"Doctorin' the House" is a song by Englishelectronic music duoColdcut with British singerYazz, released in February 1988 by Ahead Of Our Time andVirgin as the second single from their debut album,What's That Noise? (1989). The track incorporatessamples from various sources, mainly TV and film dialogue. It peaked at number six on theUK Singles Chart in March 1988 and spent four weeks in the top 10, making it Coldcut's biggest UK hit single.[1] It also peaked at number one in Zimbabwe and number three on the USBillboardHot Dance Club Play chart.
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| Single byColdcut featuringYazz and the Plastic Population | ||||
| from the albumWhat's That Noise? | ||||
| Released | February 1988 (1988-02) | |||
| Genre | Acid house | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Coldcut | |||
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Critical reception
editSteve Lamacq fromNME wrote, "Squelchy bass rummages around in its footwear looking for wildlife, but finds only a sweetly crisp vocal line, looking imploringly destitute. The lush singing creams off the top layer of jaggedness, defusing the critical edge, but not quite making it a safe bet for easy promotion (radio wise and the like). It may gather a brutal dancefloor efficiency, but the appeal is limited. Off stump at the most."[2] In 2024,Classic Pop ranked "Doctorin' the House" number 14 in their list of "Top 20 80s House Hits".[3]
Formats and track listings
edit- 7" single
- "Doctorin' the House" — 3:45
- "Doctorin' the House" (theftapella) — 4:03
- 12" maxi
- "Doctorin' the House" (vocal) — 5:38
- "Doctorin' the House" (speng) — 6:14
- 12" maxi – remixes
- "Doctorin' the House" (the upset remix) — 6:04
- "Doctorin' the House" (acid shut up) (dub) — 6:04
- "Doctorin' the House" (acid shut up) (trak) — 6:04
Charts
editWeekly chartsedit
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References
edit- ^Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^Lamacq, Steve (13 February 1988)."45".NME. p. 14. Retrieved28 October 2023.
- ^O'Brien, Jon (2 May 2024)."Top 20 80s House Hits".Classic Pop. Retrieved20 December 2024.
- ^"ARIA singles charts – Coldcut". Hung Medien. Retrieved6 October 2015.
- ^"Coldcut – "Doctorin' the House"" (in Dutch).Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved18 November 2013.
- ^Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Yazz & The Plastic Population".Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021(PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 286. Retrieved14 July 2022.
- ^Irishcharts.ieArchived June 9, 2009, at theWayback Machine (Retrieved 18 November 2013)
- ^"Coldcut – Doctorin' The House" (in Dutch).Dutch Top 40. Retrieved14 July 2022.
- ^"Coldcut – "Doctorin' the House"" (in Dutch).Single Top 100. Retrieved18 November 2013.
- ^"Coldcut – "Doctorin' the House"". Retrieved18 November 2013.
- ^"Coldcut".The Official Chart Company. Retrieved18 November 2013.
- ^Whitburn, Joel (2004).Hot Dance Disco 1974-2003. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 285.ISBN 0-89820-156-X.
- ^"Coldcut – "Doctorin' the House"" (in German).Media Control Charts. Archived fromthe original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved18 November 2013.
- ^* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C.Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- ^"Top 25 Dance Singles of '88"(PDF).RPM. Vol. 49, no. 10. 24 December 1988. p. 10. Retrieved14 July 2019.