Adventure (Eleanor song)

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"Adventure"
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Single by Eleanor
from the album Jungle Wave
B-side One Dot World (7")
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre House
Length8:00 (Extended)
4:00 (Radio edit)
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Eleanor Academia
Producer(s) Eleanor Academia
Shep Pettibone
Eleanor singles chronology
"Better Safe Than Sorry"
(1987)
"Adventure"
(1988)

"Adventure" is a song by American singer Eleanor issued as a single in 1988 on Columbia Records. [1] The single rose to number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. [2]

Contents

Overview

Adventure was produced by Eleanor and Shep Pettibone. Also guesting on the song was singer Jim Gilstrap. [1] [3]

The track sampled D Train's 1982 single "You're the One for Me" and Rockers Revenge's bassline riff from "Walking On Sunshine".

Track listings

7" (US)
12" (US)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eleanor: Adventure. Columbia Records. 1988.
  2. "Eleanor: Adventure (Hot Dance Club Play)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018.
  3. Gonzalves, Theodore (2007). Stage presence: conversations with Filipino American performing artists. Meritage Press.