Rhythm Is a Mystery

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"Rhythm Is a Mystery"
Rhythm is a Mystery.jpg
One of 1991 UK CD single releases
Single by K-Klass
from the album Universal
Released1991
Genre
LabelDeconstruction
Songwriter(s)
K-Klass singles chronology
"'The Wildlife EP'"
(1990) 		"Rhythm Is a Mystery"
(1991) 		"So Right"
(1992)
Music video
"Rhythm is a Mystery" on YouTube

"Rhythm Is a Mystery" is a 1991 song by British electronic music group K-Klass, released as the first single from their debut album, Universal. Lead vocals are performed by Bobbi Depasois.

Background and release[]

Andy Williams, Carl Thomas, Russ Morgan, and Paul Roberts met in a nightclub in Manchester in 1988. They formed production collective K-Klass and debuted with "The Wildlife EP" in 1990. "Rhythm is a Mystery" was their follow-up in 1991. First released via Creed Records it secured K-Klass a contract with Deconstruction. Upon the first release of "Rhythm Is a Mystery", the song only reached no. 61 in the UK. However, after a new remix was re-released that same year, it peaked at no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. It is their biggest hit to date.

Impact and legacy[]

British clubbing magazine Mixmag ranked "Rhythm Is a Mystery" number 34 in its "100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time" list in 1996.[1]

Same year, English DJ Tall Paul chose it as one of his Top 10 tracks, adding, "I think this came out in 1990/91. It's a great song — listen to that piano drop. I remember seeing the place go completely mad to it: you can still easily drop it now and people go mad. An all-time classic."[2]

MTV Dance ranked it number 79 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems Of All Time" in November 2011.[3]

The song was featured in the 1992 comedy film, Encino Man.[4]

Charts[]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 61
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 3
(re-release)
UK Dance (Music Week)[9] 2

References[]

  1. ^ "The 100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time". ravehistory.homestead.com. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  2. ^ "Jock On His Box" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 1996-07-06. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  3. ^ MTV Dance. 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ 'Song Credits' - Encino Man (dvd). Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment. 1992.
  5. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1991-11-30. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Rhythm Is a Mystery". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1991-11-09. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
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