| "Out of the Blue" | ||||
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| Single by Debbie Gibson | ||||
| from the album Out of the Blue | ||||
| A-side | "Vocal (3:55)" | |||
| B-side | Edited Dub (4:12) US, "Fallen Angel" (3:43) UK, "Foolish Beat" (4:25) JPN, "Wake Up to Love" (3:42) PHI | |||
| Released | January 1988 | |||
| Recorded | July 1987 | |||
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| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Deborah Gibson | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Out of the Blue" on YouTube | ||||
"Out of the Blue" is the third single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson. The title track of her debut album, the song was written by Gibson and co-produced and co-arranged with Fred Zarr, with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer. Released as a single in January 1988, "Out of the Blue" gave Gibson her highest chart placing at the time by reaching No. 3 in the U.S. In the UK, it did slightly less well than her two previous singles, stalling at No. 19.
Cash Box called it a "catchy, hooky hit from one of the most exciting young (sweet sixteen} performers of pop music" that "is filled with the 'ear candy' that marks a great commercial record"[2]
As a maxi single, "Out of the Blue," like "Shake Your Love" before it, took No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Maxi Singles chart.
In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song as an extra track for the Deluxe Edition release of the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist.
In 2022, the song was featured in episode 2 of HBO's The Staircase.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (July 16, 2022). "Point of No Return Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. January 23, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved November 6, 2022.