"Right Type of Mood" | ||||
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Single by Herbie | ||||
from the album Fingers | ||||
Released | 6 March 1995 | |||
Genre | Eurodance | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
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Herbie singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Right Type of Mood" on YouTube |
"Right Type of Mood" is a song by English producer Herbie. It is produced by Denniz PoP and Max Martin, and was released in March 1995 as the lead single from his debut album, Fingers. It received various successes globally on both the commercial Pop and R&B charts and was supported by a partially computer generated music video, directed by Matt Broadley. The single reached number three in Sweden and number-one on the Canadian dance music chart. In addition, it peaked within the top 20 in Denmark and Finland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 48 in March 1995. The song is a collaboration of synthetic drums and pads layered over striving constant and uplifting stabs and atmospheric arrangements. "Right Type of Mood" was also nominated to the Swedish Dance Music Awards in 1996 for Best Swedish Dance Track.
James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described "Right Type of Mood" as a "Herbie Chrichlow ragga rapped catchy 'Mister Magoo' shouting jaunty Swedish galloper". [1]
The accompanying music video for "Right Type of Mood" was directed by Matt Broadley [2] and is filmed in a metro train.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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