"Sweet Harmony" is a hit 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 UK band 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:...

. 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

Signature song

A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...

.

Music video

The song gained notoriety for its controversial music video

Music video

A 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...

, which consisted of a naked Jon Marsh and a bevy of other equally naked females - including Tess Daly

Tess Daly

Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...

 - lipsynching the lyrics. In an interview, Marsh pointed out that the video was "not intended to be sexual" and was "as A-sexual as you can get". The video is supposed to represent unity between humans.

The video was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...

 called "Politically Correct"

Cover versions

In 2002 the song was covered by British producer Vincent Stormfield and released as Sweet Harmony '02 by Independiente.

In 2007 the song was covered by Polish pop group Feel

Feel (band)

Feel is a Polish band which was formed in Katowice in 2005.Originally called 'Q2', the band later adopted 'Kupicha Band' as its name and then finally 'Feel'.The group released its debut album 'Feel' on November 26, 2007...

 on their multi-platinum selling debut album.

In 2007 Russian rock band Tokio released the cover version of the song called 'My budem vmeste' (Мы будем вместе/We'll be Together).

In films and television

The song appears in the 2006 film Alien Autopsy starring Ant and Dec.

Track listings

CD single

1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:02
2. "Motivation" (energised)

7" single

1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:02
2. "Motivation" (energised)

CD maxi

1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:02
2. "Sweet Harmony" (live the dream mix) — 7:15
3. "Motivation" (exercised) — 7:11
4. "Sweet Harmony" (love the dub mix) — 5:14

EP

• For the 7-track "Sweet Harmony" EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  , see 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.

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	3
Dutch Singles Chart	21
French SNEP Singles Chart	16
German Singles Chart	6
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...	16
Italian Singles Chart	9
Swedish Singles Chart	14
Swiss Singles Chart	6
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 ...	8
U.S. 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...	23
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	23
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...	14

End of year chart (1993)	Position
Swiss Singles Chart	36