You Are the Universe

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"You Are the Universe"
BNH YATU single.jpg
Single by the Brand New Heavies
from the album Shelter
B-side "Remix"
Released16 June 1997 [1]
Recorded1997 (1997)
Genre
Length4:11(Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies singles chronology
"Sometimes"
(1997)		"You Are the Universe"
(1997)		"You've Got a Friend"
(1997)
Music video
"You Are the Universe" on YouTube

"You Are the Universe" is a song by British acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies, released in June 1997. The composition was issued as the third single taken from their fourth album, Shelter (1997), which remains the only Brand New Heavies album recorded with American singer Siedah Garrett, who afterwards left the group to concentrate on her own songwriting. The song charted at number twenty-one in UK, and at number eleven within the British Chart-Track.

Contents

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, writing, "Their sound is as retro as ever, but this funky soul tune is hugely uplifting and deserves to be a big pop, as well as club, hit." [2] Daisy & Havoc from the RM Dance Update gave it five out of five. They added, "If 'Sometimes' is starting to drive you crazy then this next single (surely the best song on the Shelter album) is here to take you to a higher plane. The remixers have a job competing with the huge uplift value of the album version (which is on a par with the original of Nu Yorican Soul's 'It's Alright')". [3]

Track listings and formats

  1. "You Are the Universe" (Original Version)
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Instrumental)
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Version) - 3:41
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove 7") - 3:42
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (S-Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub)
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Unidub)
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Original Version) - 3:40
  2. "Back to Love" (Original Version) - 4:09
  3. "Stay This Way" (Original Version) - 3:46
  4. "Dream on Dreamer" (Original Version) - 3:34
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Version) - 3:41
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove 7") - 3:42
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Opaz Remix) - 4:26
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal 7" Edit) - 3:50
  5. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  5. 'You Are the Universe" (S. Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub) - 6:34
  6. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  5. "You Are the Universe" (S-Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub)
  6. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Unidub)
  7. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  8. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  9. "You Are the Universe" (Opaz Remix)
  10. "You Are the Universe"

Credits and personnel

Charts

Full Flava version

"You Are the Universe"
CCP Single YATU1 cover.jpg
The cover of the Japanese vinyl release
Single by Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston
from the album Music Is Our Way of Life
B-side "Remix"
Released5 July 2006 (2006-07-05)
Recorded2006 (2006)
Genre
Length5:25(Album version)
Label Dôme
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
CeCe Penistonsingles chronology
"Deeper Love"
(2005)		"You Are the Universe"
(2006)		"I'm Feelin' U"
(2007)
Audio sample
"Album version"

"You Are the Universe" was covered by Rob Derbyshire and Paul Mullings, the Birmingham's R&B production duo better known as Full Flava. It features vocals by CeCe Peniston. The Flava's version was remixed by DJ Hasebe, a Japanese hip-hop producer, and issued only on vinyl in the Japan.

The song was included on the Flava's album Music Is Our Way Of Life , which reconstructed eleven dancefloor classics performed by various female vocalists, released on Dôme Records the following year, in 2007.

Credits and personnel

Track listings and formats

  1. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49
  1. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Remix) - 4:56
  2. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Instrumental Mix) - 4:56
  1. "You Are the Universe" (LP Version) - 5:23
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49

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  1. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. June 14, 1997. p. 43. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . May 24, 1997. p. 18. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ Daisy & Havoc (May 17, 1997). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 8. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 For reviewing track lists, covers and/or additional notes regarding the all releases of the single "You Are The Universe" by The Brand New Heavies issued to date, follow the discogs link. "The Brand New Heavies - "You Are The Universe" - Releases". Discogs . Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . July 5, 1997. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Brand New Heavies - "You Are The Universe" - UK Chart-Track". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. July 5, 1997. p. 40. Retrieved March 20, 2011. #11 on 1997-06-23
  7. ↑ For peak positions of "You Are The Universe" by The Brand New Heavies single in UK, choose the singles link, or the OfficialCharts link to view full run of the single in England.
  8. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". officialcharts.com.
  9. ↑ "The Club Top 100 of 1997" (PDF). Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert). January 10, 1998. p. 5. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - 12", UK, #12 DOME 769". Discogs . Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - 12", JP, #12 DOME 770". Discogs . Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - MD, UK, #(–)". Discogs . Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
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