Headline News (Everyday People song)

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"Headline News"
Everyday People Headline News 1990 single cover.jpg
Single by Everyday People
from the album You Wash... I'll Dry
B-side"Keep Away from Love"
Released5 March 1990[1]
Length4:01 (single version)
5:00 (album version)
7:07 (extended version)
LabelSBK Records
Songwriter(s)Shaun Ward
Desi Campbell
Producer(s)Stewart Levine
Everyday People singles chronology
"Headline News"
(1990) 		"I Guess It Doesn't Matter"
(1990)

"Headline News" is a song by British band Everyday People, released in 1990 as the lead single from their only studio album You Wash... I'll Dry.[2] It was written by Shaun Ward and Desi Campbell, and produced by Stewart Levine. "Headline News" reached No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Critical reception[]

On its release, Chris Wells of New Musical Express wrote: "See for once here we are dealing with a trio of musicians whose main concern [is] how well they can write, perform and record a song based purely on musical talent. That's why "Headline News" sounds as refreshingly organic as it does."[4] Billboard listed the single under their "new and noteworthy" section and described the song as "an uplifting and sophisticated midtempo R&B/pop jam glimmering with subtle vintage Motown nuances."[5]

In a review of You Wash... I'll Dry', CD Review wrote: "Songs like "Headline News" fuse a strong, bouncing beat, a beboppin' brass/sax backup section and triadic vocal harmonizing (characteristic of the 1960s Motown sound) with syncopated polyrhythms and a prominent, jerky bass line (popularized in 1970s funk)."[6] Scott Benarde of The Palm Beach Post described the song as "snappy" and "crackling".[7]

Formats[]

7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News"4:01
2."Keep Away from Love"3:19
12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
2."Headline News (Accapella)"4:57
3."Keep Away from Love"3:19
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (7" Version)"4:05
2."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
3."Headline News (Dub)"4:54
4."Keep Away from Love"3:19
CD single (US promo)
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (Single Edit)"3:56
2."Headline News (7" Version)"4:01
3."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
4."Headline News (Album Version)"5:00

Personnel[]

Everyday People

  • Desi Campbell - lead vocals
  • Lloyd T. Richards - guitar
  • Shaun Ward - bass, backing vocals

Production

  • Stewart Levine - producer of "Headline News"
  • Michael R. Hutchinson - remix of "Headline News"
  • Everyday People - producers of "Keep Away from Love"
  • Jeremy Allom - engineer on "Keep Away from Love"

Other

Charts[]

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart[8] 83
German Singles Chart[9] 53
UK Singles Chart[3] 99

References[]

  1. ^ Kiley, Penny (3 March 1990). "People power". Liverpool Echo.
  2. ^ "You Wash...I'll Dry - Everyday People | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 1990-07-16. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "EVERYDAY PEOPLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. ^ "Desi Campbell | Everyday People Interview | Desi Campbell Singer,Songwriter". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  5. ^ "Single Reviews". Billboard. 21 July 1990. p. 75.
  6. ^ "CD Review - Google Books". 1990. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  7. ^ Benarde, Scott (11 November 1990). "Cotton brings restless edge to Y-NOT". The Palm Beach Post.
  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Everyday People - Headline News". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  9. ^ Steffen Hung (2010-12-18). "Everyday People - Headline News". germancharts.de. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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