwriter(s) Reggie Calloway Producer(s)
"Right Here" (1995)
"Casanova " (1997)
"Anything You Want (I've Got It)" (1999)
British boy band Ultimate Kaos released a cover of "Casanova" as the lead single from their second album, The Kaos Theory , in February 1997. It reached the top 10 in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. On 1 June 1998,[17] it was re-released and entered the top 20 in Australia.
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"Casanova" (7-inch mix)
"Casanova" (7-inch club mix)
"Casanova" (C&J R&B mix)
"Who's Got the Flavour"
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^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 . Record Research. p. 346.
^ Cohn, Rosalie. "The New Generation of Brass Bands: Live For Today" . Retrieved October 13, 2010 .
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0912 ." RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Casanova" . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1987 " (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – LeVert – Casanova" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 .
^ "Charts.nz – LeVert – Casanova" . Top 40 Singles .
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company .
^ "LeVert Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard .
^ "LeVert Chart History (Dance Club Songs)" . Billboard .
^ "LeVert Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard .
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – LeVert – Casanova" . GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Top 100 Singles of '87" . RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1987" . Billboardtop100of.com . Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF) . Music Week . February 15, 1997. p. 31. Retrieved August 23, 2021 .
^ Stratton, Sally (May 23, 1998). "France Proves Kaos Theory" (PDF) . Music & Media . Vol. 15 no. 21. p. 8. Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "Australian-charts.com – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" . ARIA Top 50 Singles . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Ultratop.be – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Ultratop.be – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in French). Ultratop 50 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF) . Music & Media . Vol. 15 no. 28. July 11, 1998. p. 13. Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF) . Music & Media . Vol. 15 no. 8. February 21, 1998. p. 14. Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "Lescharts.com – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in French). Les classement single . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 24, 1998 " (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" . Singles Top 100 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" . Swiss Singles Chart . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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^ "Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998" (PDF) . Music & Media . Vol. 15 no. 51. December 19, 1998. p. 8. Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
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^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 1998" . Ultratop . Hung Medien. Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
^ "French single certifications – Ultimate Kaos – Casanova" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
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