Trouble (Heaven 17 song)

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"Trouble"
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Single by Heaven 17
from the album Pleasure One
B-side "Move Out"
Released5 January 1987 [1]
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length4:00
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware
Producer(s) Heaven 17
Heaven 17 singles chronology
"Contenders"
(1986)		"Trouble"
(1987)		"The Ballad of Go Go Brown"
(1988)

"Trouble" is a song by the British new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, which was released in 1987 as the second and final single from their fourth studio album Pleasure One . [2] It was written and produced by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware. The song peaked at No. 51 in the UK and spent four weeks on the chart. [3] It was a bigger success in Germany where it reached No. 17. [4]

Contents

A music video was filmed to promote the single. The 12" single re-titled as "(Big) Trouble". [5]

Critical reception

On its release, Lesley O'Toole of Record Mirror wrote, "Once upon a time, if you didn't own a copy of 'Fascist Groove Thang', you were much too untrendy to be seen associating with. Since then, Heaven 17 have cobbled together the odd pearl of synthesised wisdom, but with decreasing regularity. 'Trouble' does little to alleviate fears that the rot is setting in, being just another mish-mash of unexciting keyboard riffs and irritatingly distinctive Glenn Gregory mouthings." [6] John Lee of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner gave the song a six out of 10 rating and commented, "Certainly not the greatest Heaven 17 song of all time, 'Trouble' nevertheless chugs along very nicely." [7] Paul Benbow of the Reading Evening Post stated, "The jaunty tune and lyrics spat out like machine gun fire don't really go together. Not their best effort." [8]

Steve Mitchell of the Nottingham Evening Post awarded three out of five stars and wrote, "Modern computer-bop that Janice will plug, Peely will scorn and Smitty will spin twice." [9] Andy Rutherford of the Gateshead Post commented, "A sadly redundant and seemingly endless keyboard dominated funk track from a band who used to write great songs." [10] In a retrospective review of Pleasure One, Aaron Badgley of AllMusic praised the "wonderful" "Trouble" as one of the band's best tracks, adding that the "guitar work makes the song itself". [11]

Formats

7" single
  1. "Trouble" - 4:00
  2. "Move Out" - 3:19
12" single
  1. "(Big) Trouble" - 5:49
  2. "Trouble (LP version)" - 4:17
  3. "Move Out" - 3:19
12" single (promo)
  1. "Trouble (At Mill Mix)" - 6:42
  2. "(Big) Trouble (Vocal)" - 5:49
12" single (limited edition gatefold)
  1. "(Big) Trouble (Extended Mix)" - 5:51
  2. "Move Out (Album Mix)" - 3:20
  3. "Trouble (U.S. Club Mix)" - 6:45
  4. "Contenders (U.S. Club Mix)" - 7:47

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
German Singles Chart [12] 17
UK Singles Chart [3] 51

Personnel

Heaven 17
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Robin (20 December 1986). "News Digest". Record Mirror . p. 13. ISSN   0144-5804.
  2. ↑ "Heaven 17 - Trouble at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "HEAVEN 17 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Heaven 17 - (Big) Trouble (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  6. ↑ O'Toole, Lesley (10 January 1987). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 11. ISSN   0144-5804.
  7. ↑ Lee, John (17 January 1987). "Reviews: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 14.
  8. ↑ Benbow, Paul (17 January 1987). "Singles". Reading Evening Post . p. 15.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Steve (30 January 1987). "Singles". Nottingham Evening Post . p. 6.
  10. ↑ Rutherford, Andy (15 January 1987). "Singled out". Gateshead Post. p. 18.
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  12. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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