Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

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"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
File:Showing out.jpg
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side "System"
Released 8 September 1986
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1986
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:33
Label Blow Up, RCA
Atlantic (U.S.)
Writer(s) Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Producer(s) Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
(1986)		 "Respectable"
(1987)
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"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" is the debut single released by sister duo Mel and Kim in 1986. The song was originally intended to be a B-side to the group's first chosen single, "System", but was later flipped to be the A-side, and became a hit.

A party song, the music video features the girls dancing and just having a good time.


UK releases

7" (SUPE 107)
  1. "Showing Out"
  2. "System" (House mix [edit]) 3:47
12" (SUPE T 107 / RCA PT 40990)
  1. "Showing Out" (Extended mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TX 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Mortgage mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TZ 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Freehold mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

Official mixes

Charts and sales

The song was an instant hit single on release, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1986 and also topping the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States.

Chart successions

Preceded by Swiss number-one single
11 January 1987 – 1 February 1987 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"C'est La Vie" by Robbie Nevil
Preceded by German number-one single
16 January 1987 – 30 January 1987 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Reality" by Richard Sanderson
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number-one single
17 January 1987 – 7 February 1987 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson
Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
(with "System")
21 February 1987		 Succeeded by
"One Look (One Look Was Enough)" by Paul Parker

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
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  5. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Fimi
  7. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 1987 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 13 September 2008)
  11. ↑ Dutch certifications nvpi.nl (Retrieved 9 December 2008)
  12. ↑ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved 3 September 2008)
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