His 1992 effort You Turn My Life Around is skipped but it barely fits with his much more successful later canon, which here is represented by the years 2000 to 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.Trying a little harder than its generic packaging might imply, Playlist: The Very Best of Charlie Wilson kicks off with a 12" mix of the former Gap Band member's hit "Outstanding" before rounding up all the obvious highlights from the singer's solo career. ^ "The Beloved Chart History (Alternative Airplay)".Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. ^ Billboard (Retrieved March 28, 2008).^ UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved March 28, 2008).^ "The Beloved - Hello (Official Video)"."The Beloved – Sweet Harmony: The Very Best of the Beloved". ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company".US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard) "Hello (What's All This Then Mix?)" - 4:35ġ2" single (WEA UK release YZ426T and Atlantic US release 0-86235).It was later published on The Beloved's official YouTube channel in December 2018. A very clever record indeed." Music video Ī music video was produced to promote the single, inspired by the film Altered States. The use of a Fool's Gold-style backing track is deceptive. And the list of namechecks here has distinct Half Man Half Biscuit overtones. This hasn't stopped them throwing in guitar solos and mumbling à la New Order, however. Don't miss." Pan-European magazine Music & Media called it "a more funky number with a Beatle-style chorus." The reviewer added, "A splendid song with a shopping list of media celebrities' names forming the chorus lyrics." David Giles from Music Week commented, "Much has been made of this band's "conversion" from "grey, lifeless" indie music to "bright, modern" dance music. Bill Coleman from Billboard described it as "a rather infectious roll call of sorts that has already kicked in with modern rock enthusiasts, with clubs and pop radio ready to fuel the fire. Jon O'Brien from AllMusic noted that "the gothic undertones" of the " Depeche Mode-influenced" song "perfectly bridged the gap between their indie beginnings and their new-found loved-up sound".
In lyrical order, the names mentioned are as follows: Peter, Paul, Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Little Richard, Little Nell, Willy Wonka, William Tell, Salman Rushdie, Kym Mazelle, Mork and Mindy, Bryan Hayes, Barry Humphries, Paris Grey, Little Neepsie, Chris, Do, Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire, Freddy Flintstone, Fred Astaire, Desmond Tutu, Steve, Claire, Charlie Parker, Charlie Brown, Leslie Crowther, Mary Wilson, Di and Flo, Sir Bufton Tufton, Jean-Paul Sartre, Zippy, Bungle, Jeffrey Archer, André Previn and LSO.
"Chris and Do" are friends of the band while "Steve and Claire" are guitarist Steve Waddington and his girlfriend. There are also references to "Peter" and "Paul", presumably the Christian apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. In alphabetical order, the people listed in the song are: Jeffrey Archer (politician and novelist), Fred Astaire, Bobby Ball (comedian), Charlie Brown, Tommy Cannon (comedian), Billy Corkhill (soap opera character), Leslie Crowther (TV presenter), "Freddie" Flintstone, Paris Grey (singer), Brian Hayes (broadcaster), Vince Hilaire (footballer), Barry Humphries, The LSO, Kym Mazelle (singer), Mork and Mindy, Little Neepsie (often misheard as Little Nietzsche), Little Nell, Charlie Parker, André Previn, Little Richard, Salman Rushdie, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Supremes (" Mary Wilson, Di and Flo"), William Tell, Sir Bufton Tufton, Desmond Tutu, Willy Wonka, Zippy and Bungle (TV characters). 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.Īs well as the names of some of 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. 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 release, they would both later resurface on the following Blissed Out remix album, the sister release to Happiness, the second remix only featuring on the CD and MC editions of the work, but not on the vinyl LP, which only contained the first. In addition, a Razormaid! remix of the song appeared on the Razormaid! Anniversary 9.0 compilation album. Peaking at Number 19 in the UK charts on 17 February 1990, it was band's highest charting single until " Sweet Harmony" reached Number 8 in 1993.Īt least three additional remixes were exclusive to other formats: "Hello (Boys & Girls)" and "Hello (Uncle Arthur)" appeared on the 12-inch vinyl version, and "Hello (Dolly)" appeared on both the cassette and 7-inch versions. " Hello" is a song by The Beloved, released as the second single from their album Happiness.
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