Right Type of Mood
{{Short description|1995 single by Herbie}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Right Type of Mood
| cover = Herbie Crichlow - Right Type of Mood.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Herbie
| album = Fingers
| released = 6 March 1995
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| genre = Eurodance
| length = 3:12
| label = BMG
| writer =
| producer =
- Denniz PoP
- Max Martin
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = I Believe
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|O15N9JinBhI|"Right Type of Mood"}}}}
}}
"Right Type of Mood" is a song by English producer and songwriter Herbie, a.k.a. Herbie Crichlow, released in March 1995 by BMG as the lead single from his debut album, Fingers (1995). It was co-written by Herbie with Max Martin, and produced by Denniz PoP and Martin. The song received various successes globally on both the commercial pop and R&B charts and was supported by a partially computer generated music video, directed by Matt Broadley. The single reached number three in Sweden, number-one on the Canadian and Swedish dance music charts, and number ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In addition, it was a top-20 hit in Denmark and Finland. The song is a collaboration of synthetic drums and pads layered over striving constant and uplifting stabs and atmospheric arrangements. It was also nominated to the Swedish Dance Music Awards in 1996 for Best Swedish Dance Track.
Critical reception
James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described "Right Type of Mood" as a "Herbie Chrichlow ragga rapped catchy 'Mister Magoo' shouting jaunty Swedish galloper".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 6 May 1995 |page= 11 |accessdate= 9 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-05-06.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Mark Frith from Smash Hits gave the single four out of five, writing, "Produced by the same person behind Ace of Base and Dr Alban, this sounds more like 2 Unlimited with a ferocious rapper. It's got elements of jungle and ragga but no one is probably going to take him seriously as a rapper 'cos he's based in Sweden. Shame, because it's good stuff."{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54313058532/in/album-72177720323679935|title=Singles|work=Smash Hits|date=10 May 1995|page=60|access-date=20 February 2025|author-link=Mark Frith}}
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Right Type of Mood" was shot in black-and-white and directed by Swedish-based director Matt Broadley.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-yl8GEY2B8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/B-yl8GEY2B8 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=HERBIE Right type of mood|date=9 October 2012 |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=14 December 2018}}{{cbignore}} It was filmed in a metro train. Mark Frith of Smash Hits wrote about the video, "If you haven't seen the video for this yet, you're missing out. Herbie is trapped on a train hurtling through the underground Speed-style. But that doesn't bother our rapping hero. He straps on his scary shades, climbs all over the furniture and sings away merrily."
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