Trouble (Shampoo song)

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"Trouble"
Trouble Shampoo single.jpeg
Single by Shampoo
from the album We Are Shampoo and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: Original Soundtrack Album
Released18 July 1994 (1994-07-18)
Length3:19
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Carolyn Askew
  • Jacqueline Blake
  • Conall Fitzpatrick[1]
Producer(s)Conall Fitzpatrick
Shampoo singles chronology
"Bouffant Headbutt"
(1993) 		"Trouble"
(1994) 		"Viva La Megababes"
(1994)

"Trouble" is the first single from Shampoo's 1994 debut album We Are Shampoo. The song was the band's most successful single, reaching No. 11 in the UK and making the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands as well as number 37 in Canada. Attempting to break into the US market, the song was released as a promotional single for the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, in anticipation of the release of the US version of We Are Shampoo.[2] A new music video was recorded featuring clips from the Power Rangers film. NME magazine ranked "Trouble" at number 23 in their list of the 50 best songs of 1994.[3]

Music videos[]

The original music video features the girls trying to get home from central London after a night out, as their lyrics describe. The re-make music video to promote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie features new footage of the girls singing to the camera, intercut with footage from the film.

Release and reception[]

The US promotional campaign for Shampoo, which centred on the single "Trouble", was described by Billboard as a massive effort. In addition to releasing the song as a promotion single for the Power Rangers film, 15,000 promotional cassettes of "Trouble" were given away at Wet Seal stores, as were coupons for the full album, and a video-reel containing music videos for "Trouble" and Shampoo's other singles, "Delicious" and "Viva La Megababes" was made, with the hopes of finding in-store play at over 200 music retail outlets.[2]

Tom Demalon from AllMusic said that within seconds of hearing the track "most listeners will either be gleefully giggling along with the girls or scrambling for the stop button."[4] While reviewing the Jawbreaker soundtrack, Doug Stone from Allmusic spoke favourably of the track,[5] and Jonathan Bernstein from Spin described it as Shampoo's version of "No Sleep till Brooklyn", stating the song catapulted them to success, particularly in Japan.[6] Billboard stated the song was just as goofy as the Power Rangers film it was supporting, and that it would probably only be of interest to children and top 40 radio as a novelty.[7] Music & Media wrote, "Please meet Jacqui & Carrie. Headmasters beware of these schoolgirl versions of Polly Styrene (X-Ray Specs) and exTransvision Vamp Wendy James provoking with punky bubble gum pop."[8] Robbert Tilli compared their style to the likes of Bananarama, Transvision Vamp and Fuzzbox.[9] Alan Jones from Music Week said, "Taking their cue from the B52's, circa Love Shack, Shampoo are not one of the most original bands around, but they are good fun. Sure to score."[10]

Appearances[]

In addition to the Power Rangers film and soundtrack, the song featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Foxfire and the 1999 film Jawbreaker.[1] The song is sung by characters in the 1997 film Blackrock,[11] though it was not included on the film's soundtrack. In 2007 the cast of the film St Trinians recorded a cover of the song, which was released on the film's soundtrack.[12] The cast also recorded a music video for the song.

Zebrahead covered the song on their 2009 album Panty Raid. Lyrics from the song are referenced in the 2014 single "Double Bubble Trouble" by M.I.A.[13]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Trouble"3:19
2."We Don't Care"2:24
3."School is Boring"2:36

Charts[]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 18 July 1994 (1994-07-18)
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Food [24]
United States 16 May 1995 (1995-05-16)
[25]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Shampoo: Trouble". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc (5 August 1995). "Pop/Punk Princesses". Billboard: 18. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ Demalon, Tom. "Shampoo: We Are Shampoo". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ^ Stone, Doug. "Jawbreaker [Original Soundtrack]". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (June 1995). "Pop Life". Spin: 120. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (27 May 1995). "Shampoo: Trouble". Billboard: 59. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 30 July 1994. p. 5. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ Tilli, Robbert (3 September 1994). "Shampoo Is Looking For A Hairy Situation" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 9. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  10. ^ Jones, Alan (9 July 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 16. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. ^ Blackrock (Motion picture). 1996. Event occurs at 14:13. Note: Song's use is confirmed in the credits at 1:25:09
  12. ^ Long, Chris (2007). "Various Artists St Trinian's: The Soundtrack Review". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ^ Montgomery, Hugh (10 November 2013). "Album review: MIA, Matangi (XL)". The Independent. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Shampoo (UK) – Trouble". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Shampoo (UK) – Trouble" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7992." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11 no. 37. 10 September 1994. p. 13. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  19. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 38, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Shampoo %5BUK%5D – Trouble" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1994". Music Week. 14 January 1995. p. 9.
  24. ^ "Trouble". Amazon. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Selected New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1094. 12 May 1995. pp. 23, 29. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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