The Real Thing (Jellybean song)

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"The Real Thing"
Single by Jellybean featuring Steven Dante
from the album Just Visiting This Planet
B-side "The Real Thing (Acapella Mix)"
Released1987 (UK)
November 1987 (US)
Genre House
Length4:35 (single)
7:42 (remix)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Arnold Roman, Antoinette Colandreo
Producer(s) John "Jellybean" Benitez
Jellybean singles chronology
"Sidewalk Talk"
(1986)
"The Real Thing"
(1987)
"Who Found Who"
(1987)

"The Real Thing" is a 1987 hit single by music producer Jellybean, which features the vocals of Steven Dante. It is featured on Jellybean's album Just Visiting This Planet . The song was most successful in clubs at the time, reaching #1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart for one week. [1] "The Real Thing" also peaked at #49 and #82 on the soul chart and Hot 100, respectively. [2] Overseas, the single was successful in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13.

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 49
UK Singles Chart13
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play1

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