You Got It (The Right Stuff)

"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
Single by New Kids on the Block
from the album Hangin' Tough
B-side Remix
Released November 7, 1988
Format Cassette, 12" maxi, CD single
Recorded 1988
Genre R&B,[1] Dance-pop
Length 4:13
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Maurice Starr
Producer(s) Maurice Starr
Certification Gold (RIAA)
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"Please Don't Go Girl"
(1988)		 "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
(1989)		 "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"
(1989)

"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" is a 1988 single from New Kids on the Block. The lead vocals were sung by Jordan Knight and Donnie Wahlberg. The second single from the group's second album Hangin' Tough, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in early 1989, while topping the UK charts in November 1989.[2] On the album, it was simply listed as "The Right Stuff." A spanish version of the song was made ("Autentica") and peaked #11 in Spain Top 40 Radio.[3]

Chart performances

The single appeared in the Top 40 for the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of January 14, 1989, rising from #45 to #37. "You Got It" reached its peak of #3 the week of March 11, 1989. Altogether, "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" spent 5 weeks in the Top 10, 8 weeks in the Top 20, and 13 weeks in the Top 40. The song was number one in Australia in August 1989, and in the UK (on its second release) in November 1989. On March 29, 1989 the single was certified Gold.[4] "You've Got It (The Right Stuff)" is commonly regarded as one of the band's signature songs. In the music video, Jordan Knight is seen wearing a Bauhaus t-shirt. The song ranked as #92 on VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 80's.

In popular culture

The song can be heard in the 1989 film The Wizard. In 1992, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song on his Off the Deep End album as "The White Stuff," a loving ode to the white filling in Oreo cookies. It was also joked about in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" on Family Guy. In a King of the Hill episode, Boomhauer says about a boy band called 4Skore, "Talkin' about dang ol' boy band, man... talkin' 'bout prance around, goin' 'Oh oh oh oh...'". Kid Rock, on his album The Polyfuze Method, sampled the song on his "Killin' Brain Cells". This song is featured on the game Dance Dance Revolution X2. In the season 8 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "Charlie's Mom Has Cancer", Dr. Jinx (Sean Combs) plays the song on his electric bass to help Dennis have feelings again. In an after credits clip of a season 6 episode of Psych that Joey McIntyre co-starred in, Joey, James Roday and Dule Hill dance to the song.

In the 2012 Adam Sandler comedy film That's My Boy, the character Todd Peterson (Andy Samberg) receives a tattoo of New Kids On The Block on his back as a child, which later becomes warped as he grows up. Upon discovery of this, his father Donny Berger (Adam Sandler) responds by singing the chorus of You've got it (The Right Stuff) with the lyrics changed so that he sings : "Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, You got a bad tattoo. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Their heads are fucking warped."

The song is used by David Wright of the New York Mets as his walk-up song.

In the first episode of Fuller House, DJ, Stephenie, Kimmy, and the rest of the cast dance to a 30-second clip of the song.

Cover versions

In 2007, the song was performed by Westlife on their The Love Tour. On the fourth series of The X Factor (Australia), contestants The Collective, performed this song. The all-female singing group Fifth Harmony performed this song on the October 28, 2014 episode of the MTV series Faking It.[5]

Track listings

CD single CBS / Cassette single / Vinyl single
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Remix] (3:32)
12" maxi - U.S.
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [12" Version] (5:18)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [7" Version] (3:32)
  3. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)
7" single - Europe
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Remix] (3:32)
12" maxi - Australia
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [12" Version] (5:18)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [7" Version] (3:32)
  3. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)
7" single - Australia
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 28
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 1
German Singles Chart[9] 12
Irish Singles Chart[10] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 32
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 2
Spain Singles Chart[3] 11
Spain Top 40 Radio[3] 33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[14] 20
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 12
France (SNEP)[16] 17
Spain Top 40 Radio[3] 1

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[17] Gold 35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Gold 400,000
United States (RIAA)[19] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by
"The Look" by Roxette		 Australian ARIA number-one single
August 13, 1989 - August 27, 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
by Simply Red
Preceded by
"All Around the World" by Lisa Stansfield		 UK number-one single
November 25, 1989 - December 9, 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Let's Party"
by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

References

  1. ↑ "Music genre". Honda Center. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  2. ↑ EveryHit.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  4. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  5. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/1978984/fifth-harmony-nkotb-performance-faking-it/
  6. ↑ "New Kids on the Block – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for New Kids on the Block. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ "New Kids on the Block – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for New Kids on the Block. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  10. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1989-11-04" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ "New Kids on the Block – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for New Kids on the Block. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lescharts.com – New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  17. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  18. ↑ "British single certifications – New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Enter You Got It (The Right Stuff) in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  19. ↑ "American single certifications – New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 13 March 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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