Eat You Up (Angie Gold song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Eat You Up
| cover = Angie Gold - Eat You Up.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Angie Gold
| album = Applause
| B-side = Eat You Up (Instrumental)
| released = {{Start date|1985||}}
| format =
| recorded = 1985
| studio =
| genre = Hi-NRG
| length =
| label = Passion Records
| writer = {{hlist|Angelina Kyte|Anthony Baker}}
| producer = Les Hunt
| prev_title = Lucky in Love
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Timebomb
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kAIb1niNvts|"Eat You Up"|link=no}}|header=Audio}}
}}
"Eat You Up" is a song by British singer-songwriter Angie Gold, released in 1985 by Passion Records. It was written by her and Anthony Baker, and produced by Les Hunt.{{cite web |url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Eat+You+Up+by+Angie+Gold&id=85822 |title=Eat You Up (song by Angie Gold) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |website=Music VF |accessdate=8 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/77343/Angie-Gold-Eat-You-Up |title=Angie Gold - Eat You Up |website=Ultratop |accessdate=7 December 2019}}
The song spent six weeks on US Billboard{{'}}s Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart in July–August 1985, but found more success in Japan, when covered in Japanese by Yōko Oginome towards the end of the year.{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2103858/full/ | title=【オリコン】荻野目洋子「ダンシング・ヒーロー」初のカラオケ首位 | date=25 June 2024 }} The original by Angie Gold was also popular there – it was released in Japan under the title {{nihongo4|"Suteki na High Energy Boy"|素敵なハイエナジー・ボーイ|Suteki na Hai Enajī Bōi|"Nice High Energy Boy"}} and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Oricon's international singles chart in early 1986.{{cite web |url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/CompilationInt/info/484806 |title=オリコンのデータ協力による "全曲、80年代の週間オリコンチャートNo.1" の洋楽コンピが登場！ |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan |date=8 August 2017 |accessdate=10 September 2020}} The song was also adapted in several languages by other artists in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea.
Gold later re-recorded the song with producer Ian Levine for her 1995 compilation album The Best of Angie Gold: Eat You Up.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTaBs4DUrvk |title=Angie Gold - Eat You Up |author-link=Ian Levine |last=Levine |first=Ian |publisher=YouTube |quote=I mixed "Applause" and produced "Third Finger Left Hand" for Passion, I cut "Right Back In The Middle" for Nightmare and the album, "The Best Of Angie Gold" on Hot, from Miami. She now lives in the Canary Islands. The Divas rule once again. When we did the album in the 1990s, we re-recorded her huge High Energy anthem, "Eat You Up', and here she is performing it. |date=10 January 2009 |accessdate=8 December 2019}}{{Discogs release|id=764900|name=The Best of Angie Gold – "Eat You Up"|type=album}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total_length =
| title1 = Eat You Up
| writer1 = {{hlist|Angelina Kyte|Anthony Baker}}
| length1 =
| title2 = Eat You Up (Instrumental)
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kyte|Baker}}
| length2 =
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"| Chart (1985–1986) !align="center"| Peak |
| Japan (Oricon International)
|align="center"| 1 |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|30|artist=Angie Gold|song=Eat You Up|accessdate=7 December 2019|refname=Billboarddanceclubplay}} |
Cover versions
- Yōko Oginome covered the song in Japanese as her seventh single "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)", from her 1985 compilation The Best. This version peaked at No. 5 on Oricon's singles chart and has since become her most popular song.{{cite web |url=https://okmusic.jp/news/175493|title=80年代に日本人がカバーして大ヒットした元ネタ洋楽5曲！|website=OKMusic |date=22 May 2017 |accessdate=7 December 2019}}
- Yumi Yano covered the song in Japanese in her 1985 EP Makin' It. The lyrics are completely different from Oginome's version.{{Discogs release|id=990239|name=Yumi Yano: Makin' It|type=album}}
- Priscila Chan covered the song in Cantonese as "Tiu3 Mou5 Gaai1" ({{lang-zh|跳舞街}}; lit. "Dancing Street") in 1986, based mainly on Oginome's version. The song topped the Hong Kong charts and was awarded the 1986 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award for Most Popular Disco Song ({{lang-zh|最受歡迎Disco歌曲}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/xyPlEtD7Rd0 |title=88年最受欢迎DISCO大奖-跳舞街 |website=Tudou |publisher=Alibaba Group |date=July 29, 2008 |accessdate=15 September 2020}} "Tiu3 Mou5 Gaai1" is regarded as one of the pinnacles of Chan's career.{{cite book|author=Yiu-Wai Chu|title=Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62I2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|date=1 January 2017|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=978-988-8390-58-8|pages=86–}}
- Lee Eun-ha covered the song in Korean as "Salanghaeyo" ({{langx|ko|사랑해요}}; lit. "I Love You") in 1986.
- In the 1990s, Sandeep Sapkota's Nepali version, "Dance Tonight", received constant replay on Nepal's national television. The song, modeled on Oginome's version in musical structure, was released on Sapkota's album Ayaam.
- {{interlanguage link|Yang Hye Seung|ko|양혜승}} (born 1970) covered the song in Korean as "Hwalyeohan Single" ({{langx|ko|화려한 싱글}}; lit. "Gorgeous Single") in 2003.
- Demon Kakka covered the song in his 2007 cover album Girls Rock Hakurai. His cover incorporates the lyrics of Oginome's version.
References
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External links
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=2c5658cd-4531-4af1-80c6-4413c1d7cab5|name=Eat You Up|type=single}}
- {{Discogs master|143968|Eat You Up|type=single}}
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Category:Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles