Headline News (Everyday People song)

"Headline News" is a song by British band Everyday People, which was released in 1990 as the lead single from their only studio album You Wash... I'll Dry.[2] It was written by Shaun Ward and Desi Campbell, and produced by Stewart Levine. "Headline News" reached No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

"Headline News"
Single by Everyday People
from the album You Wash... I'll Dry
B-side"Keep Away from Love"
Released12 March 1990[1]
Length4:01 (single version)
5:00 (album version)
7:07 (extended version)
LabelSBK Records
Songwriter(s)Shaun Ward
Desi Campbell
Producer(s)Stewart Levine
Everyday People singles chronology
"Headline News"
(1990)		 "I Guess It Doesn't Matter"
(1990)

Critical reception

On its release, Chris Wells of New Musical Express wrote: "See for once here we are dealing with a trio of musicians whose main concern [is] how well they can write, perform and record a song based purely on musical talent. That's why "Headline News" sounds as refreshingly organic as it does."[4] Billboard listed the single under their "new and noteworthy" section and described the song as "an uplifting and sophisticated midtempo R&B/pop jam glimmering with subtle vintage Motown nuances."[5]

In a review of You Wash... I'll Dry', CD Review wrote: "Songs like "Headline News" fuse a strong, bouncing beat, a beboppin' brass/sax backup section and triadic vocal harmonizing (characteristic of the 1960s Motown sound) with syncopated polyrhythms and a prominent, jerky bass line (popularized in 1970s funk)."[6] Scott Benarde of The Palm Beach Post described the song as "snappy" and "crackling".[7]

Formats
7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News"4:01
2."Keep Away from Love"3:19
12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
2."Headline News (Accapella)"4:57
3."Keep Away from Love"3:19
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (7" Version)"4:05
2."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
3."Headline News (Dub)"4:54
4."Keep Away from Love"3:19
CD single (US promo)
No.TitleLength
1."Headline News (Single Edit)"3:56
2."Headline News (7" Version)"4:01
3."Headline News (12" Version)"7:07
4."Headline News (Album Version)"5:00

Personnel

Everyday People

  • Desi Campbell - lead vocals
  • Lloyd T. Richards - guitar
  • Shaun Ward - bass, backing vocals

Production

  • Stewart Levine - producer of "Headline News"
  • Michael R. Hutchinson - remix of "Headline News"
  • Everyday People - producers of "Keep Away from Love"
  • Jeremy Allom - engineer on "Keep Away from Love"

Other

Charts
Chart performance for "Headline News"
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 140
Dutch Singles Chart[9] 83
German Singles Chart[10] 53
UK Singles Chart[3] 99

References
  1. "Headline News - The debut single by Everyday People". Record Mirror. 17 March 1990. p. 56.
  2. "You Wash...I'll Dry - Everyday People | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 1990-07-16. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. "EVERYDAY PEOPLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "Desi Campbell | Everyday People Interview | Desi Campbell Singer,Songwriter". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  5. "Single Reviews". Billboard. 21 July 1990. p. 75.
  6. "CD Review - Google Books". 1990. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  7. Benarde, Scott (11 November 1990). "Cotton brings restless edge to Y-NOT". The Palm Beach Post.
  8. "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 21 January 1991". Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. Steffen Hung. "Everyday People - Headline News". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  10. Steffen Hung (2010-12-18). "Everyday People - Headline News". germancharts.de. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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