"The Right Thing" | ||||
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Single by Simply Red | ||||
from the album Men and Women | ||||
B-side | "There's A Love" | |||
Released | 2 February 1987 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Blue-eyed soul, funk | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mick Hucknall | |||
Producer(s) | Alex Sadkin | |||
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Music video | ||||
"The Right Thing” on YouTube |
"The Right Thing" is a song by the British soul and pop band Simply Red, released as the first single from their second album, Men and Women (1987). The song reached #11 on the UK charts in early 1987 and #27 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Wayne Hussey of Smash Hits panned "The Right Thing", stating he "detest[ed] this kind of white soul".[2]
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[3]
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