Category: Robbie Nevil

Robbie Nevil – Somebody Like You (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Somebody Like You” was the second single taken from American pop singer, songwriter, and record producer Robbie Nevil’s second studio LP “A Place Like This” (1988). At this point, Nevil had garnered four Billboard top 40 hits including his songs “C’est la Vie” (#2, 1986), “Dominoes” (#14, 1987), “Wot’s It to Ya” (#10, 1987), and “Back on Holiday” (#34, 1988).

“Somebody Like You” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 18, 1989, peaking at #68 on April 8, 1989, spending eleven weeks on the survey ending Nevil’s string of four consecutive Top 40 singles.

SIDE A:
Somebody Like You (TJ Mix) 6:34
Somebody Like You (Radio Dance Mix) 4:28

SIDE B:
Somebody Like You (Yu Yu Mix) 7:35
Somebody Like You (Where’s The Band Mix) 2:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 Somebody Like You U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #68

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI-Manhattan Records – V-56125, EMI-Manhattan Records – MIC 11193
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Additional Production & Remix David Cole & Robert Clivilles for Done Properly Productions
Edited by Luis Rivera for Quickleaf Productions

Printed in U.S.A.

From the LP “A Place Like This”

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Robbie Nevil – Wot’s It To Ya (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Wot’s It to Ya” was the third single taken from the self-titled debut from American pop singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist Robbie Nevil. The single debuted on the Us Billboard Hot 100 on May 30, 1987, peaking at #10 on July 31, 1987 after spending sixteen weeks on the survey.”Wot’s It to Ya” also peaked at #42 on the UK singles chart. The track was produced by producers Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornalley.

After “C’est La Vie” was chosen as the lead single and all the tracks were cut, Nevil expected the rest of the album to be smooth sailing, but he was about to learn an important lesson from veteran producer Alex Sadkin (Duran Duran, Thompson Twins), which resulted in the last-minute addition of “Wot’s It to Ya”. Nevil told Songfacts: “He explained it to me: ‘Always come from the school of you don’t have your first single, and always try to the bitter end to come up with something even better.’

So ‘Wot’s It To Ya?’ is written at the end of the record with the idea of you still don’t have your first single, so write one more and try to hit it out of the ballpark. It didn’t end up being the first single, but that’s when and why we did it.”

SIDE A:
Wot’s It To Ya (Rusty’s 12″ Dance Mix) 9:56
Remix – Rusty Garner

Wot’s It To Ya (Rusty’s Vocal Dub Mix) 6:52
Remix – Rusty Garner
Edited By – Allen Perada

SIDE B:
Wot’s It To Ya (Rusty’s Vocoder Dub) 6:58
Remix – Rusty Garner
Edited By – Allen Perada

Wot’s It To Ya (Extended To Ya Remix) 5:15
Remix – Robbie Nevil
Edited By – Gail “Sky” King, Keith Cohen

Wot’s It To Ya (To Ya Remix) 4:02
Remix – Robbie Nevil
Edited By – Gail “Sky” King, Keith Cohen

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Wot’s It To Ya U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #10
1987 Wot’s It To Ya U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #69
1987 Wot’s It To Ya U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #10

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records ‎– V-56056
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Phil Thornalley

NOTES:
Taken from the LP “ROBBIE NEVIL”

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Robbie Nevil – Dominoes (The Dance Mix) (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Dominoes” is a song by American singer Robbie Nevil from his self-titled debut album in 1986.

Written by Nevil with Bobby Hart and Dick Eastman, Nevil recorded the song for his eponymous debut album, and it was released as the second single. The song reached #14 on the U.S. singles chart. MTV featured a portion of the refrain with reworked lyrics to promote their new show at that time: Friday Night Party Zone.

This scarce 1986 German 12″ contains remixes exclusive to this 12″.

SIDE A:
Dominoes (The Dance Mix) 6:20
Remix – Burt Bevans*

SIDE B:
Dominoes (Club Mix) 7:31
Edited By – Junior Vasquez
Engineer – Hugo Dwyer
Mixed By, Producer [Additional] – Arthur Baker

Dominoes (All Fall Down Free Beats) 6:17
Edited By – Junior Vasquez
Engineer – Hugo Dwyer
Mixed By, Producer [Additional] – Arthur Baker

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Dominoes U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #14
1986 Dominoes U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #22

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records ‎– 1C K 060-20 1793 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Phil Thornalley

NOTES:
Special versions from the lp “ROBBIE NEVIL”

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Robbie Nevil – C’est La Vie (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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“C’est la Vie” is a song by American singer-songwriter Robbie Nevil from his self-titled debut album in 1986. The song was first recorded by gospel singer Beau Williams for his 1985 album Bodacious!.

Written by Nevil with Duncan Pain and Mark Holding, Nevil recorded the song for his eponymous debut album, and it was released as the first single. Nevil’s single spent two weeks at #2 on the U.S. singles chart in January 1987 and remained in the top 40 for 16 weeks, becoming his highest-charting U.S. hit. (It was kept from #1 by two songs, “Shake You Down” by Gregory Abbott and “At This Moment” by Billy Vera and the Beaters). Additionally, the song went to #1 on the American dance chart for one week in February 1987. Internationally, the song reached #3 on the United Kingdom charts. The song went to #1 almost exactly 20 years after Frank Sinatra’s song “That’s Life” (which is the English translation of the song title) did the same.

Nevil performed the song on the May 30, 1987 broadcast of Soul Train.

SIDE A:
C’est La Vie (Extended Version) 7:06
Edited By – The Latin Rascals
Remix – Arthur Baker

C’est La Vie (Single Version) 3:25

SIDE B:
C’est La Vie (Dub Mix) 7:15
Edited By – The Latin Rascals
Remix – Arthur Baker

Time Waits For No One 5:22

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 C’est La Vie U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #2
1986 C’est La Vie U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records ‎– V-56036
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Phil Thornalley

NOTES:
From the debut album “ROBBIE NEVIL”

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