Wrong (Everything but the Girl song)

"Wrong"
Single by Everything but the Girl
from the album Walking Wounded
B-side "Remix"
Released 28 May 1996
1 June 1996 (Todd Terry remix)
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded 1995
Genre
Length 3:55
Label Blanco Y Negro (UK)
Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) Tracey Thorn
Ben Watt
Producer(s) Ben Watt, Todd Terry
Everything but the Girl singles chronology
"Walking Wounded"
(1996)		 "Wrong"
(1996)		 "Single"
(1996)

"Walking Wounded"
(1996)		 "Wrong"
(1996)		 "Single"
(1996)

"Wrong" is a song written and recorded by British group Everything but the Girl. It was released in June 1996 as the second single from their album, Walking Wounded. A club remix of the song provided by Todd Terry went to number-one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[1] The remix also reached number 8 in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 44
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 8
Canada Dance (RPM)[5] 1
France (SNEP)[6] 43
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 59
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 20
Italy (FIMI) 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 29
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[10] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 47
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 41
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 42
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[14] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15] 76

"Tracey in My Room"

In 2001 an official mash-up credited to EBTG vs Soul Vision titled "Tracey in My Room" was released, produced by Ben Watt using Tracey Thorn's vocal of "Wrong". A further remix of the track features on Everything but the Girl 2003 compilation album Like the Deserts Miss the Rain.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 93.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Everything But the Girl – Wrong". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Everything But the Girl – Wrong" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. ↑ Canadian RPM Singles Chart (Week of July 29, 1996)
  5. ↑ Canada dance peak
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Everything But the Girl – Wrong" (in French). Les classement single.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – Everything But the Girl Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 7 April 2008)
  9. ↑ "Charts.nz – Everything But the Girl – Wrong". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Everything But the Girl – Wrong". Singles Top 100.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Everything But the Girl – Wrong". Swiss Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. 1 2 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved 28 August 2008)
  15. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1996". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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