Out of My System

"Out of My System"
Single by Feargal Sharkey
from the album Wish
B-side "A Touch of Blue"
Released March 1988[1]
Format 7" single, 12" single, CD single
Genre Pop
Length 4:18
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine
Producer(s) Danny Kortchmar
Feargal Sharkey singles chronology
"More Love"
(1988)		 "Out of My System"
(1988)		 "If This is Love"
(1988)

"More Love"
(1988)		 "Out of My System"
(1988)		 "If This is Love"
(1988)

"Out of My System" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released in 1988 as the second single from his second studio album Wish. It was written by Eddie Chacon and Suzanne Valentine, and produced by Danny Kortchmar. The song failed to chart in the UK, but reached No. 45 in Italy.[2]

A music video was filmed to promote the single, while Sharkey also performed the song on the Dutch show TopPop.[3] The B-side, "A Touch of Blue", was exclusive to the single, and was written by Sharkey and Tim Daly, and produced by Sharkey. The CD format of the single also featured the track "Blue Days", which was an album track from Wish.

Formats

7" single
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Out of My System"Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine4:18
2."A Touch of Blue"Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly3:27
12" single
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Out Of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"Chacon, Valentine6:48
2."Out Of My System (The Delmonte Dub)"Chacon, Valentine6:56
3."A Touch of Blue"Sharkey, Daly3:27
CD single
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Out Of My System (7" Version)"Chacon, Valentine4:18
2."Blue Days"Kortchmar, Sharkey, Waddy Wachtel4:13
3."Out Of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"Chacon, Valentine6:51
4."A Touch of Blue"Sharkey, Daly3:27

Chart performance

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart[2] 45

Personnel

  • Feargal Sharkey - lead vocals, producer and mixing on "A Touch of Blue"
  • Danny Kortchmar - producer of "Out of My System" and "Blue Days"
  • Shelly Yakus, Marc De Sisto - mixing on "Out of My System"
  • Justin Strauss, Murray Elias - producers and remixers on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
  • Eric Kupper - programming on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
  • Hugo Dwyer - engineer on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
  • Mark Plotty - editor on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
  • Richard Haughton - photography
  • The Design Clinic - CD sleeve

References

  1. ↑ "Feargal Sharkey - Out Of My System / A Touch Of Blue - Virgin - UK - VS 1051". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  2. 1 2 "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: S". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  3. ↑ "TOPPOP: Feargal Sharkey - Out Of My System". YouTube. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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