Where Do You Go (La Bouche song)

"Where Do You Go"
Single by No Mercy
from the album No Mercy/My Promise
B-side "Where Do You Go (remix)"
Released May 13, 1996[1]
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Genre Eurodance, dance-pop
Length 4:29
Label Hansa Records
Songwriter(s) Peter Bischof, Franz Reuther
Producer(s) Frank Farian
No Mercy singles chronology
"Missing"
(1995)		 "Where Do You Go"
(1996)		 "When I Die"
(1996)

"Missing"
(1995)		 "Where Do You Go"
(1996)		 "When I Die"
(1996)

"Where Do You Go" is a song written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was first recorded by Eurodance band La Bouche in 1995 as an album-only song from their Sweet Dreams album. A cover version of the song was recorded by Europop group No Mercy, taken from their debut album My Promise. On May 13, 1996,[1] it was released as their first single and became a worldwide hit entering the Top-5 not only in Germany where the trio was based, but also in Australia, Austria, France, Switzerland, UK and US.[2][3][4]

Content

"Where Do You Go" is a dance track with a 4/4 rhythm structure, running at a speed of 127 beats per minute. It is built around a drum beat that was sampled from the Todd Terry remix of the song "Missing", by English act Everything But The Girl. The chorus hook "where do you go, my lovely?" references Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)".

Music video

The music video was directed by Hannes Rossacher and premiered in September 1996. It was filmed in Miami, Florida.

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Where Do You Go" (Radio Mix) – 4:18
  2. "Where Do You Go" (Ocean Drive Mix) – 7:27

European CD maxi[5]

  1. "Where Do You Go" (Radio Mix) – 4:28
  2. "Where Do You Go" (Ocean Drive Mix) – 7:27
  3. "Where Do You Go" (Club Mix) – 7:10
  4. "Where Do You Go" (Spike Mix) – 6:25
  5. "Where Do You Go" (Spike Dub Mix) – 6:05
  6. "Where Do You Go" (Manumission Mix) – 5:33

7" single

  1. "Where Do You Go" (Radio Mix) – 4:15
  2. "Where Do You Go" (Trip House Mix) – 4:26

12" maxi

  1. "Where Do You Go" (Trip House Mix) – 7:10
  2. "Where Do You Go" (Manumission Mix) – 5:34
  3. "Where Do You Go" (Spike Mix) – 6:22
  4. "Where Do You Go" (Spike Dub Mix) – 6:07

Charts and sales

Preceded by
"2 Become 1" by Spice Girls		 Irish IRMA number-one single
January 25, 1997 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"I Finally Found Someone"
by Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand

References

  1. 1 2 "Amazon.de: Where Do You Go" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Schweizer Hitparade: No Mercy (Where Do You Go" (in German). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Official Charts Company: No Mercy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Allmusic: No Mercy (Awards)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  5. ↑ "Where Do You Go (EU Maxi CD Single)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – No Mercy – Where Do You Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – No Mercy – Where Do You Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – No Mercy – Where Do You Go" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ↑ "RPM (Dance/Urban - Volume 64, No. 5, September 16 1996)". collectionscanada.gc.ca:. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ "RPM (Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 9, October 14 1996)". collectionscanada.gc.ca:. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Billboard: Hits of the World (December 14, 1996)". Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Billboard: Hits of the World (September 28, 1996)". Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ "No Mercy: Where Do You Go" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – No Mercy – Where Do You Go" (in French). Les classement single.
  16. ↑ "Musicline.de – No Mercy Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  17. ↑ "The Irish Charts: Search the Charts". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia: I singoli più venduti del 1996". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – No Mercy search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  20. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". Top 40 Singles.
  21. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". Singles Top 100.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". Swiss Singles Chart.
  23. ↑ "Official Charts:No Mercy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  25. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  26. ↑ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1996 (Retrieved February 9, 2015)
  27. ↑ 1996 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  28. ↑ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  29. ↑ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1996
  30. ↑ url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1
  31. ↑ 1996 French Singles Chart Ifop.com Archived 2005-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  32. ↑ 1996 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  33. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  34. ↑ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1997
  35. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=ug0EAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1
  36. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (No Mercy; 'Where Do You Go')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  37. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  38. ↑ "British single certifications – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Where Do You Go in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  39. ↑ "American single certifications – No Mercy – Where Do You Go". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  40. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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