Sweet Harmony (The Beloved song)

This article is about the single by The Beloved. For the rave/dance track by Liquid called "Sweet Harmony", see Sweet Harmony (song).
"Sweet Harmony"
Single by The Beloved
from the album Conscience
B-side "Motivation"
Released 18 January 1993
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded 1992
Genre Electronic dance, synthpop
Length 5:02
Label East West
Writer(s) Jon Marsh, Helena Marsh
Producer(s) Jon Marsh, Helena Marsh
The Beloved singles chronology
"It's Alright Now"
(1990)		 "Sweet Harmony"
(1993)		 "Celebrate Your Life" / "You've Got Me Thinking"
(1993)

"Sweet Harmony" is a hit single by British band The Beloved. It became their biggest hit, peaking at No. 8 in the UK. None of the band's other singles made it into the Top 10, which is why many consider this the band's signature song.

Music video

The music video consisted of a naked and seated Jon Marsh surrounded by equally naked females - including Tess Daly - lipsynching the lyrics. Clouds, fog, and white-out effects are used to create a high contrast, while the participants use their arms, legs and hair to cover themselves. In an interview, Marsh pointed out that the video was "not intended to be sexual" and was "as asexual as you can get"[1] The video is supposed to represent unity between humans.

This music video was later spoofed in 1998 by rapper John Forté in the song "Ninety Nine (Flash The Message)" from the album Poly Sci in which the same scenes with nude females is featured, except they have chainsaws.

Cover versions

In 1993, Sarah Mclachlan's song 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' used the same chord progression slowed down.

In 2000, the song was covered on Spanish language by Spanish band Fangoria and Los Sencillos, with lyrics "Dulce armonia". This version is included on the album Interferencias.

In 2002, the song was covered by British producer Vincent Stormfield and released as "Sweet Harmony '02" by Independiente.

In 2007, the song was covered by Polish pop group Feel on their multi-platinum selling debut album.

In 2007, Ukrainian pop group Tokio released a cover version of the song on Russian language called "My budem vmeste" ("Мы будем вместе") ("We'll be Together").

In 2014, Israeli pop singer Mei Finegold released a dance version with Shlomi Levi and Shai Rokach which acted as one of the Israeli Pride 2014 official anthems.

2014. Man without Country released a single with a cover of the song

In 2016, the song was covered by Sans Souci featuring Pearl Anderson.

In films and television

The song appears in the 1993 film, Piccolo grande amore.

The music video appears in the Beavis and Butt-head episode "Politically Correct", where the duo enjoy the video due to the "naked chicks" and Butt-head stating that it was the "coolest video [he has] ever seen."

An extended version of the song was used during the end credits of a season 7 episode of Dalziel and Pascoe.

The song appears in the 2006 film Alien Autopsy starring Ant and Dec.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:02
  2. "Motivation" (Energised)
7" single
  1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:02
  2. "Motivation" (Energised)
CD maxi
  1. "Sweet Harmony" — 5:04
  2. "Sweet Harmony" (Live The Dream Mix) — 7:15
  3. "Motivation" (Exercised) — 7:11
  4. "Sweet Harmony" (Love The Dub Mix) — 5:14
EP

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 147
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 3
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 21
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 16
German Singles Chart[4] 6
Irish Singles Chart[5] 16
Italian Singles Chart 9
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 14
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 6
UK Singles Chart[6] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[7] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[7] 23
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[7] 14
End of year chart (1993) Position
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 36

References

  1. ↑ John Marsh (interview) (2006-12-22), Youtube: The Beloved - (Making of) Sweet Harmony MV, retrieved 2016-04-12
  2. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry (submitted to charts.mail@aria.com.au), received 2015-07-15". imgur.com. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sweet Harmony", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  4. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  5. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  6. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  7. 1 2 3 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved September 18, 2008)
  8. ↑ 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 18, 2008)
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