That's What I Like

"That's What I Like"
Single by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
from the album The Album
B-side "Pretty Blue Eyes"
Released 1989
Format CD single, CD maxi
7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1989
Genre Pop, rock and roll
Length 4:03 (radio version)
Label BCM, Indisc
Writer(s) Various artists
Producer(s) Andy Pickles
Ian Morgan
Certification Silver SNEP, 1990
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers singles chronology
"Swing the Mood"
(1989)		 "That's What I Like"
(1989)		 "Megamaxi"
(1990)

"That's What I Like" is a song by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers. It was the second single from the album just entitled The Album and was released in late 1989. It followed "Swing the Mood" to number one in the UK, Ireland and Spain and went top ten in several countries. In the U.S it failed to build on the success of the group's first hit, peaking at #69.

Background and structure

Father and son team Andy and John Pickles repeated the formula which had taken their record "Swing the Mood" to number one a few months previously. This time using "Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures from the TV series Hawaii Five-O as the recurring melodic hook in the record. It was the act's second UK number-one hit and stayed at the top for three weeks in October 1989.

The mix includes the following songs:

Formats and track listings

7" single
  1. "That's What I Like" – 4:03
  2. "Pretty Blue Eyes" by John Anderson Band – 2:44
12" maxi
  1. "That's What I Like" (extended twist mix) – 5:23
  2. "Pretty Blue Eyes" by John Anderson Band – 2:44
  3. "Twelve Bar Thingy" by John Anderson Band – 2:39
CD maxi
  1. "That's What I Like" – 4:03
  2. "That's What I Like" (extended twist mix) – 5:23
  3. "Pretty Blue Eyes" – 2:44
  4. "Twelve Bar Thingy" by John Anderson Band – 2:39

Personnel

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[1] Silver 1989 200,000 241,000[2]

Charts

Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 4
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 5
Dutch Mega Top 100[5] 5
French SNEP Singles Chart[6] 2
German Singles Chart[7] 6
Irish Singles Chart[8] 1
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart[9] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[10] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[11] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 4
UK Singles Chart[13] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 69
Preceded by
"Sweet Surrender" by Wet Wet Wet		 Irish IRMA number-one single
19 October 1989 – 2 November 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Never Too Late" by Kylie Minogue
Preceded by
"Ride On Time" by Black Box		 UK number-one single
15 October 1989 – 4 November 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"All Around The World" by Lisa Stansfield

References

  1. ↑ Elia Abib, Muz hit. tubes, 1998, p. 172 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ↑ Jive Bunny's certifications See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "JIVE BUNNY" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  3. ↑ "That's What I Like", Australian ARIA Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  4. ↑ "That's What I Like", Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  5. ↑ "That's What I Like", Dutch Mage Top 100 Dutchcharts.nl (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  6. ↑ "That's What I Like", French Top 100 Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  7. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  8. ↑ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  9. ↑ "That's What I Like", Norwegian VG-Lista Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  10. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  11. ↑ "That's What I Like", Swedish Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  12. ↑ "That's What I Like", Swiss Top 100 Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  13. ↑ "That's What I Like", UK Singles Chart Chartsstats.com (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  14. ↑ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 11 April 2009)