Sexual Healing
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"Sexual Healing" is a 1982 song recorded by American soul
singer Marvin Gaye
on the Columbia Records
label. It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown
earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime album the previous year. People
described it as "America's hottest pop-culture turn-on since Olivia Newton-John
suggested she wanted to get 'Physical
'."
to Honolulu and London
. Gaye left due to fear of imprisonment
from failure to pay taxes to the IRS. Gaye also left because, according to several memoirs, he had felt unloved and not respected in his home country. Gaye also struggled with the separation with his second wife, Janis
, and the separation between him and his children Marvin III, Nona
and Frankie. After meeting Freddy Couseart, Gaye moved to Couseart's Belgium
residence in Ostend
and began to live comfortably among the beaches of the coastal Belgium city. Gaye, who struggled with drug addiction and depression
, then began fighting to regain his professional career, which had stifled after the release of two ambitious concept albums, Here, My Dear
(1978) and In Our Lifetime (1981), the latter album being the last album released with Gaye's longtime label, Motown Records
, and a record Gaye angrily assumed was released without his consent by the label. Gaye had negotiated for seven months to release himself from Motown and in March 1982 had finally settled for a deal with CBS
' Columbia
division. Gaye began working on his first post-Motown album in April in Europe.
After gaining a sense of sobriety
and exercising himself back to respectable health, Gaye began his comeback with a series of European concerts, first in England
and then two shows in Belgium, the second show being televised for Belgian television. After the short tour, two of Gaye's touring musicians, guitarist Gordon Banks
and keyboardist Odell Brown, stayed with the singer as he had thought of a melody he had gotten from listening to reggae
music while in England. Gaye had improvised the lyrics to the song and a demo tape would showcase Gaye's hard work at the song. While he finished the song, Rolling Stone
critic David Ritz
had arrived to Belgium to talk to Gaye while apparently working on an article about the singer for the magazine, according to Odell Brown
and Freddy Couseart years later. Ritz insisted that he was there to finish a round of interviews with Gaye as they worked on an autobiography
. Ritz claimed that while staying at Gaye's apartment that he was shocked by several pornographic comic book
magazines that Gaye had in his collection and was said to have told Gaye, "you need some sexual healing." Gaye then, according to Ritz, told the critic to "write a poem". However, in an interview years later, Freddy Couseart said that the song was solely written by Gaye and Odell Brown and that the only credit Ritz had with the song was the title. Couseart alleged Ritz had told Gaye and Couseart that he wanted $10,000 for credit to the song title. Ritz later sued Gaye for songwriting credit. Gaye died before the lawsuit could be settled but Gaye's people settled to give Ritz partial credit. Odell Brown said in a documentary that he had never met Ritz and assumed Ritz was just there for an interview.
Gaye recorded the song in Ohain
, Belgium, with the final mixes recorded in Waterloo
. To assist him with the song, Gaye reconnected with old friend and mentor Harvey Fuqua
, who is credited with delivering the memorable whispering intro to the song. Gaye did most of the background vocals himself with Fuqua and Gordon Banks also singing in the background, helping to give the song a modern doo-wop
feel, as had been with most of Gaye's recordings. While some of the music had a strong reggae
, Caribbean
feel, Gaye added a drum
track, percussive instruments, keyboards, synthesizers and organ
, to bring in synthpop
, funk
and gospel
elements. Gordon Banks was the only other musician credited for playing on the song, adding in smooth rhythm guitar riffs. Gaye was sure the song would be a huge hit and after playing the song back to Columbia Records' R&B head Larkin Arnold, the executive was also sure of the song's success. After Gaye finished an album to accompany the song - Midnight Love
- Columbia issued "Sexual Healing" that September. According to a recent article, this song was the first major hit single to use the Roland TR-808
, though it would not become common fodder, as the TR-808 would mainly used to produce songs of the electronica
and hip hop
genres.
In the final lyric to the song, Gaye sings "Please don't procrastinate, it's not good to masturbate" as the music fades out.
". By December, it had also became an international hit eventually reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom
and the Netherlands
. By early 1983, the song had crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100
, where it eventually reached number-three, becoming Gaye's first top five pop hit in five years. It also hit number-one on Canada
's RPM Singles chart
and New Zealand
, where it stayed atop the charts for six weeks, and also hit the top 40 in Sweden, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Eventually selling more than a million copies, it would become Gaye's biggest-selling hit, helping to make Midnight Love a platinum-selling success. Due to its success, Gaye was up for three Grammy Award
s for the song, winning two including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Instrumental with Brown. Gaye performed the song at the 193 Grammy Awards; his live performance was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I. He later billed his last tour as the Sexual Healing Tour, which started in April 1983. Gaye also won an American Music Award for the single. The song was later ranked number 231 on Rolling Stone
s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
, having been covered
by several artists including Phish
and blue-eyed soul
singers such as Michael Bolton
(2000). It has also become a staple for hip hop samples
.
alternative rock
band Soul Asylum
for the charity compilation No Alternative
. Despite not being promoted as a single, the song managed to peak at number ten on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks.
(2007). A re-recorded version featuring American singer–songwriter Ne-Yo
was released as the album's second single
on 29 June 2007. It should be noted that on the same album Connor performed a posthumous duet with Gaye entitled "Your Precious Love
".
The song's music video is placed in the story of the 1986 erotic drama film 9½ Weeks
featuring representative scenes from the film, e.g. the well-known "ice scene", Connor being fed by a Ne-Yo doppelgänger
and her homemade striptease; apart from the original movie, this video is the only one which repeats the sex scene on the stairs in the rain. Ne-Yo was not available the day the music video was shot, so a Ne-Yo doppelgänger was used. Connor stated that she was slightly drunk during the shoot of the video.
European CD maxi single
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
on the Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
label. It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime album the previous year. People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
described it as "America's hottest pop-culture turn-on since Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
suggested she wanted to get 'Physical
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Physical" is a song by Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released in September 1981. The song was an immediate success, shipping 2 million copies in the United States, being certified Platinum, and spending 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, ultimately becoming Newton-John's...
'."
Background
By 1981, Marvin Gaye had moved from Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to Honolulu and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Gaye left due to fear of imprisonment
Imprisonment
Imprisonment is a legal term.The book Termes de la Ley contains the following definition:This passage was approved by Atkin and Duke LJJ in Meering v Grahame White Aviation Co....
from failure to pay taxes to the IRS. Gaye also left because, according to several memoirs, he had felt unloved and not respected in his home country. Gaye also struggled with the separation with his second wife, Janis
Janis Gaye
Janis Gaye is best known as the second wife of American musician Marvin Gaye.-Biography:...
, and the separation between him and his children Marvin III, Nona
Nona Gaye
Nona Marvisa Gaye is an American singer, former fashion model, and screen actress. The daughter of soul music legend Marvin Gaye and granddaughter of jazz great Slim Gaillard, she began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s...
and Frankie. After meeting Freddy Couseart, Gaye moved to Couseart's Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
residence in Ostend
Ostend
Ostend is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast....
and began to live comfortably among the beaches of the coastal Belgium city. Gaye, who struggled with drug addiction and depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
, then began fighting to regain his professional career, which had stifled after the release of two ambitious concept albums, Here, My Dear
Here, My Dear
Here, My Dear is a studio double album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released December 15, 1978 on Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Marvin's Room in Hollywood, California from 1976 to 1977. A deeply personal and controversial album, Here, My Dear is notable for...
(1978) and In Our Lifetime (1981), the latter album being the last album released with Gaye's longtime label, Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
, and a record Gaye angrily assumed was released without his consent by the label. Gaye had negotiated for seven months to release himself from Motown and in March 1982 had finally settled for a deal with CBS
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
' Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
division. Gaye began working on his first post-Motown album in April in Europe.
After gaining a sense of sobriety
Sobriety
Sobriety is the condition of not having any measurable levels, or effects from, alcohol or other drugs that alter ones mood or behaviors. According to WHO "Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms..." sobriety is continued abstinence from alcohol and psychoactive drug use...
and exercising himself back to respectable health, Gaye began his comeback with a series of European concerts, first in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and then two shows in Belgium, the second show being televised for Belgian television. After the short tour, two of Gaye's touring musicians, guitarist Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks (musician)
Gordon Banks , aka Gordon 'Guitar' Banks, is an American guitarist, producer, writer and musical director. He was voted one of the top 100 guitarists in America in 1985.Banks played an important part in Marvin Gaye's later years...
and keyboardist Odell Brown, stayed with the singer as he had thought of a melody he had gotten from listening to reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
music while in England. Gaye had improvised the lyrics to the song and a demo tape would showcase Gaye's hard work at the song. While he finished the song, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
critic David Ritz
David Ritz
David Ritz is an American author, most of whose books are biographies of soul music and R&B legends such as Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and Janet Jackson. On four occasions, his co-authored autobiographies of musicians have been awarded the Ralph J...
had arrived to Belgium to talk to Gaye while apparently working on an article about the singer for the magazine, according to Odell Brown
Odell Brown
Odell Elliott Brown Jr. was an American jazz organist. Brown was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was mainly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, playing in a soul jazz and jazz funk vein, and was often billed with his backing band as Odell Brown & the Organ-Izers. The band was originally...
and Freddy Couseart years later. Ritz insisted that he was there to finish a round of interviews with Gaye as they worked on an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
. Ritz claimed that while staying at Gaye's apartment that he was shocked by several pornographic comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
magazines that Gaye had in his collection and was said to have told Gaye, "you need some sexual healing." Gaye then, according to Ritz, told the critic to "write a poem". However, in an interview years later, Freddy Couseart said that the song was solely written by Gaye and Odell Brown and that the only credit Ritz had with the song was the title. Couseart alleged Ritz had told Gaye and Couseart that he wanted $10,000 for credit to the song title. Ritz later sued Gaye for songwriting credit. Gaye died before the lawsuit could be settled but Gaye's people settled to give Ritz partial credit. Odell Brown said in a documentary that he had never met Ritz and assumed Ritz was just there for an interview.
Gaye recorded the song in Ohain
Ohain, Belgium
Ohain is a town in the Belgian municipality of Lasne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant.Marvin Gaye recorded his top selling album "Midnight Love" at Katy Studios in Ohain....
, Belgium, with the final mixes recorded in Waterloo
Waterloo, Belgium
Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. On December 31, 2009, Waterloo had a total population of 29,573. The total area is 21.03 km² which gives a population density of 1,407 inhabitants per km²...
. To assist him with the song, Gaye reconnected with old friend and mentor Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...
, who is credited with delivering the memorable whispering intro to the song. Gaye did most of the background vocals himself with Fuqua and Gordon Banks also singing in the background, helping to give the song a modern doo-wop
Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
feel, as had been with most of Gaye's recordings. While some of the music had a strong reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
feel, Gaye added a drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
track, percussive instruments, keyboards, synthesizers and organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, to bring in synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
elements. Gordon Banks was the only other musician credited for playing on the song, adding in smooth rhythm guitar riffs. Gaye was sure the song would be a huge hit and after playing the song back to Columbia Records' R&B head Larkin Arnold, the executive was also sure of the song's success. After Gaye finished an album to accompany the song - Midnight Love
Midnight Love
Midnight Love is the final studio album recorded and issued by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and was the singer's first release from Columbia months after leaving his longtime label, Motown. It claimed the number one slot on NME Album of the Year....
- Columbia issued "Sexual Healing" that September. According to a recent article, this song was the first major hit single to use the Roland TR-808
Roland TR-808
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in early 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real...
, though it would not become common fodder, as the TR-808 would mainly used to produce songs of the electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
genres.
In the final lyric to the song, Gaye sings "Please don't procrastinate, it's not good to masturbate" as the music fades out.
Release and initial acclaim
Upon its release, the song immediately made an impression on Gaye's R&B audience, which helped the song move to number-one by October 1982, making it the fastest-rising single on the American R&B singles chart in five years. It was also Gaye's first hit in five years, which he had scored with the dance hit, "Got to Give It UpGot to Give It Up
"Got to Give It Up" is a funk/disco song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart, it was recorded in three studio dates in 1976 with a final mixing in early 1977...
". By December, it had also became an international hit eventually reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. By early 1983, the song had crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100
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...
, where it eventually reached number-three, becoming Gaye's first top five pop hit in five years. It also hit number-one on Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's RPM Singles chart
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, where it stayed atop the charts for six weeks, and also hit the top 40 in Sweden, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Eventually selling more than a million copies, it would become Gaye's biggest-selling hit, helping to make Midnight Love a platinum-selling success. Due to its success, Gaye was up for three Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s for the song, winning two including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Instrumental with Brown. Gaye performed the song at the 193 Grammy Awards; his live performance was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I. He later billed his last tour as the Sexual Healing Tour, which started in April 1983. Gaye also won an American Music Award for the single. The song was later ranked number 231 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Covers versions and references
Since its release, "Sexual Healing" has become one of the most influential singles in pop musicPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, having been covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by several artists including Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
and blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul is a media term that was used to describe rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists, with a strong pop music influence. The term was first used in the mid-1960s to describe white artists who performed soul and R&B that was similar to the music of the Motown and...
singers such as Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...
(2000). It has also become a staple for hip hop samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
.
- The song has been covered by Ben HarperBen HarperBenjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...
in many of his live concerts and remains one of his most popular songs. The song was also covered by German singer Sarah Connor and American singer Ne-YoNe-YoShaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
.
- In 1988, George Michael performed this song live at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeNelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeThe Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on June 11, 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. It was also referred to as Freedomfest, Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day...
.
- Big Daddy KaneBig Daddy KaneAntonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop...
's 1989 song "Smooth Operator" samples a bit from "Sexual Healing" using interpolationsInterpolation (music)Interpolation in music refers to an abrupt change in musical elements from the main theme.-In classical music:In music and musical composition, especially 20th century and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with continuation of the first idea...
of Gaye singing "operate" from the track) and Erick SermonErick SermonErick Sermon , in Bay Shore, New York is an American rapper, musician, and producer.Sermon is best known as half of late-1980s/1990s hip hop group EPMD and for production work. He currently resides in Islandia, New York.- Career :...
(who sampled the song on his 2001 song "I'm Hot").
- Australian singer/songwriter, Anita Lane, covered the song on her first solo album Dirty Pearl in 1993.
- In 1993, alternative rockAlternative rockAlternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Soul AsylumSoul AsylumSoul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...
contributed a cover to the AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
benefit compilation album No AlternativeNo Alternative-Home video track listing:# Matthew Sweet "Superdeformed"#*directed by Kevin Kerslake# Neneh Cherry "Athens, Georgia 1993"#*directed by Jim McKay & Michael Stipe# Urge Overkill "Take a Walk"#*directed by Matt Mahurin...
. American/JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n danceDance musicDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
group Max-A-MillionMax-A-MillionEarly LifeDurand Maxamillian Estev`ez [es te be] was born on April 1 in the Black Woods of Clarendon in May Pen Jamaica, West Indies. As a youth, Max lived not only in the Yard but also in the Brixton community of Birmingham, London, England. As a teen, he lived between New York’s Bedfordsty...
also performed a modern version of "Sexual Healing", which was an R&BContemporary R&BContemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
-type remix of the original reggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
rendition Max-A-Million recorded. This version performed by Max-A-Million, which included the original lyrics only featured a more upbeat rhythm and rap-like verses of the songs (that were added) proved to be a popular and well-known mix of the song, especially to the younger audience who at the time may have not heard the original reggae mix. It was released in 1996 and was well-received by R&B fans.
- Rap group Bone Thugs-n-HarmonyBone Thugs-n-HarmonyBone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...
interpolated Gaye's "Get up, get up, get up, get up/Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up" chant from "Sexual Healing" for their 1995 hit "1st of tha Month1st of tha Month"1st of tha Month" is the first single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from their album E. 1999 Eternal.It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first top twenty single, and was later was nominated for a Grammy Award in...
".
- The backing beat is also sampled for the instrumental of "Envy" by Fat JoeFat JoeJoseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....
on his album Jealous One's EnvyJealous One's EnvyJealous One's Envy is the second studio album by Fat Joe released in 1995. It fared well on the hip-hop charts.- Track listing :...
(1995).
- Kenyan artist Hardstone (Harrison Ngunjiri) sampled the instrumentals of "Sexual Healing" for his 1996 hit single "Uhiki-a", a song generally thought to have sparked a new development in Kenyan hip-hop.
- The backing beat was sampled for a remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of Keith SweatKeith SweatKeith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
's 1996 hit "Twisted".
- Smooth Jazz bassist Craig T. Cooper sampled the song on the backing beat for his song "When You Love Somebody" for the 1996 album, Romantic Letter.
- Master PMaster PPercy Robert Miller , better known by his stage name Master P or his business name P. Miller, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is the founder of the popular label No Limit Records, which went bankrupt and was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Koch...
used elements of the song on "Bourbon and Lacs" for 1997's Ghetto DGhetto DGhetto D is the sixth studio album by rapper Master P. One of the songs in Ghetto D, "Make 'Em Say Uhh!", is ranked at #36 on Blender's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever", and at #60 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever by Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio. In 2008, it ranked #94 on VH1's 100...
, a song about the lives of "playas" in the New Orleans area.
- Jazz group FourplayFourplayFourplay is a contemporary jazz quartet in the United States. The original members of the group were Bob James , Lee Ritenour , Nathan East , and Harvey Mason . In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the group and Fourplay chose Larry Carlton as his replacement...
featuring El DeBargeEl DeBargeEldra Patrick "El" DeBarge is an American R&B/pop falsetto singer and was the focal point and lead singer of the family group DeBarge throughout the early to mid-1980s....
covers the song on their landmark album 44 (Fourplay album)4 is the fourth studio album by Fourplay, released in 1998. This is their first album with guitarist Larry Carlton.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Larry Carlton – guitars* Nathan East – bass* Bob James – keyboards...
(1998).
- In 2002, Darren HayesDarren HayesDarren Stanley Hayes is a UK-based Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes was the front man and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States...
recorded a cover during a Capital Radio session.
- In 2005, English singer–songwriter Kate BushKate BushKate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
released her CelticCeltic musicCeltic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
-accented cover of "Sexual Healing" as the B-sideA-side and B-sideA-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
to "King of the Mountain", her first new material in twelve years. That same year Clam (featuring VDC) released a cover.
- The song was also covered by the English indietronica group, Hot ChipHot ChipHot Chip are an English electronic indie band. They have released four studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, Made in the Dark and One Life Stand.-Formation:...
, as the B-side to their 2006 single, "Over and OverOver and Over (Hot Chip song)"Over and Over" was the first single from Hot Chip's second album The Warning. It was released twice in the UK in 2006 - first reaching number 32 in March and number 27 in October.-Music video:...
".
- In 2007, this song was remixed by AlibiFreemasons (band)Freemasons are an English dance band from Brighton, East Sussex, England. The act consists of producers Russell Small and James Wiltshire .-2005-2007: Early Career:Their name is taken from the Brighton pub, Freemasons Tavern, Hove, which they frequently...
vs. Rockefeller with a new music videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
featuring three female dancers dressed as nurses (Lauren Ridealgh, Bayley Darling, and Stephanie Fitzpatrick). It charted at number thirty-four on the UK Singles Chart. There are two versions of this video: one version is censored and the other uncensored for late-night viewing, with the latter version being twelve seconds longer. The song was featured on the Abercrombie & Fitch July 2007 Playlist.
- R&B Artist CJ Hilton used elements of the songs chorus in his 2011 single "So Fresh" Featuring NasNasNasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...
.
In games
- The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...
on the radio station VCFL.
Onscreen
- In the 2002 film, I SpyI Spy (film)I Spy is a 2002 American spy comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. The film was based on the television series of the same name, that aired in the 1960s which starred Robert Culp and Bill Cosby.- Plot :...
, Kelly Robinson (Eddie MurphyEddie MurphyEdward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....
) fed lines from the song to Special Agent Alex Scott (Owen WilsonOwen WilsonOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer, known for his roles in the films The Haunting, The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree, Bottle Rocket, the Cars series, The Darjeeling Limited, Marley & Me, Midnight in Paris, Shanghai Noon,...
), who was trying to win the heart of fellow Special Agent Rachel Wright (Famke JanssenFamke JanssenFamke Beumer Janssen is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is known for playing the villainous Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series .- Early life and education :...
). - In 2010, the South ParkSouth ParkSouth Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
14th season premiere episode with the same titleSexual Healing (South Park)"Sexual Healing" is the fourteenth season premiere of the American animated television series South Park, and the 196th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 17, 2010, and on Comedy Central UK on March 19, 2010. The title of the episode...
was released, mocking at the media attention given to celebrities' sexual affairs, such as those of Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
. The song is played at the end of the episode and intentionally sung incoherently by series co-creator Trey ParkerTrey ParkerTrey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
for comedic effect. - The song was featured on the MTV sketch comedy show, The StateThe State (TV series)The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience...
. - In July 2006, the song received notoriety in Australia, when Today TonightToday TonightToday Tonight is a controversial Australian News and Current Affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
performed a report on the controversies of music and how some songs encourage kids to have sex at a young age, with the Pussycat DollsPussycat DollsThe Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
' "ButtonsButtons (song)"Buttons" is an R&B/hip hop song written by Sean Garrett, Jamal Jones, Jason Perry, and Nicole Scherzinger for the Pussycat Dolls' debut album PCD . Released as the album's fourth single, the song became one of their biggest hits...
" and Nelly FurtadoNelly FurtadoNelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
's "PromiscuousPromiscuous (song)"Promiscuous" is a dance-pop/R&B song by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, from the album, Loose . It was written by Furtado, Timothy "Attitude" Clayton, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills, with the latter pair handling production of the song...
" being heavily criticized. The report went further to criticize "Sexual Healing" as another song that encouraged kids to have sex back in the 1980s. However, many music gurus and fans would normally recognize the song to be a "classic hit from a legendary singer." - Most recently, the original version of the song made a cameo appearance in the 2007 live action film Transformers, in which BumblebeeBumblebee (Transformers)Bumblebee is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. In most incarnations, Bumblebee is a small, yellow Autobot with the altmode of a compact car.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...
plays while pretending to break down at some romantic spot, while Sam Witwicky (played by Shia LaBeoufShia LaBeoufShia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor who became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens and made his film debut in Holes . In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia and Transformers...
) drives Mikaela BanesMikaela BanesMikaela Banes is a fictional character from the Transformers universe. She is differentiated from "typical" women in her age group, having inherited mechanical skills from her father, Cal, a grease monkey and paroled car thief...
(played by Megan FoxMegan FoxMegan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on Hope & Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen...
) home, thus hinting at his obvious sexual interest in her.
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
- Background vocals by Marvin Gaye, Harvey FuquaHarvey FuquaHarvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...
and Gordon BanksGordon Banks (musician)Gordon Banks , aka Gordon 'Guitar' Banks, is an American guitarist, producer, writer and musical director. He was voted one of the top 100 guitarists in America in 1985.Banks played an important part in Marvin Gaye's later years... - Guitars by Gordon Banks
- Drums, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, orchestra bells, glockenspiel, bells, finger cymbals, bongoes and congas by Marvin Gaye
- Written by Marvin Gaye, Odell Brown and David Ritz
- Produced by Marvin Gaye
Charts
| Chart (1982/1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Singles Chart RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
1 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
7 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 37 |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
17 |
| German Singles Chart | 23 |
| 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 ... |
4 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Singles 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... |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 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,... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Club Play Singles | 8 |
Chart procession and succession
Soul Asylum version
"Sexual Healing" was covered in 1993 by MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...
for the charity compilation No Alternative
No Alternative
-Home video track listing:# Matthew Sweet "Superdeformed"#*directed by Kevin Kerslake# Neneh Cherry "Athens, Georgia 1993"#*directed by Jim McKay & Michael Stipe# Urge Overkill "Take a Walk"#*directed by Matt Mahurin...
. Despite not being promoted as a single, the song managed to peak at number ten on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks.
Charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
Sarah Connor version
In 2007, the song was covered by German singer–songwriter Sarah Connor for her studio album of covers, SouliciousSoulicious
Soulicious is the fifth studio album by German singer–songwriter Sarah Connor, released in German-speaking Europe on 30 March 2007 by Epic. Entirely produced by Kay Denar and Rob Tyger, the album consists of a collection of cover versions of Motown music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, apart from...
(2007). A re-recorded version featuring American singer–songwriter Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
was released as the album's second 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...
on 29 June 2007. It should be noted that on the same album Connor performed a posthumous duet with Gaye entitled "Your Precious Love
Your Precious Love
"Your Precious Love" is a popular song that was a 1967 hit for Motown singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, the doo-wop styled recording features background vocals by Fuqua, Gaye, Terrell and Bristol,...
".
The song's music video is placed in the story of the 1986 erotic drama film 9½ Weeks
9½ Weeks
9½ Weeks is a 1986 erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. It is based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth McNeill....
featuring representative scenes from the film, e.g. the well-known "ice scene", Connor being fed by a Ne-Yo doppelgänger
Doppelgänger
In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune...
and her homemade striptease; apart from the original movie, this video is the only one which repeats the sex scene on the stairs in the rain. Ne-Yo was not available the day the music video was shot, so a Ne-Yo doppelgänger was used. Connor stated that she was slightly drunk during the shoot of the video.
Track listing
European CD single- "Sexual Healing" (Video Version featuring Ne-Yo) – 3:52
- "Sexual Healing" (Original Radio Edit) – 3:51
European CD maxi single
- "Sexual Healing" (Video Version featuring Ne-Yo) – 3:52
- "Sexual Healing" (Original Radio Edit) – 3:51
- "Get It Right" – 4:20
- "Sexual Healing" (Video featuring Ne-Yo) – 4:04
- Online Access: Making of "Sexual Healing"
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
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| European Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,... |
44 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
11 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
41 |