Hear What I Say

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Hear What I Say
Hear what i say album cover.jpg
Studio album by
C. C. Catch
Released2 November 1989
Recorded1988–1989
Genre Pop, dance-pop, new jack swing
Length42:26
Label Metronome Musik 841 609-2
Producer Andy Taylor, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak, Avenue
C. C. Catch chronology
Big Fun
(1988)		Hear What I Say
(1989)
Singles from Hear What I Say
  1. "Big Time"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Midnight Hour"
    Released: 1989

Hear What I Say is the fifth and final studio album by the Dutch born 1980's pop singer C. C. Catch, released in 1989 in Germany and worldwide, produced by member of Duran Duran and The Power Station Andy Taylor. It contains two singles: Big Time (#26 hit in Germany) and Midnight Hour. "Hear What I Say" was the first album, that wasn't produced by Dieter Bohlen. Notable that album has a lot of influences, including house, funk and especially new jack swing which was in mainstream at that time.

Contents

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Hear What I Say
Chart (1989)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [1] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 75
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [3] 46

Track listing

  1. Midnight Hour (Cyndi Valentine, Tony Green) – 4:35
  2. Big Time (C. C. Catch, Georg Koppehele, Martin Koppehele) – 3:51
  3. Love Away (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 4:12
  4. Give Me What I Want (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:47
  5. I'm Gonna Miss You (Mennana Szimanneck, Peter Szimanneck) – 5:40
  6. Backgirl (Andreas Van Kane, Nicholas Marriot) – 3:31
  7. Can't Catch Me (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:51
  8. Hear What I Say (C.C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:49
  9. Nothing's Gonna Change Our Love (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:50
  10. Feels Like Heaven (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 5:20

Credits

Design [Cover Design] – Michael Behr
Management – Simon Napier-Bell
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Other [Hair] – Keith Harris
Other [Make-up] – Sara Raeburn
Other [Stylist] – Peta Hunt
Photography By [Cover] – Brian Aris
Producer – Andy Taylor (tracks: 1, 5, 6), Dave Clayton (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Jo Dworniak (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10)
Written-By – C. C. Catch (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Dave Clayton (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Jo Dworniak (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10) [4]

Notes

Mastered at Townhouse Studios.

Published by

Polygram Songs [tracks 1 and 2]
Copyright Control / Polygram Songs [tracks 3, 4, 7 to 10]
Warner Chappell [track 5]
Miau Musik/Inferno Musik [track 6]

℗ 1989 Metronome Music GmbH, Hamburg

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References

  1. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "C. C. Catch". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 43. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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  3. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  4. ↑ C.C. Catch — Hear What I Say
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