Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
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| Single by Loose Ends | ||||||||||
| from the album So Where Are You? (also on U.S. version of A Little Spice) |
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| B-side | "A Little Spice" | |||||||||
| Released | 1984 (UK) February 23, 1985 (US) | |||||||||
| Format | Vinyl (12"), Vinyl (7"), Cassette Single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, post-disco | |||||||||
| Length | 3:42 | |||||||||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Nick Martinelli | |||||||||
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| "Hangin' On A String [Contemplating] (Frankie Knuckles Remix)" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Loose Ends | ||||||||||
| from the album Tighten Up Volume 1 | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Hangin' On A String [Contemplating]" (Original 7" Mix) | |||||||||
| Released | 14 June 1992 (UK) | |||||||||
| Format | CD Single, Vinyl (12"), Vinyl (7") | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 4:20 | |||||||||
| Label | Ten Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Nick Martinelli | |||||||||
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"Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)" is the fourth single by British soul band Loose Ends from their second studio album, So Where Are You?, and was released in February 1985 by Virgin Records. The single went to number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart for one week. This made Loose Ends the first British band ever to top that chart In the group's native UK, the single made the top twenty. It also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2008, the song was featured on Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa sampled this song for his song The Kid Frankie from the album Kush & Orange Juice
7” Single: VS748
12” Single: VS748-12
2nd 12” Single: VS748-13
3rd 12” Single: VS748-14
3” CD Single: released 1989
"Hangin' On A String [Contemplating]" was remixed and re-released in 1992. This was a track taken from the forthcoming Loose Ends Remix project "Tighten Up Volume 1".
7” Single: TEN406
12” Single: TENX406
CD Single: TENCD406
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