Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)
{{Short description|1990 single by Kim Appleby}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Worry
| cover = Kim APPLEBY dontworry.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kim Appleby
| album = Kim Appleby
| B-side =
- "Don't Worry" (Phil Chill Mix)
- "Don't Worry" (Stressed Out Mix)
| released = {{start date|1990|10|22|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-10-20.pdf|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=37|date=20 October 1990|access-date=14 August 2021}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Dance-pop
| length = 3:33
| label = Parlophone
| writer = {{hlist|Craig Logan|Kim Appleby|George DeAngelis}}
| producer = {{hlist|Pete Schwier|George DeAngelis}}
| next_title = G.L.A.D.
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|281zdR8ADBk|"Don't Worry HD Music Video"}}}}
}}
"Don't Worry" is the debut solo single of English musician Kim Appleby from her self-titled debut solo album (1990). This was Appleby's first solo-single after the death of her sister Mel. The song addresses the process of getting over being heartbroken. With the aid of her then boyfriend, ex-Bros bassist Craig Logan, Kim launched a solo career with much of her debut solo album composed of songs co-written with Mel, for what was intended to be the next Mel and Kim album. The new album showed Appleby in a more prominent, soulful role, although the tongue-in-cheek humour of Mel & Kim still remained.
Released on 22 October 1990 by Parlophone, the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1990 and entered the top 40 throughout Europe. The single was also one of the best played singles on both IR stations and the BBC for a month.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-12-22.pdf|title=Spotlight: Kim Appleby|magazine=Music & Media|volume=7|issue=51|date=22 December 1990|page=23|access-date=18 February 2020}} Additionally it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Don't Worry" reached number seven in December 1990. Outside Europe, the single charted in Zimbabwe, peaking at number one in January 1991.
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared the song as a "hit-bound record with a strong Motown (Supremes) feel. Co-written by Appleby and former Bros member Craig Logan, this is an up-tempo, cheerful and well produced song."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-11-17.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=7|issue=46|date=17 November 1990|page=16|access-date=22 February 2020}} Selina Webb from Music Week felt that this release "is tinged with considerable sadness, as it should have been performed by a duo." She added that it "lacks the SAW magic but stands up as an easily-consumed pop song which should bop its way easily into the charts."{{cite magazine|first= Selina |last= Webb |title= Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 27 October 1990 |page= 25 |access-date= 31 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-10-27.pdf}} R.S. Murthi from New Straits Times said it "sounds so much like Stock/Aitken/Waterman that you're disappointed to discover that it's not their work."{{cite magazine|first=R.S.|last=Murthi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhFZAAAAIBAJ|title=Real mellow set from Chet and Mark|magazine=New Straits Times|date=13 January 1991|access-date=15 March 2020}} Tom Doyle from Smash Hits wrote that the song is "something of a bouncy singalong SAW-type affair", and complimented Appleby's voice as "consistently strong and tuneful".{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Doyle|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/38027260034/in/album-72157663165612868/|title=Review: LPs|magazine=Smash Hits|page=60|date=28 November 1990|access-date=9 March 2020}}
Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Liam Kan.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8657818/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_12|title=Kim Appleby: Don't Worry (1990)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=21 October 2019}} It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.{{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=Station Reports > TV > MTV/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-02-02.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|date=2 February 1991|page=21|accessdate=11 December 2022}}
Track listings
- CD single
- "Don't Worry" – 3:33
- "Don't Worry" (The Phil Chill mix) – 4:37
- "Don't Worry" (The Stressed Out mix) – 7:51
- 7-inch single
- "Don't Worry" – 3:31
- "Don't Worry" (instrumental) – 3:50
- 12-inch single
- "Don't Worry" (The Stressed Out mix) – 7:52
- "Don't Worry" (The Phil Chill mix) – 4:36
- "Don't Worry" (Crypt mix) – 4:54
Charts
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| scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=1990 Top 100 Singles|magazine=Music Week|location=London, England|page=41|date=2 March 1991}}
|20 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kim Appleby|title=Don't Worry|award=Silver|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|id=1915-3302-1|access-date=10 February 2021}}
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References
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{{Mel and Kim}}
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Category:Music videos directed by Liam Kan