| "Over My Head" | ||||
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| Single by Toni Basil | ||||
| from the album Toni Basil | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Radialchoice/Chrysalis | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Franne Golde, Sue Shifrin | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| Toni Basil singles chronology | ||||
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"Over My Head" is a song by American singer Toni Basil. It was featured on her self-titled 1983 album, [1] and reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and number 4 on the US Dance chart.
"Over My Head" was the second single from Toni Basil's 1983 album Toni Basil. [1] [3] The song was released as a 12" record by Chrysalis and Virgin Records. [4] The song was also featured on her 1994 greatest hits compilation The Best of Toni Basil: Mickey & Other Love Songs. [5]
A music video for the song was released, directed by Basil and Michelle Simmons. [6]
The video starts with Basil dancing in front of several paperback mystery novels, before being zapped into one of the books. She is suddenly featured in a dark room, clad in vampire-like fashion. She then appears on the cover of another mystery novel, before she is shown stuck on train tracks as a train flies over her. The train suddenly becomes a plane. Basil finally escapes the books and continues dancing in front of them. [7]
The video was nominated for "Best Choreography" at the first MTV Music Video Awards, in 1984. The video lost, however, to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." [8]
The song reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending a total of 6 weeks on the chart; it was her final single to reach the Hot 100. [2] The song also went to number 4 on the US Dance chart. [9] "Over My Head" was the final charting single that Basil's record label, Radial Choice, had before folding in 1984. [10]
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 [2] | 81 |
| US Dance Songs [9] | 4 |
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