Right Type of Mood

"Right Type of Mood"
Single by Herbie
from the album Fingers
Released	6 March 1995
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:12
Label	BMG
Songwriter(s)	Herbie Crichlow Max Martin
Producer(s)	Denniz PoP Max Martin
Herbie singles chronology
"Right Type of Mood" (1995) "I Believe" (1995)
Music video
"Right Type of Mood" on YouTube

"Right Type of Mood" is a song by English producer and songwriter Herbie, a.k.a. Herbie Crichlow, released in March 1995 by BMG as the lead single from his debut album, Fingers (1995). It was co-written by Herbie with Max Martin, and produced by Denniz PoP and Martin. The song 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, number-one on the Canadian dance music chart, and number ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In addition, it was a top-20 hit in Denmark and Finland. The song is a collaboration of synthetic drums and pads layered over striving constant and uplifting stabs and atmospheric arrangements. It was also nominated to the Swedish Dance Music Awards in 1996 for Best Swedish Dance Track.

Critical reception

James Hamilton from 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] Mark Frith from Smash Hits gave the single four out of five, writing, "Produced by the same person behind Ace of Base and Dr Alban, this sounds more like 2 Unlimited with a ferocious rapper. It's got elements of jungle and ragga but no one is probably going to take him seriously as a rapper 'cos he's based in Sweden. Shame, because it's good stuff." ^[2]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Right Type of Mood" was shot in black-and-white and directed by Swedish-based director Matt Broadley. ^[3] It was filmed in a metro train. Mark Frith of Smash Hits wrote about the video, "If you haven't seen the video for this yet, you're missing out. Herbie is trapped on a train hurtling through the underground Speed -style. But that doesn't bother our rapping hero. He straps on his scary shades, climbs all over the furniture and sings away merrily." ^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [4] 10 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 31 Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [6] 1 Denmark (IFPI) [7] 17 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 48 Europe (European Dance Radio) [9] 8 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 17 Germany (GfK) [11] 31 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 10 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 3 UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart ( Music Week ) [15] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position Australia (ARIA) [16] 43 Canada Dance/Urban (RPM) [17] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [18] 116 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 49

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Hamilton, James (May 6, 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 11. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
2. Frith, Mark (May 10, 1995). "Singles". Smash Hits . p. 60. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
3. "HERBIE Right type of mood". YouTube. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
4. "Herbie – Right Type of Mood". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
5. "Herbie – Right Type of Mood" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
6. RPM: issue date October 16, 1995
7. Danish Singles Chart. April 28, 1995.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 12, no. 10. March 11, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
9. "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 12, no. 8. February 25, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
10. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
11. "Herbie – Right Type of Mood" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Herbie" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
13. "Herbie – Right Type of Mood" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
14. "Herbie – Right Type of Mood". Singles Top 100.
15. "The RM on a Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). April 29, 1995. p. 8. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
16. "1995 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
17. "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995". RPM . 17 July 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
18. "Jaarlijsten 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
19. "Årslista Singlar, 1995" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved November 24, 2019.