Just the Thing

{{Infobox song

| name = Just the Thing

| cover = Just_the_Thing_by_Paul_Mac.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Paul Mac featuring Peta Morris

| album = 3000 Feet High

| released = {{Start date|2001|06|04|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = The Grooveyard, Sydney

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=54}}

| label = Eleven: A Music Company

| writer = Paul Mac

| producer = Paul Mac

| chronology = Paul Mac

| prev_title = Heatseeking Pleasure Machine

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = The Sound of Breaking Up

| next_year = 2001

| misc =

}}

"Just the Thing" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter and music producer Paul Mac and features the vocals of Peta Morris. The song was released in June 2001 as the second single from Mac's debut studio album 3000 Feet High. "Just the Thing" peaked at number 17 on the Australian ARIA Charts and was certified gold.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the song was nominated for Best Male Artist and Best Dance Release.

At the APRA Music Awards of 2002 the song won the APRA Award for Most Performed Dance Work.

Reception

Nick Jarvis from in the Mix said "From the gospel intro to the tribal conga drums, driving bassline and diva vocals exploring themes of "love on the dancefloor", 'Just the Thing' takes a swathe of deep house and disco tropes and turns them into an indelible hands-in-the-air jam. What a hook, and what a voice; Paul Mac's most commercially successful single is an all-time funky house belter that's probably still getting thrashed on pub jukeboxes in regional towns".{{cite web|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20151216224732/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24303/20151216-0715/inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2015|title=The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time|year=2015|accessdate=22 March 2019}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Track listing

"Just the Thing" – 3:54
"Just the Thing" (The Funk Corporation's Just The Verse remix) – 8:29
"See You Much Later" – 3:48
"Just the Thing" (Stephen Allkins with Stereogamous remix) – 7:58

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Australian Charts (ARIA){{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2001.htm\|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2001\|publisher=ARIA\|year=2002\|accessdate=21 March 2019}} \| 79
scope="row"\| Australian Artist Charts (ARIA){{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2001.htm\|title=RIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top Australian Singles 2001\|publisher=ARIA\|year=2002\|accessdate=2 March 2019}} \| 6
scope="row"\|Australian Dance (ARIA){{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dance-singles-2001.htm\|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Dance Singles 2001\|publisher=ARIA\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012722/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dance-singles-2001.htm\|archive-date=15 April 2020\|access-date=8 March 2024}} \|7

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scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Charts (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2001|publisher=ARIA|year=2002|accessdate=21 March 2019}}

| 79

scope="row"| Australian Artist Charts (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2001.htm|title=RIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top Australian Singles 2001|publisher=ARIA|year=2002|accessdate=2 March 2019}}

| 6

scope="row"|Australian Dance (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dance-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Dance Singles 2001|publisher=ARIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012722/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dance-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=8 March 2024}}

Certification

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|certyear=2001|relyear=2001|artist=PaulMac|title=Just the Thing|award=Gold|certref= |type=single}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"\| Country ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format ! scope="col"\| Label ! scope="col"\| Catalogue
scope="row"\| Australia \| 4 June 2001 \|rowspan="1"\| CD Single \|rowspan="1"\| Eleven: A Music Company \|elevencd3

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! scope="col"| Country

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"| Catalogue

scope="row"| Australia

| 4 June 2001

|rowspan="1"| CD Single

|rowspan="1"| Eleven: A Music Company

|elevencd3

References

Category:2001 singles

Category:2001 songs

Category:APRA Award winners