I Show You Secrets

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"I Show You Secrets"
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Single by Pharao
from the album Pharao
B-side "Remix"
Released1994
Genre
Length4:15
Label Dance Pool
Songwriter(s)
  • Stevie Steve
  • Alexander Hawking
  • Marcus Deon Thomas
  • Tomcat
Producer(s)
  • Stevie Steve
  • Alexander Hawking
Pharao singles chronology
"I Show You Secrets"
(1994)		"There Is a Star"
(1994)
Music video
"I Show You Secrets" on YouTube

"I Show You Secrets" is a song by German Eurodance act Pharao, which consisted of Indian/German singer Kyra Pharao (Claudia Banerjee) and American rapper Deon Blue (Marcus Deon Thomas). It was released in 1994 by Dance Pool label as the first single from the act's debut album, Pharao (1994), and was well received among music critics, hitting success in many European countries. It was written by Stevie Steve and Alexander Hawking with Deon Thomas and Tomcat, and produced by Steve and Hawking. The single was a top-10 hit in Austria, Finland, Germany, Israel and Switzerland. The music video for "I Show You Secrets" was directed by John Clayton and received A-list rotation on Germany's VIVA. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Pairing of lovely Indian singer Kyra Pharao and rapper Dean Thomas sparks with chemistry. She flutters over a frenetic pop/rave groove with an angelic quality, while Thomas' guttural rhymes are a fine anchor to the track's glossy synths." [2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media remarked that the act "is already rapidly climbing the [German] Media Control charts with an imposing house track with trancy overtones. This comes as no surprise really, as it easily holds its own against some of its more familiar competitors." [3]

Steve Baltin from Cash Box wrote, "Utterly pretentious in its opening in a way that you can't help but love, this smash in Germany sounds like some kind of space-age L.S.D. trip through the cosmos." He added, "Going beyond techno, 'I Show You Secrets' is a song that is at least interesting, and while everyone knows what that normally means, it's an accurate word for this song and it's not an insult. Pharao's five-song single tries something new." [4] John Kilgo from The Network Forty named it a "superb dance number". [5]

Chart performance

"I Show You Secrets" was successful on the charts across Europe, in West Asia and North-America. The single reached the top 10 in Austria (5), Finland (3), Germany (6), Israel (5), Switzerland (6), and also peaked at number ten on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada. [6] [7] [8] In the act's native Germany, it peaked at number six for two weeks, after seven weeks within the German Singles Chart. [9] The single spent 24 weeks in total within the chart. Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Sweden (14), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it peaked at number 18 in September 1994 after eight weeks on the chart. [10] [11] In Belgium, the single entered the top 50 in Flanders (42), while in the UK, it peaked at number 85 in its first and only week on the UK Singles Chart, on November 6, 1994. [12] "I Show You Secret" was also a small club hit on the RM Club Chart by Music Week , peaking at 81. [13]

The act earned a gold record in Germany, after 250,000 singles were sold.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "I Show You Secrets" was directed by John Clayton [14] and filmed in London. [15] It depicts the act in a basement-like surrounding. Singer Kyra sits on a throne, wearing a crown and with a snake around her neck. Rapper Dean Thomas, shirtless and sometimed with blue sunglasses, stands by her side. They are surrounded by burning fires, wires, dancers performing on a staircase-like stage and a man with an owl. Throughout the video, Egyptian hieroglyphs can be seen several times. The crown Kyra wears was handmade especially for her. The video was A-listed on Germany's VIVA in August 1994. [1]

Track listing

A1. "I Show You Secrets" (Mystery Of Music Mix) — 6:10
A2. "I Show You Secrets" (Radio Version) — 4:15
B1. "I Show You Secrets" (The Secret Mind Of Trance) — 6:10
B2. "I Show You Secrets" (Mystic Instrumental) — 4:55
  1. "I Show You Secrets" (Radio Version) — 4:15
  2. "I Show You Secrets" (Mystery Of Music Mix) — 6:10
  1. "I Show You Secrets" (Radio Version) — 4:15
  2. "I Show You Secrets" (Mystery Of Music Mix) — 6:10
  3. "I Show You Secrets" (The Secret Mind Of Trance) — 6:10
  4. "I Show You Secrets" (Mystic Instrumental) — 4:55
  1. "I Show You Secrets" (Unplugged Radio Version) — 3:50
  2. "I Show You Secrets" (Sandstorm Remix) — 5:37
  3. "I Show You Secrets" (Remix Video Version) — 3:49
  4. "I Show You Secrets" (Sandstorm Single Mix) — 3:49

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [22] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 "Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 33. 13 August 1994. p. 14. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Flick, Larry (25 February 1995). "New & Noteworthy" (PDF). Billboard . Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 29. 16 July 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Baltin, Steve (11 March 1995). "Pop Singles: Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox . p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Kilgo, John (24 March 1995). "Mainstream: Music Meeting" (PDF). The Network Forty. p. 20. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Pharao – I Show You Secrets" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Pharao – I Show You Secrets". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 "RPM Dance (Jan 23, 1995)". RPM . 23 January 1995. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Pharao – I Show You Secrets" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Pharao – I Show You Secrets". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 39. 24 September 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 06 November 1994 - 12 November 1994". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  13. 1 2 "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 22 October 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Pharao - I Show You Secrets". YouTube . Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  15. ↑ Soininen, Juha (26 August 2020). Move Your Body (2 The 90's): Unlimited Eurodance. BoD - Books on Demand. p. 52. ISBN   9789528026303 . Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Pharao – I Show You Secrets" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  17. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . 24 September 1994. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Pharao - I Show You Secrets" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Dutch Single Tip 24/09/1994". Single Top 100 . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "Pharao". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  22. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pharao; 'I Show You Secrets')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
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