"Right Type of Mood" is a song by English producer and songwriterHerbie, a.k.a. Herbie Crichlow, released in March 1995 byBMG as the lead single from his debut album,Fingers (1995). It was co-written by Herbie withMax Martin, and produced byDenniz PoP and Martin. The song received various successes globally on both the commercial pop and R&B charts and was supported by a partially computer generated music video, directed byMatt Broadley. The single reached number three in Sweden, number-one on the Canadian and Swedish dance music charts, and number ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In addition, it was a top-20 hit in Denmark and Finland. The song is a collaboration of synthetic drums and pads layered over striving constant and uplifting stabs and atmospheric arrangements. It was also nominated to theSwedish Dance Music Awards in 1996 for Best Swedish Dance Track.
James Hamilton fromMusic Week'sRM Dance Update described "Right Type of Mood" as a "Herbie Chrichlowragga rapped catchy 'Mister Magoo' shouting jaunty Swedish galloper".[1]Mark Frith fromSmash Hits gave the single four out of five, writing, "Produced by the same person behindAce of Base andDr Alban, this sounds more like2 Unlimited with a ferocious rapper. It's got elements ofjungle and ragga but no one is probably going to take him seriously as a rapper 'cos he's based in Sweden. Shame, because it's good stuff."[2]
The accompanying music video for "Right Type of Mood" was shot in black-and-white and directed by Swedish-based directorMatt Broadley.[3] It was filmed in ametro train. Mark Frith ofSmash Hits wrote about the video, "If you haven't seen the video for this yet, you're missing out. Herbie is trapped on a train hurtling through the undergroundSpeed-style. But that doesn't bother our rapping hero. He straps on his scary shades, climbs all over the furniture and sings away merrily."[2]
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