A Little Spice is the debut album

Album

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 released by the English R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 band Loose Ends

Loose Ends (band)

Loose Ends was a successful British R&B band that had several urban contemporary hits. The trio was formed in London in 1980, initially comprising vocalist and guitarist Carl McIntosh, vocalist Jane Eugene, and keyboard player, writer and founder Steve Nichol...

. The original UK version was released in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 (some early pressings list "1983" http://www.discogs.com/Loose-Ends-A-Little-Spice/release/956478).

The following year, an alternate version of the album, featuring "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" in place of "Feels So Right Now" and a re-ordered overall track listing was released for the U.S. market. This album reached number five on the U.S. R&B chart in 1985, while the single, "Hangin' on a String", became a number one hit on both the U.S. Dance

Hot Dance Club Play

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 and US R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 charts. It was also a moderate hit on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 charts. Also, it is featured in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV

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's fictional Soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8. Between the years 1991-2009 the album sold an additional 126,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen

Nielsen

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 Soundscan 7 years after its initial release. The album remains uncertified with overall sells unknown.

UK version

1. "Tell Me What You Want" (4:47)
2. "Feels So Right Now" (5:24)
3. "Let's Rock" (4:57)
4. "So Much Love" (4:31)
5. "Dial 999" (4:52)
6. "Music Takes Me Higher" (4:56)
7. "Choose Me" (4:34)
8. "A Little Spice" (5:08)

U.S. version

1. "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" (5:56)
2. "Choose Me" (5:57)
3. "Music Takes Me Higher" (4:55)
4. "Emergency (Dial 999)" (6:42
5. "Tell Me What You Want" (6:05)
6. "A Little Spice" (5:07)
7. "So Much Love" (4:30)
8. "Let's Rock" (4:55)

Leftover Tracks

"Don't Hold Back Your Love"

"We've Arrived"

"In The Sky"

"Full Moon"

"No Stranger To Darkness"

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
The Billboard 200	46
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	5

Singles

Title	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
"Tell Me What You want"	74	-	-
"Emergency (Dial 999)"	41	-	-
"Choose Me (Rescue Me)"	59	-	47
"Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)"	13	43	1

External links

• A Little Spice (UK Version) at Discogs
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• A Little Spice (U.S. Version) at Discogs
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  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...