What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)

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"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
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Single by Information Society
from the album Information Society
ReleasedApril 26, 1988
Genre
Length4:33 (album version)
3:36 (single version)
Label Tommy BoyTB 911
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Fred Maher
Information Society singles chronology
"Running"
(1985)
"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
(1988)
"Walking Away"
(1989)
Audio sample
"Pure Energy"
Chart (1988–1989)Peak
position
Canada RPM Canadian Dance Chart [11] 2
Canada RPM 30 Retail Singles [12] 6
Canada Canadian Singles Chart [13] 11
Canada RPM Top Singles [14] 14
Canada Much Music Countdown [15] 19
Ireland IRMA [16] 18
UK Singles Chart [17] 81
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] 3
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play [18] 1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales [18] 2
US Modern Rock Tracks [18] 10
US Cashbox [19] 3
US Radio & Records [20] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM) [21] 10
US Billboard Hot 100 [22] 52

See also

References

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  2. Breihan, Tom (July 5, 2023). "The Alternative Number Ones: Siouxsie And The Banshees' "Peek-A-Boo". Stereogum . Retrieved December 16, 2024. ...the only track that sounded anything like acid house was "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", a single from the Minneapolis synthpop group Information Society.(Subscription required.)
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  18. 1 2 3 4 "Information Society - Information Society | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
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  21. "Top 25 Dance Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 49, no. 10. 24 December 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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