"Hello" is a remix

Remix

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 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by The Beloved

The Beloved

The Beloved are an English electronic dance music group, best known for the singles "Sweet Harmony", "Hello", "Your Love Takes Me Higher", and "Satellite".-Formation:...

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"Hello" appears on the Happiness

Happiness (The Beloved album)

Happiness is a 1990 album from British Pop band The Beloved. The album reached #14 on the UK Albums Chart on its release, in March 1990, and subsequently reached #154 on the U.S...

album

Album

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. By peaking at #19 in the UK

United Kingdom

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, on 5 January 1990, it was, at the time, their highest-charting single, a record it held for almost exactly 3 years, until "Sweet Harmony

Sweet Harmony

"Sweet Harmony" is a hit single by UK band The Beloved. It became one of their biggest hits, peaking at #8 in the UK. None of the band's other singles have made into the Top 10, which is why many consider this the band's signature song.-Music video:...

," the first single taken from the Conscience

Conscience (The Beloved album)

Conscience is a 1993 album from British Pop band The Beloved. The album reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart on its release, and includes "Sweet Harmony", the first single taken from it, being the first single from the band which entered the UK Top Ten, peaking at Number 8...

album, reached Number 8, on 18 January 1993, this way becoming the band's new highest-charting single, a record it still holds.

At least three additional remixes were exclusive to other formats: "Hello (Boys & Girls)" and "Hello (Uncle Arthur)" appeared on the 12-inch vinyl

Phonograph

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 version, and "Hello (Dolly)" appeared on both the cassette and 7-inch versions. In addition, a Razormaid! remix of the song appeared on the Razormaid! Anniversary 9.0 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

. As for "Hello (What's All This Then?)" and "Hello (Honky Tonk)," two of the five remixes of the main title on the CD single

Compact Disc

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 release, they would both later resurface on the following Blissed Out remix album

Remix album

A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...

, the sister release to Happiness, the second remix only featuring on the CD

Compact Disc

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 and MC

Compact Cassette

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 editions of the work, but not on the vinyl LP, which only contained the first. The MC edition only of Blissed Out also included "Paradise (My Darling, My Angel)," representing then previously unreleased sixth track on the "Hello" CD single.

As well as the names of some the band members' friends, the song mentions a number of famous people (some of them fictional), chosen to loosely fit a "saints and sinners" theme.

In alphabetical order, the people listed in the song are: Jeffrey Archer (politician and novelist), Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...

, Bobby Ball

Bobby Ball

Bobby Ball is one half of the comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Tommy Cannon.He married his first wife, Joan, in 1964, with whom he had two sons, Robert and Darren , who are now a comedy double act in their own right, performing under their surname 'Harper'. Bobby and his first wife...

 (comedian), Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown

Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...

, Tommy Cannon

Tommy Cannon

Tommy Cannon is a comedian and the feed member of comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Bobby Ball....

 (comedian), Billy Corkhill

Billy Corkhill

William "Billy" Corkhill is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside played by John McArdle from 1985 to 1990.-Arrival:The Corkhills family arrive at No.10 in 1985 replacing the Jackson family...

 (soap opera character), Leslie Crowther

Leslie Crowther

Leslie Crowther, CBE was an English comedian, actor and gameshow host.-Biography:Crowther was born in West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire. At the end of 1944 he moved to London with his parents, but was evacuated for a few months to Bute until just after the war ended.His father, Leslie Frederick...

 (TV presenter), "Freddie" Flintstone

Fred Flintstone

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, Paris Grey

Paris Grey

Paris Grey is an American singer, most known for her work with the Detroit-based techno-music producer Kevin Saunderson, as Inner City...

 (singer), Brian Hayes

Brian Hayes (broadcaster)

Brian Hayes is a radio presenter who is known in United Kingdom for his phone-in shows.The son of a miner, he left school aged 15 and worked as a clerk for a mining company before obtaining a job as a newsreader for a radio station in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia...

 (broadcaster), Vince Hilaire

Vince Hilaire

Vincent Mark Hilaire is a retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Luton Town, Portsmouth, Leeds United, Stoke City and Exeter City...

 (footballer), Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

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, The LSO

London Symphony Orchestra

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, Kym Mazelle

Kym Mazelle

Kym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:...

 (singer), Mork and Mindy

Mork and Mindy

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, Little Nell

The Old Curiosity Shop

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, Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....

, Andre Previn

André Previn

André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...

, Little Richard

Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...

, Salman Rushdie, Jean Paul Sartre, The Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

 ("Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

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, Di and Flo"), William Tell

William Tell

William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. His legend is recorded in a late 15th century Swiss chronicle....

, Sir Bufton Tufton, Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

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, Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka

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, Zippy and Bungle (TV characters). There are also references to "Peter" and "Paul", presumably the Christian apostles Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

 and Saint Paul

Paul of Tarsus

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Kym Mazelle, who's mentioned in the song, actually sings backing vocals on it.

The single version contains a sampled sound at time index 2:18, which Jon Marsh acknowledged to be the sound of him passing wind (farting).

CD track listing

1. "Hello (Single Version)" - 4:17
2. "Hello (Honky Tonk Mix)" - 6:16
3. "Hello ('Ello, 'Ello Mix)" - 5:19
4. "Hello (What's All This Then Mix?)" - 4:35
5. "Hello (Godfrey's Tonic Mix)" - 4:23
6. "Paradise (My Darling, My Angel)"

12" single track listing (Atlantic US 0-86235)

1. "Hello (Honky Tonk)" - 6:16
2. "Hello (Single Version)" - 4:17
3. "Hello (Uncle Arthur)" - 6:26

Chart

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart 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 ...	19
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	4
US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	6
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	22