Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)

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"Hangin' on a String"
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Single by Loose Ends
from the album So Where Are You?
(also on U.S. version of A Little Spice )
B-side "A Little Spice"
Released1984 (UK)
February 23, 1985 (US)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length3:42
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol
Producer(s) Nick Martinelli
Loose Ends singles chronology
"Choose Me (Rescue Me)"
(1984)
"Hangin' on a String"
(1984)
"Magic Touch"
(1985)

"Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" is the seventh single by British soul band Loose Ends from their second studio album, So Where Are You? , and was released in February 1985 by Virgin Records. In the group's native UK, the single made the top twenty. [1] Outside the UK, the single went to number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart for one week. [2] This made Loose Ends the first British band ever to top that chart [3] It also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

Contents

Track listing

7” Single: VS748

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" 3.42
  2. "A Little Spice" 5.08

12” Single: VS748-12

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Extended Dance Mix) 5.58
  2. "A Little Spice" 5.08

2nd 12” Single: VS748-13

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Extended Dance Mix) 5.58
  2. "Silent Talking" (feat. Tom Browne)
  3. "A Little Spice" 5.08

3rd 12” Single: VS748-14

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Mastermind Megamix)
  2. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Extended Dance Mix) 5.58

3” CD Single:released 1989

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Extended Dance Mix) 5.58
  2. "A Little Spice" 5.08
  3. "Emergency [Dial 999]" (Extended Remix) 6.42

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [4] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 43
U.S. Billboard Dance [5] 12
U.S. Billboard R&B [5] 1

Hangin' on a String [Contemplating] 1992

"Hangin' on a String [Contemplating] (Frankie Knuckles Remix)"
Single by Loose Ends
from the album Tighten Up Volume 1
B-side "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Original 7" Mix)
Released14 June 1992 (UK)
Recorded1985
Genre R&B
Length4:20
Label Ten Records
Songwriter(s) Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol
Producer(s) Nick Martinelli
Loose Ends singles chronology
"Cheap Talk"
(1991)
"Hangin' on a String [Contemplating] (Frankie Knuckles Remix)"
(1992)
"Magic Touch"
(1992)

"Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" was remixed and re-released in 1992. This was a track taken from the forthcoming Loose Ends Remix project "Tighten Up Volume 1".

Track listing

7” Single: TEN406

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Edit) 4.20
  2. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Original 7" Mix) 3.42

12” Single: TENX406

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) 6.28
  2. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Original 12" Mix) 5.58
  3. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (The All Night Mix) 5.50
  4. "Johnny Broadhead" (Part 2)

CD Single: TENCD406

  1. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Edit) 4.20
  2. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) 6.28
  3. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Original 12" Mix) 5.58
  4. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (The All Night Mix) 5.50
  5. "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Reprise) 6.08

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 25 [4]

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