Trouble (Shampoo song)
{{Short description|1994 single by Shampoo}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Trouble
| cover = Trouble Shampoo single.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Shampoo
| album = We Are Shampoo {{noitalic|and}} Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: Original Soundtrack Album
| B-side =
- "We Don't Care"
- "School Is Boring"
| released = {{start date|1994|7|18|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Bubblegum pop{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/shampoo-are-so-much-more-than-a-90s-one-hit-wonder/ |title=Shampoo Are So Much More than a 90s One-Hit Wonder |last=Jones |first=Daisy |date=27 September 2017 |work=Vice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011748/https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb7bz4/shampoo-are-so-much-more-than-a-90s-one-hit-wonder |archive-date=12 November 2020 |url-status=live}}
| length = 3:19
| label = Food
| writer =
| producer = Conall Fitzpatrick
| chronology = Shampoo
| prev_title = Bouffant Headbutt
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Viva La Megababes
| next_year = 1994
}}
"Trouble" is a song by British female pop music duo Shampoo, released in July 1994 by Food Records as the first single from their debut album, We Are Shampoo (1994). The song was written by the duo's Carolyn "Carrie" Askew and Jacqueline "Jacqui" Blake with producer Conall Fitzpatrick, and peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 11 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top-20 in Australia, Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands, as well as No. 37 in Canada. The single received critical acclaim by music critics and was named Single of the Week by Melody Maker and NME. Attempting to break into the US market, the song was released as a promotional single for the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, in anticipation of the release of the US version of We Are Shampoo.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xwsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n17/mode/2up|title=Popular Uprisings: Pop/Punk Princesses|last=Borzillo|first=Carrie|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=31|page=18|date=5 August 1995|access-date=8 February 2023}} A new music video was filmed featuring clips from the Power Rangers film. NME magazine ranked "Trouble" at No. 23 on their list of the 50 best songs of 1994.{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1994|title=Albums and Tracks of the Year|work=NME|access-date=4 May 2021|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211843/http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1994|url-status=live}}
Release
The US promotional campaign for Shampoo, which centred on the single "Trouble", was described by Billboard as a massive effort. In addition to releasing the song as a promotion single for the Power Rangers film, 15,000 promotional cassettes of "Trouble" were given away at Wet Seal stores, as were coupons for the full album, and a video-reel containing music videos for "Trouble" and Shampoo's other singles, "Delicious" and "Viva La Megababes" was made, with the hopes of finding in-store play at over 200 music retail outlets.
Critical reception
Tom Demalon from AllMusic said that within seconds of hearing the track "most listeners will either be gleefully giggling along with the girls or scrambling for the stop button."{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-shampoo-mw0000177389 |title=Shampoo: We Are Shampoo |last1=Demalon |first1=Tom |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418004049/http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-shampoo-mw0000177389 |url-status=live }} While reviewing the Jawbreaker soundtrack, another editor, Doug Stone, spoke favourably of the track,{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jawbreaker-original-soundtrack-mw0000047423 |title=Jawbreaker [Original Soundtrack] |last1=Stone |first1=Doug |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303031409/http://www.allmusic.com/album/jawbreaker-original-soundtrack-mw0000047423 |url-status=live }} and Jonathan Bernstein from Spin described it as Shampoo's version of 'No Sleep till Brooklyn', stating the song catapulted them to success, particularly in Japan.{{cite journal |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |date=June 1995 |title=Pop Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1BJTsbRdMEC&pg=PA120 |journal=Spin |pages=120 |access-date=14 January 2015}} Larry Flick from Billboard felt the song was just as goofy as the Power Rangers film it was supporting, and that it would probably only be of interest to children and top 40 radio as a novelty.{{cite magazine |date=27 May 1995 |title=Shampoo: Trouble |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |magazine=Billboard |pages=59 |access-date=14 January 2015 |last1=Flick |first1=Larry |author-link=Larry Flick}} Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian said, "The music is in the pouting, yelping tradition of the Slits, cushioned by the most basic of backbeats. Fetching enough, but their self-conscious emphasis on the minutiae of adolescence ({{'}}School is boring, let's go home{{'}}) is tiresome."Sullivan, Caroline (29 July 1994). "Music: Rock/pop". The Guardian. Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel declared 'Trouble' as "a romping tale of party girls who stay out too late and can't get home".Campbell, Chuck (25 August 1995). "Spirit Of '73 Mixes Politics, Pleasure". Knoxville News Sentinel. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton commented, "Whether they can be any more than a summer novelty is open to question and I will watch with interest."{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending August 13th 1994|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1994/week-ending-august-13th-1994|website=Chart Watch UK|date=7 August 1994|accessdate=6 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907195829/https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1994/week-ending-august-13th-1994|url-status=live}} Taylor Parkes from Melody Maker named it Single of the Week, adding, "Glossy, lipstick-thin rap beats frame a torturous tale of woe, as Jacqui and Carrie miss the last tube home, have no money for a cab, get caught in the rain, wait in vain for the night bus, and, in desperation, attempt to steal a car, before remembering that neither of them can drive."{{cite magazine|first=Taylor|last=Parkes|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53205358302/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=16 July 1994|page=34|access-date=1 October 2023|author-link=Taylor Parkes}}
Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Please meet Jacqui & Carrie. Headmasters beware of these schoolgirl versions of Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) and ex-Transvision Vamp Wendy James provoking with punky bubble gum pop."{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 11 |issue= 31 |date= 30 July 1994 |page= 5 |accessdate= 14 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-07-30.pdf}} Music & Media editor Robbert Tilli compared their style to the likes of Bananarama, Transvision Vamp and Fuzzbox.{{cite magazine|first= Robbert |last= Tilli |title= Shampoo Is Looking For A Hairy Situation |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 11 |issue= 36 |date= 3 September 1994 |page= 9 |accessdate= 15 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-03.pdf}} Alan Jones from Music Week said, "Taking their cue from the B-52's, circa 'Love Shack', Shampoo are not one of the most original bands around, but they are good fun. Sure to score."{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-07-09.pdf |title= Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 9 July 1994 |page= 16 |accessdate= 18 April 2021}} Sylvia Patterson from NME also named 'Trouble' Single of the Week, praising it as "fiercely catchy, unfeasibly stupid, gloriously good-looking. What more do you want?"{{cite magazine|first=Sylvia|last=Patterson|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53208897620/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=16 July 1994|page=33|access-date=1 October 2023|author-link=Sylvia Patterson}} Stuart Maconie from Select named it their third and best single, adding, "Best because it's the nearest yet to being a really sunny, goofy pop song as opposed to a knowing, slightly middle-aged punk pastiche. 'Trouble' is little else but a chorus (indeed the verse is squawked in a way that makes putting a tin opener in your own eye seem attractive by comparison) but it's a hell of a funny and memorable one. It's extremely likely that by the time you read this, even people who live in stilt houses in the Mekong Delta will be singing {{'}}Uh-Oh, we're in trouble{{'}}."{{cite magazine|first=Stuart|last=Maconie|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2011/10/shampoo1.jpg|title=Shampoo — Wash 'n' Pogo!|magazine=Select|date=August 1994|page=45|access-date=25 December 2024}} Pete Stanton from Smash Hits gave it three out of five, writing, "Shampoo have tried to be pop stars before and failed, yet they might just do it this time with the help of an annoying chorus and noisy guitars. They may want to make out they're anarchists, but they've still got to be in for 9pm."{{cite magazine|first=Pete|last=Stanton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/53976667347/in/album-72177720320155944/|title=New Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=6 July 1994|page=45|access-date=7 October 2024}}
Music videos
The original music video for the song was directed by Chris D'Adda.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NyXYtHPHv4|title=Shampoo Trouble VIVA VHS|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=25 December 2022|archive-date=25 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225045843/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NyXYtHPHv4|url-status=live}} It features the girls trying to get home from central London after a night out, as their lyrics describe. The re-make music video to promote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie features new footage of the girls singing to the camera, intercut with footage from the film.
Appearances
In addition to the Power Rangers film and soundtrack, the song featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Foxfire and the 1999 film Jawbreaker.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/trouble-mt0003224110 |title=Shampoo: Trouble |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008115124/http://www.allmusic.com/song/trouble-mt0003224110 |url-status=live }} The song is sung by characters in the 1997 film Blackrock,{{cite AV media |year=1996 |title=Blackrock |medium=Motion picture |time=14:13}} Note: Song's use is confirmed in the credits at 1:25:09 though it was not included on the film's soundtrack, and it also appears in episode three of the TV series Clueless, as well as the Daria episode "Speedtrapped". In 2007, the cast of the film St Trinians recorded a cover of the song, which was released on the film's soundtrack.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fhn8 |title=Various Artists St Trinian's: The Soundtrack Review |last=Long |first=Chris |year=2007 |work=BBC |access-date=1 February 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925112918/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fhn8 |url-status=live }} The cast also recorded a music video for the song.
Zebrahead covered the song on their 2009 album Panty Raid. That same year, it was covered by Vamps, appearing as the B-side for their 2009 single "I Gotta Kick Start Now". Lyrics from the song are referenced in the 2014 single "Double Bubble Trouble" by M.I.A.{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=Hugh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-mia-matangi-xl-8929513.html |title=Album review: MIA, Matangi (XL) |work=The Independent |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=12 November 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114160851/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-mia-matangi-xl-8929513.html |url-status=live }}
Track listings
{{Tracklist
| headline = UK and Australian CD single; Japanese mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=UK & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOOD 51, 7243 8 81499 2 1}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, Food Records|id=TODP-2477}}
| title1 = Trouble
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = We Don't Care
| length2 = 2:24
| title3 = School Is Boring
| length3 = 2:36
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = UK 7-inch and cassette single; Australian cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=FOOD 51}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=TCFOOD 51, 7243 8 81499 4 5}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=8814994}}
| title1 = Trouble
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = We Don't Care
| length2 = 2:24
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Dutch CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=Dutch CD single liner notes|publisher=Food Records|id=7243 8 81725 2 3}}
| title1 = Trouble
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = School Is Boring
| length2 = 2:36
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Fox Records, I.R.S. Records, Atlantic Records|id=2-87145}}
| title1 = Trouble
| note1 = LP version
| length1 = 3:15
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = US cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1994|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Fox Records, I.R.S. Records, Atlantic Records|id=4-87145}}
| title1 = Trouble
| title2 = Firebird
| note2 = performed by Graeme Revell
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = UK CD single (1995){{cite AV media notes|title=Trouble|others=Shampoo|year=1995|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Food Records, Fox Records|id=CDFOODS 66, 7243 8 82284 2 8}}
| title1 = Trouble
| length1 = 3:21
| title2 = Shiny Black Taxi Cab
| length2 = 3:33
| title3 = Excellent
| length3 = 2:18
}}
Charts
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1994–1995) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|17|artist=Shampoo (UK)|song=Trouble|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 April 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|17|artist=Shampoo (UK)|song=Trouble|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|37|chartid=7992|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
| scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-10.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=37|page=13|date=10 September 1994|access-date=10 May 2020}}
|35 |
|---|
| scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location=Helsinki|isbn=951-31-2503-3|language=fi}}
|8 |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|23|artist=Shampoo|song=Trouble|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 April 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|20|year=1994|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=Shampoo %5BUK%5D|song=Trouble|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|17|date=19940806|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UK|11|date=19940827|rowheader=true|access-date=14 April 2018}} |
{{col-2}}
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1994) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1994|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=14 January 1995}}
|64 |
|---|
{{col-end}}