Rough with the Smooth

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"Rough with the Smooth"
Shara Nelson - Rough With The Smooth.jpg
Single by Shara Nelson
from the album Friendly Fire
Released4 September 1995
LabelCooltempo Records
Songwriter(s)Ashley Beedle, Shara Nelson, Marc Woolford
Shara Nelson singles chronology
"'Nobody'"
(1994) 		"Rough with the Smooth"
(1995) 		"'I Fell (So You Could Catch Me)'"
(1996)

"Rough with the Smooth" is a 1995 song by British singer Shara Nelson, released as the first single from her second solo album, Friendly Fire. It peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception[]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Many so-called "dance divas" pretend they can sing; Shara is for real. Mixing her smooth vocals with the fairly rough backing, composition and arrangement are almost restyled Bacharach/David."[1]

Track listing[]

UK CD Single #7243 8 82424 2 4
  1. "Rough with the Smooth" (7" Edit) 3:51
  2. "Rough with the Smooth" (Street Level Mix) 4:48
  3. "Rough with the Smooth" (Extended Album Mix) 5:26
  4. "Rough with the Smooth" (Long Island Expressway Mix) 8:22
  5. "Rough with the Smooth" (Franktified Dub) 7:54
  6. "Rough with the Smooth" (Saturday Night At The Glasshouse Mix) 4:56

Charts[]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[2] 223
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[3] 30

References[]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles - Single of the Week" (PDF). Music & Media. 7 October 1995. p. 14. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Official Charts > Shara Nelson". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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