Look Who's Talking (song)

AllMusic editor John Bush noted that Dr. Alban uses elements of worldbeat to "mix up" the song.{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-whos-talking-the-album-mw0000122350|title=Dr. Alban – Look Who's Talking: The Album|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=15 February 2020}} Larry Flick from Billboard stated that it follows the Euro-disco/world-beat thread" of 1993's "It's My Life", "sewing in several intriguing new creative colors." Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "His instantly recognisable coffee brown rap sets the bush doctor apart from the rest in the Euro dance field with standard synth riffs and one-line choruses sung by anonymous ladies." Alan Jones from Music Week described it as a "simple and maddeningly familiar song [that] relies on a hooky refrain, while Alban adds his odd African-accented rap in a style reminiscent of his early 'No Coke' single."{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-12.pdf |title= Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 12 March 1994 |page= 12 |access-date= 15 April 2021}}

Wendi Cermak from The Network Forty complimented it as "a must-purchase".{{cite magazine|first=Wendi|last=Cermak|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-Network-40/94/Network-40-1994-03-25.pdf|title=Crossover: Music Meeting|magazine=The Network Forty|date=25 March 1994|page=34|access-date=27 March 2020}} A reviewer from Reading Evening Post described it as "an inane but insistent tune.""Getting back to basics". Reading Evening Post. 11 March 1994. page 54. James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "Afro-ish choppily chanted and girls chorused breezy Euro romper" in his weekly dance column.{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-26.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 26 March 1994 |page= 4 |access-date= 15 April 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Pete Stanton from Smash Hits gave "Look Who's Talking!" two out of five, noting "its pacy Euro beats and singalong chorus".{{cite magazine|first=Pete|last=Stanton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52592190013/in/album-72177720304791051/|title=New Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=16 March 1994|page=53|access-date=29 December 2022}} James Hunter from Vibe described it as "superefficient disco glued down with dancehall toasting, answered by streaming female vocals."{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Hunter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySsEAAAAMBAJ|title=Single File|magazine=Vibe|date=1 December 1995|access-date=2 March 2020}}

"Look Who's Talking!" peaked at number one in Denmark and Finland for two and four weeks in March and April 1994,"Look Who's Talking!" spent 2 weeks at number one on the Danish singles chart in April 1994.

• Week 1: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-16.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Denmark|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=16|date=16 April 1994|page=15}}
• Week 2: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-30.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Denmark|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=18|date=30 April 1994|page=16}}"Look Who's Talking!" spent 4 weeks at number one on the Finnish singles chart in March and April 1994.
• Week 1: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-19.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Finland|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=12|date=19 March 1994|page=19}}
• Week 2: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-26.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Finland|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=13|date=26 March 1994|page=22}}
• Week 3: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-02.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Finland|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=14|date=2 April 1994|page=20}}
• Week 4: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-09.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Finland|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=15|date=9 April 1994|page=25}} and became a top-5 hit in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden, and a top-10 hit in Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-2754|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Dr. Alban - Look Who's Talking!|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=1 April 2025}}{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}} In Germany, the single peaked at number three for two weeks and spent a total of 20 weeks inside the German Singles Chart. In addition, the single entered the top 20 in France, Ireland and Italy and was a top-30 hit in Iceland. In the UK, it reached number 55 on the UK Singles Chart on 20 March 1994, while on both the Music Week Dance Singles chart and UK Club Chart, it peaked at number 20 in the same period.{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-26.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 26 March 1994 |page= 24 |access-date= 24 April 2021}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-19.pdf|title=The RM Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=19 March 1994|page=4|accessdate=15 May 2023}} On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Look Who's Talking!" peaked at number two for two weeks after five weeks on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=15|date=9 April 1994|page=26|access-date=1 April 2025}} The single was held off reaching the number one position by Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia".

Outside Europe, the song charted in West Asia, Southeast Africa and North-America, peaking at number four in Israel, number ten in Zimbabwe, and numbers 11 and 50 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts.

"Look Who's Talking!" peaked at number 12 on the European Dance Radio Chart in April 1994.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-02.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=14|date=2 April 1994|page=25|access-date=23 May 2023}} The single also entered the European airplay chart Border Breakers at number nine on 12 March 1994 due to crossover airplay in West Central-, North West-, North- and South-Europe. It peaked at number four on 26 March.{{cite magazine|first=Karen|last=Holt|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf|title=Border Breakers: Monitoring The Impact Of Euro Talent|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=47|date=19 November 1994|page=20|access-date=2 April 2018}}

The accompanying music video for "Look Who's Talking!" was directed by Jonathan Bate.{{cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/dr.-alban/look-whos-talking|title=Look Who's Talking (1994) by Dr. Alban|publisher=IMVDb.com|access-date=16 October 2018}} In the video, Dr. Alban performs the song at a movie set, surrounded by four ladies singing the choruses. For unknown reasons it doesn't feature Nana Hedin. In between a man plays the pop star Mr. X from the song's lyrics. He appears on the set with his dogs, talks in a mobile phone, drinks and tries to get attention from the girls on the set. In the end everyone leaves the set and the pop star ends up alone on his own. The video also features Asian shadow theatre figures and has a sepia tone. It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA.{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > MTV Europe/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-16.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=16|date=16 April 1994|page=21|access-date=18 December 2022}}{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-02.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=14|date=2 April 1994|page=25|access-date=18 December 2022}} Bate would also direct the videos for Dr. Alban's next two singles, "Away from Home" and "Let the Beat Go On".

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• 12-inch single

1. "Look Who's Talking (Long Version) – 5:22
2. "Look Who's Talking (Stone's Clubmix) – 7:14
3. "Look Who's Talking (Short Version) – 3:13
4. "Look Who's Talking (Stone's Eurodub) – 6:16

• CD single

1. "Look Who's Talking" (Short) – 3:13
2. "Look Who's Talking" (Long) – 5:22

• CD maxi

1. "Look Who's Talking" (Short) – 3:13
2. "Look Who's Talking" (Long) – 5:22
3. "Look Who's Talking" (Stone's Clubmix) – 7:14
4. "Look Who's Talking" (Stone's Eurodub) – 6:16

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• CD maxi – Remix

1. "Look Who's Talking" (Lucky Version) – 5:50
2. "Look Who's Talking" (Lucky Edit) – 3:29
3. "Look Who's Talking" (Attitude Version) – 10:40
4. "Look Who's Talking" (Rascal Instrumental) – 6:52

• CD maxi – UK release

1. "Look Who's Talking" (Short) – 3:13
2. "Look Who's Talking" (Stone's Radio) – 4:14
3. "Look Who's Talking" (Long) – 5:22
4. "Look Who's Talking" (Stone's Club Mix) – 7:14
5. "It's My Life" (Album Version) – 4:00

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