Two to Make It Right

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"Two to Make It Right"
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Single by Seduction
from the album Nothing Matters Without Love
B-side "Original 7-inch"
ReleasedNovember 30, 1989
Genre
Length
  • 4:13 (7-inch remix)
  • 4:11 (Original 7-inch)
  • 5:23 (LP version)
Label Vendetta
Songwriter(s) David Cole
Producer(s) David Cole, Robert Clivillés
Seduction singles chronology
"(You're My One and Only) True Love"
(1989)		"Two to Make It Right"
(1989)		"Heartbeat"
(1990)

"Two to Make It Right" is a song by the American girl group Seduction, released as a single in late 1989. It appears on the group's first album, Nothing Matters Without Love featuring April Harris and Michelle Visage on lead vocals. "Two to Make It Right" peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was directed by Stu Sleppin and produced by Bob Teeman.

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The song was performed by drag queens Coco Montrese and Detox on an episode of the fifth season of the reality competition RuPaul's Drag Race , in which Visage is a main judge. [2] "Two to Make It Right" was covered by British rock band Busted in 2018.

Composition

"Two to Make It Right" contains a sample of the song "Kiss" as performed by the Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones, [3] and a sample of "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, which itself contains a sample of Lyn Collins's "Think (About It)"; the latter song has its roots in James Brown's famous and often sampled "Yeah! Woo!" drum break.[ citation needed ]

Commercial reception

"Two to Make It Right" reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US in February 1990, staying there for two weeks. [4] The song also spent one week at the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in January 1990 and twelve weeks on the chart. [3]

Two notable live performances of the song have been uploaded to YouTube. One was during the 1990 MDA Telethon, which is the only known version to include a rap by Michelle Visage, which was performed live, while the song was likely lip-synced. [5] The other was a performance on the The Mickey Mouse Club in 1989. What is notable about this performance is that a pre-recorded version of the song was played afterward, when the members taught two of the hosts the basics of voguing, which sounded exactly the same. This shows that the group was lip-syncing. [6]

Track listings

7-inch single – Europe

  1. "Two to Make It Right" (the radio mix) – 4:11
  2. "Two to Make It Right" (the house dub) – 5:12

7-inch single – US

  1. "Two to Make It Right" (7-inch remix) – 4:13
  2. "Two to Make It Right" (Original 7-inch) – 4:11

12-inch maxi – Europe

  1. "Two to Make It Right" (the club mix) – 6:20
  2. "Two to Make It Right" (the hip house vocal) – 6:18
  3. "Two to Make It Right" (the house dub) – 5:12

12-inch maxi – US

  1. "Two to Make It Right" (Cole / Clivillés club mix) – 6:20
  2. "Two to Make It Right" (Cole / Clivillés dub mix) – 5:02
  3. "Two to Make It Right" (7-inch remix) – 4:11
  4. "Two to Make It Right" (Hip house vocal mix) – 6:18
  5. "Two to Make It Right" (Cole / Clivillés house dub) – 5:12

CD maxi

  1. "Two to Make It Right" (the radio mix) – 4:11
  2. "Two to Make It Right" (the club mix) – 6:20
  3. "Two to Make It Right" (the hip house vocal) – 6:18

Credits

Charts

See also

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (September 3, 2021). "The Number Ones: Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair's "Opposites Attract". Stereogum . Retrieved December 2, 2023. Seduction's funky Rob Base-sampling house-pop jam "Two To Make It Right" peaked at #2 behind "Opposites Attract
  2. ↑ Sava, Oliver (2013-04-09). "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Super Troopers"". The A.V. Club .
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.)
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th edition (Billboard Publications)
  5. ↑ "Seduction - "Two To Make It Right" (1990) - MDA Telethon". 14 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "SEDUCTION-RARE- It Takes Two -MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, FL (1989) 4K HD". 11 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6722." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 6683." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Seduction – Two to Make It Right" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Seduction – Two to Make It Right". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Seduction Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Seduction Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Seduction Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Top 40/Dance" (PDF). Billboard. January 27, 1990. p. 91. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Seduction – Two to Make It Right" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM . Retrieved June 25, 2023– via Library and Archives Canada.
  18. ↑ "Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved June 25, 2023– via Library and Archives Canada.
  19. ↑ "1990 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. December 22, 1990. p. YE-14.
  20. 1 2 "1990 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. December 22, 1990. p. YE-31.
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