All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

"All Around the World"

7" single
Single by Lisa Stansfield
from the album Affection
B-side "Wake Up Baby"
Released October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12)
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single,
12" maxi, cassette
Recorded 1989
Genre R&B, New jack swing
Length 4:28
Label Arista
Writer(s) Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris
Producer Ian Devaney, Andy Morris
Certification Platinum (U.S.)
Lisa Stansfield singles chronology
"This Is the Right Time"
(1989)		 "All Around the World"
(1989)		 "Live Together"
(1989)
"You Can't Deny It"
U.S.
(1990)

"All Around the World" is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.

Contents

Chart performances

It spent two weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart in November 1989 and reaching the top in 11 other countries. In April 1990, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 but is the third single by a white female singer to top the Billboard R&B chart after Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow him" reached #1 in May 1963 [1] and Teena Marie's "Ooo La La La" completed this feat for the second time in 1988. The track also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and reached #7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Cover versions

The song was later recorded by Stansfield in duet with popular R&B artist Barry White and featured on her single "Time to Make You Mine/All Around the World", released on 1992. A music video was also filmed.

This song was interpolated on the single "Been Around the World" from the Puff Daddy album No Way Out and Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch's version of "Girl You Know It's True".

It was sampled by R&B singer Aaliyah in "Where Could He Be", which was posthumously released in 2005, and by Swedish duo Air France in their song "Beach Party".

In 2005, trumpeter Rick Braun covered the 80's tune on album "Yours Truly."[2][3] In 2006, the song was covered by Thomas Anders for his swing album Songs Forever.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "All Around the World" — 4:22
  2. "Wake Up Baby" — 3:58
CD maxi
  1. "All Around the World" — 4:22
  2. "All Around the World" (long version) — 7:02
  3. "Wake Up Baby" — 3:58
  4. "The Way You Want It" — 4:16
Cassette
  1. "All Around the World" — 4:22
  2. "Wake Up Baby" — 3:58
  3. "All Around the World" — 4:22
  4. "Wake Up Baby" — 3:58
12" maxi - Europe
  1. "All Around the World" (long version) — 7:02
  2. "Wake Up Baby" — 3:58
  3. "The Way You Want It" — 4:16
12" maxi - U.S.
  1. "All Around the World" (long version) — 7:02
  2. "All Around the World" (American club remix) — 11:48
  3. "Affection" — 5:50
12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "All Around the World" (around the house mix) — 6:03
  2. "This Is the Right Time" (accapella) — 2:30
  3. "All Around the World" (runaway love mix) — 4:37
  4. "The Way You Want It" — 4:56

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1989/90) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart [4] 1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] 9
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 24
German Singles Chart[4] 2
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[6] 3
Italian Singles Chart[7] 3
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 10
Norwegian Singles Chart[4] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 4
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 3
UK Singles Chart[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 3
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Songs[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 20
Dutch Top 40[11] 46
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 21

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[14] Gold 15,000x
Germany (BVMI)[15] Gold 250,000^
Sweden (GLF)[16] Gold 25,000x
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ^ "Billboard R&B charts:1963". http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?chartDate=1963-5-25. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Yours Truly overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r801629. 
  3. ^ "Rick Braun Yours Truly". SmoothViews.com. http://smoothviews.com/cdreviews/braun_yourstruly.htm. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "All Around the World at lescharts.com". http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lisa+Stansfield&titel=All+Around+The+World&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  5. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 1, 1990". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5164. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  6. ^ "Irish Single Chart". http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
  7. ^ "HitParadeItalia - Top20 del 17 Febbraio 1990". http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_weeks/90/hp900217.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  8. ^ "Chartstats.com". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=16950. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  9. ^ a b c d "Lisa Stansfield artist chart history at billboard.com". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=106711&model.vnuAlbumId=765675. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  10. ^ "1990 Austrian Singles Chart". http://www.austriancharts.at/1990_single.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 
  11. ^ "Single top 100 over 1990" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201990.pdf. Retrieved 12 April 2010. 
  12. ^ "1990 Swiss Singles Chart". http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1990. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 
  13. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  14. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Lisa Stansfield in the field Interpret. Enter All Around the World in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  15. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lisa Stansfield; 'All Around the World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=All+Around+the+World&strInterpret=Lisa+Stansfield&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
  16. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. 
  17. ^ "American single certifications – Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22All+Around+the+World%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
Lisa Stansfield
Studio albums
Big Thing (1988) • Affection (1989) • Real Love (1991) • So Natural (1993) • Lisa Stansfield (1997) • Face Up (2001) • The Moment (2004)
Compilations
In Session (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Soundtracks
Remix albums
The #1 Remixes (EP) (1998)
Box sets
Extended plays
Video albums
Live! All Around The World (1990) • Real Life (1992) • Lisa At Wembley - Live (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Singles
"Alibis" (1981) • "The Only Way" (1982) • "Listen to Your Heart" (1983) • "I Got a Feeling" (1983) • "Love Will Wait" (1986) • "Finest Thing" (1986) • "Thinking About His Baby" (1987) • "On Fire" (1987) • "Jackie" (1988) • "Big Thing" (1988) • "People Hold On" (1989) • "This Is the Right Time" (1989) • "All Around the World" (1989) • "Live Together" (1990) • "You Can't Deny It" (1990) • "Change (1991) • "All Woman" (1991) • "Time to Make You Mine" (1992) • "Everything Will Get Better" (1992) • "Set Your Loving Free" (1992) • "A Little More Love" (1992) • "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (1992) • "In All the Right Places" (1993) • ""So Natural"" (1993) • "Little Bit of Heaven" (1993) • "Make It Right" (1994) • "Dream Away" (1994) • "People Hold On (Bootleg Mix)" (1997) • "The Real Thing" (1997) • "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1997) • "The Line" (1997) • "Never Gonna Fall" (1997) • "Don't Cry for Me" (1997) • "I'm Leavin'" (1998) • "The Longer We Make Love" (1999) • "Let's Just Call It Love" (2001) • "8-3-1" (2001) • "All Around the World (remix) (2003) • "Easier" (2004) • "Treat Me Like a Woman" (2004) • "If I Hadn't Got You" (2005) • "He Touches Me" (2005)
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