Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)

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"Don't Worry"
Kim APPLEBY dontworry.jpg
Single by Kim Appleby
from the album Kim Appleby
B-side
  • "Don't Worry" (Phil Chill Mix)
  • "Don't Worry" (Stressed Out Mix)
Released22 October 1990 (1990-10-22) [1]
Genre Dance-pop
Length3:33
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Pete Schwier
  • George DeAngelis
Kim Appleby singles chronology
"Don't Worry"
(1990)		"G.L.A.D."
(1991)
Music video
"Don't Worry HD Music Video" on YouTube

"Don't Worry" is the debut solo single of English musician Kim Appleby from her self-titled debut solo album (1990). This was Appleby's first solo-single after the death of her sister Mel. The song addresses the process of getting over being heartbroken. With the aid of her then boyfriend, ex-Bros bassist Craig Logan, Kim launched a solo career with much of her debut solo album composed of songs co-written with Mel, for what was intended to be the next Mel and Kim album. The new album showed Appleby in a more prominent, soulful role, although the tongue-in-cheek humour of Mel & Kim still remained.

Contents

Released on 22 October 1990 by Parlophone, the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1990 and entered the top 40 throughout Europe. The single was also one of the best played singles on both IR stations and the BBC for a month. [2] Additionally it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Don't Worry" reached number seven in December 1990. Outside Europe, the single charted in Zimbabwe, peaking at number one in January 1991.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared the song as a "hit-bound record with a strong Motown (Supremes) feel. Co-written by Appleby and former Bros member Craig Logan, this is an up-tempo, cheerful and well produced song." [3] Selina Webb from Music Week felt that this release "is tinged with considerable sadness, as it should have been performed by a duo." She added that it "lacks the SAW magic but stands up as an easily-consumed pop song which should bop its way easily into the charts." [4] R.S. Murthi from New Straits Times said it "sounds so much like Stock/Aitken/Waterman that you're disappointed to discover that it's not their work." [5] Tom Doyle from Smash Hits wrote that the song is "something of a bouncy singalong SAW-type affair", and complimented Appleby's voice as "consistently strong and tuneful". [6]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Liam Kan. [7] It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe. [8]

Track listings

  1. "Don't Worry" – 3:33
  2. "Don't Worry" (The Phil Chill mix) – 4:37
  3. "Don't Worry" (The Stressed Out mix) – 7:51
  1. "Don't Worry" – 3:31
  2. "Don't Worry" (instrumental) – 3:50
  1. "Don't Worry" (The Stressed Out mix) – 7:52
  2. "Don't Worry" (The Phil Chill mix) – 4:36
  3. "Don't Worry" (Crypt mix) – 4:54

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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