Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" is the debut single released by sister duo Mel and Kim in 1986.

"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side"System"
Released4 September 1986[1]
Format
Recorded1986
Genre
Length3:33
LabelBlow Up, RCA
Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Producer(s)Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
(1986)		 "Respectable"
(1987)
Audio sample
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Alternative cover

The single's B-side, "System", was originally intended to be the duo's debut release, but after getting to know the sisters, Pete Waterman felt that the song was too soft for their personalities, and halted the single's pressing.[2] Mike Stock then wrote "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" for the duo, influenced by the Chicago garage house sound.[3]

The single peaked at #3 in the UK in November 1986,[4] and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry[1] for sales exceeding 250,000 copies.[5] "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" reached #1 in Germany,[6] the Netherlands,[7] Switzerland,[8] and Belgium.[9]

UK releases
7" (SUPE 107)
  1. "Showing Out"
  2. "System" (House mix [edit]) 3:47
12" (SUPE T 107 / RCA PT 40990)
  1. "Showing Out" (Extended mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TX 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Mortgage mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TZ 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Freehold mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

Official mixes
  • Album version 5:12
  • 7" version 3:33
  • Extended mix 7:15
  • Extended mix edit 4:51
  • The Mortgage mix 6:30
  • The Freehold mix 4:36 — Mortgage mix edit
  • Italo House remix 6:07 — by Alan Coulthard 1990
  • Italo House remix edit 3:25 — by Alan Coulthard 1990
  • "Struttin' Out" 7:16 — includes samples of Frantique's "Strut Your Funky Stuff"; by Ben Liebrand for the Disco Mix Club remix service 1987

Charts and sales

References
Notes
  1. "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Mel & Kim (page 2)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. "melandkim.com > Discography > System". www.melandkim.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. "melandkim.com > Interviews > The Pete Waterman OBE Interview". www.melandkim.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. "Official Charts > Mel and Kim". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. "Gallup UK Singles W/E Nov 22, 1986". Record Mirror. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mel & Kim - Showing Out (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. "dutchcharts.nl > Mel & Kim - Showing Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. "hitparade.ch > Mel & Kim - Showing Out" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. "Ultratop > Mel & Kim - Showing Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 197. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid–1983 and 12 June 1988.
  11. "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart Week Ending 19th July, 1987". ARIA. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  12. "austriancharts.at > Mel & Kim - Showing Out" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  13. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  14. "lescharts.com > Mel & Kim - Showing Out (chanson)" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  15. "Hit Parade Italia > Indice per Interprete: M" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  16. "charts.nz > Mel & Kim - Showing Out (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  17. Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 2008-04-10)
  18. "UK-Charts.Top-Source.Info > Top 100 1986". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  19. "Kent Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  20. "Single top 100 over 1987" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  21. 1987 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 2008-09-13)
  22. Dutch certifications nvpi.nl (Retrieved 2008-12-09)
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