Casanova (LeVert song)
"Casanova" is a 1987 single by LeVert, written and produced by Reggie Calloway. It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #9 on the UK Singles Chart, LeVert's only Top Ten (and Top-40) on either chart. It was number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, becoming the group's second number-one.[2] It has become a standard number for New Orleans brass bands following its popularization by the Rebirth Brass Band.[3] The song is featured in 1987's The Pick-Up Artist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald, and appears on the soundtrack album of the Whoopi Goldberg movie Fatal Beauty, released the same year.
"Casanova" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by LeVert | ||||
from the album The Big Throwdown | ||||
Released | June 20, 1987 | |||
Format | 7" single, 12" single, CD single | |||
Recorded | 1986-1987 | |||
Genre | New jack swing[1] | |||
Length | 6:19 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Reggie Calloway | |||
Producer(s) | Reggie Calloway | |||
LeVert singles chronology | ||||
|
Charts
Peak positions
Chart (1987-1988) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canadian Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 16 |
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[5] | 17 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] | 26 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 27 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] | 9 |
US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 5 |
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[10] | 27 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
Ultimate Kaos version
"Casanova" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Ultimate Kaos | ||||
from the album The Kaos Theory | ||||
Released | 24 February 1997 | |||
Format | CD single, 12" | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Polydor, Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Reggie Calloway | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Stock & Matt Aitken | |||
Ultimate Kaos singles chronology | ||||
|
In 1997, British boy band Ultimate Kaos recorded a version and released it as the lead single from the second album The Kaos Theory. It was re-released in summer 1998.
Track listing
- CD maxi[14]
- "Casanova" (7" Mix)
- "Casanova" (7" Club Mix)
- "Casanova" (C&J R&B Mix)
- "Who's Got the Flavour"
Charts
Chart (1997-98) | Peak Position |
---|---|
Australian ARIA Singles [15] | 18 |
Austrian Singles | 20 |
Belgian Singles | 6 |
French Singles | 4 |
German Singles | 37 |
Dutch Top 40 | 2 |
Swedish Singles | 19 |
Swiss Singles | 39 |
UK Singles Chart | 24 |
Chart (1998) | Rank |
---|---|
ARIA End of Year Singles Chart [16] | 65 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA)[17] | Gold | 35,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References
- Reynolds, Mark (December 3, 2006). "Gerald Levert and the Black Pop Nobody Knows, but Should". PopMatters. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 346.
- Cohn, Rosalie. "The New Generation of Brass Bands: Live For Today". Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- "Top Singles – Volume 50, No. 22, September 25, 1989". RPM. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- "Charts.nz – Levert – Casanova". Top 40 Singles.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Levert – Casanova" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Levert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- "Levert Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
- "Levert Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- "Top Singles – Volume 47, No. 12, December 26, 1987". RPM. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1987.htm
- http://www.discogs.com/Ultimate-Kaos-Casanova/release/968967
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved 2014-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2014.