The Real Thing (Jellybean song)

"The Real Thing"
Single by Jellybean featuring Steven Dante
from the album Just Visiting This Planet
B-side "The Real Thing (Acapella Mix)"
Released 1987 (UK)
1987 (US)
Format 12", 7"
Genre Pop
Length 4:35
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Arnold Roman, Antoinette Colandreo
Producer(s) John "Jellybean" Benitez
Jellybean singles chronology
"Sidewalk Talk"
(1986)		 "The Real Thing"
(1987)		 "Who Found Who"
(1987)
Music sample
"The Real Thing"

"The Real Thing" is a 1987 hit single by music producer Jellybean, which features the vocals of Steven Dante. It is featured on Jellybean's album Just Visiting This Planet. The song was most successful in clubs at the time, reaching #1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart for one week.[1] "The Real Thing" also peaked at #49 and #82 on the soul chart and Hot 100, respectively.[2] Overseas, the single was successful in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13. "The Real Thing" can be found on various pop compilation albums, mainly from 1987 and 1988, including Now That's What I Call Music 10.

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 49
UK Singles Chart 13
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 1
Preceded by
"Don't You Want Me" by Jody Watley		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
October 24, 1987 		Succeeded by
"Causing a Commotion" by Madonna

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 135.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 297.
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