The Real Thing (ABC song)

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"The Real Thing"
ABC The Real Thing.jpg
Single by ABC
from the album Up
B-side"The Greatest Love of All"
Released11 September 1989[1]
Recorded1988
GenreHouse
Length4:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Martin Fry
  • Mark White
ABC singles chronology
"One Better World"
(1989) 		"The Real Thing"
(1989) 		"The Look of Love '90"
(1990)

"The Real Thing" is a song by English band ABC, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Up (1989).

The song peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single there since "Vanity Kills" in 1986.

Critical reception[]

On its release, Lisa Tilston of Record Mirror wrote, "ABC seem to have gone full circle, with the beginning of this sounding just like 'The Look of Love' set to a dance beat. Fair, but not their best."[2]

Track listing[]

  • UK 7" Single
  1. "The Real Thing"
  2. "The Greatest Love of All"

Chart performance[]

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Singles Chart (Tokyo)[3] 36
UK Singles Chart[4] 68

References[]

  1. ^ "This Week - The next seven days in view". Record Mirror. 9 September 1989. p. 32.
  2. ^ Tilston, Lisa (16 September 1989). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 18.
  3. ^ "J-WAVE WEBSITE : TOKIO HOT100". J-wave.co.jp. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - The Real Thing by ABC Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.

External links[]

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