"Searchin'" is a hi-NRG

Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...

 song written by Ian Anthony Stephens, originally recorded and made famous by British singer Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean is a British dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading Hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top ten hits "Searchin' ", "Whatever I Do " and "Who's Leaving Who"...

. Originally released in 1983, it became a Top-Ten hit on the 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 ...

 and U.S. Dance/Disco

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...

 charts. It was covered by Australian girl group Young Divas

Young Divas

Young Divas was an Australian girl group that had consisted of previous Australian Idol contestants. The original line up consisted of season one finalist Paulini Curuenavuli, season two finalist Ricki-Lee Coulter, season three winner Kate DeAraugo and runner-up Emily Williams...

 in 2007.

The single was initially released in 1983 and peaked at number seventy-six in the UK Singles Chart. The song became a popular dance track, particularly so in gay clubs. After hitting the U.S. Dance charts, where it peaked at number eight, it was re-issued in the UK in 1984 and managed to reach number six in the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of her most successful singles to date. The song was later included on her album Heart First

Heart First

Heart First is the second album by British singer Hazell Dean. It was her first album as a mainstream pop artist following the top ten successes of "Searchin' " and "Whatever I Do "...

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Charts

Chart (1983) 1	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	76
U.S. Billboard Club Play Singles	8
Chart (1984) 2	Peak position
South African Singles Chart	14
UK Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart	7

Young Divas version

It was covered by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n group Young Divas

Young Divas

Young Divas was an Australian girl group that had consisted of previous Australian Idol contestants. The original line up consisted of season one finalist Paulini Curuenavuli, season two finalist Ricki-Lee Coulter, season three winner Kate DeAraugo and runner-up Emily Williams...

 from their first album Young Divas

Young Divas (album)

Young Divas is the debut album by the Young Divas, made up of Australian Idol finalists Ricki-Lee Coulter , Paulini Curuenavuli , Kate DeAraugo and Emily Williams ....

. Dispensing with Dean's parenthetical subtitle, "Searchin'" was released as a single on 17 March 2007 and debuted and peaked at number forty in the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

. The video premiered on the 24 February, and shows the girls dancing in a nightclub

Nightclub

A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

with men.

Track listing

1. "Searchin'"
2. "Searchin'" (Pop Embassy Remix)
3. "Searchin'" (Kc Baker tj Mix)
4. "Searchin'" (Radio andrea)

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	40