Hypnotize (Scritti Politti song)

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"Hypnotize"
ScrittiPolittiHypnotize.jpeg
Single by Scritti Politti
from the album Cupid & Psyche 85
B-side "Hypnotize (Short)"
ReleasedNovember 1984
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:26 (long)
  • 3:36 (short)
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Scritti Politti singles chronology
"Absolute"
(1984)		"Hypnotize"
(1984)		"The Word Girl"
(1985)
Music video
"Hypnotize" on YouTube

"Hypnotize" is a song by the British pop band Scritti Politti. It was released as a single in November 1984 by Virgin Records, and would later be included on the band's second studio album Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985). It peaked at number 68 on the UK singles chart, [1] as well as number 43 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart. [2] The music video was directed by the English director Peter Care. [3]

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Critical reception

Brian Chin of Billboard described the song as "his third and most oblique comment on American funk, swinging the pendulum way back past 'Wood Beez' after the clearly pop-minded 'Absolute.'" [4] He added, "We hope his exemplary electronic creations will find an audience here despite an apparently unreceptive radio environment." [4] In a review of Scritti Politti's compilation album Absolute (2011), Jude Clarke of MusicOMH wrote, "Although released as a single, it failed to make much impact in the UK or US charts: a shame, as its slightly harder-edge and interesting way of playing fast-and-loose with melody and rhythm make it one of the most textured and enjoyable inclusions on this album – as it was on Cupid… back in the '80s." [5]

Track listing

12-inch single

Side A
  1. "Hypnotize (Long)" – 4:26
  2. "Hypnotize (Short)" – 3:36
Side B
  1. "Hypnotize (Version)" – 6:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [6]

Scritti Politti

Others

Charts

Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [1] 68
US Hot Dance/Disco ( Billboard ) [2] 43

References

  1. 1 2 "Hypnotize – Scritti Politti". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Hot Dance/Disco". Billboard . 26 January 1985. p. 44.
  3. ↑ "New Video Clips". Billboard . 22 December 1984. p. 36.
  4. 1 2 Chin, Brian (15 December 1984). "Dance Trax". Billboard . p. 62.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Jude (3 August 2011). "Spotlight: Scritti Politti – Absolute". MusicOMH . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Scritti Politti (1985). Cupid & Psyche 85 (CD booklet). Virgin Records.
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