Hook Me Up (CDB song)

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"Hook Me Up"
Hook Me Up by CDB.jpg
Single by CDB
from the album Glide with Me
B-side "2 Nite I'm Yours"
ReleasedOctober 1994
Recorded1994
Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop, new jack swing
Length3:47
Label Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Rockmelons
CDB singles chronology
"Hook Me Up"
(1994)
"Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)"
(1995)

"Hook Me Up" is the debut single by Australian R&B/pop group CDB. "Hook Me Up" was written by band member Andrew De Silva, Paul Gray (of Wa Wa Nee) and Byron Jones, Raymond Medhurst and Jonathan Jones (of The Rockmelons). released in October 1994 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Glide with Me (1995). The song peaked at number 11 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold.

Contents

Track listing

CD single (660741 2)

  1. "Hook Me Up" (Radio Edit) – 3:47
  2. "2 Nite I'm Yours" – 5:19
  3. "Hook Me Up" (Wicked Mix) – 4:15
  4. "Hook Me Up" (Swing Mix) – 3:36
  5. "Hook Me Up" (Instrumental) – 3:45

Charts

"Hook Me Up" debuted at No. 38 in Australia in November 1994, before rising to a peak of No. 11 in December 1994. The song remained in the top 50 for 14 weeks.

Chart (1994/95)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 11

Accredications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 144.