| "Hangin' on a String" | ||||
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| Single by Loose Ends | ||||
| from the album So Where Are You? (also on U.S. version of A Little Spice) | ||||
| B-side | "A Little Spice" | |||
| Released | February 23, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Martinelli | |||
| Loose Ends singles chronology | ||||
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"Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" is the seventh 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. In the group's native UK, the single made the top twenty.[1] Outside the UK, the single went to number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart for one week.[2] This made Loose Ends the first British band ever to top that chart [3] It also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
- ^ McAleer, Dave; Gregory, Andy; White, Matthew (November 15, 2010). The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Volume 2. Random House. p. 284. ISBN 9780753522455. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 359.
- ^ Nick Martinelli at AllMusic