Fading Away Explained

Fading Away
Type:single
Artist:Will to Power
Album:Will to Power
Released:1989
Recorded:1987–1988
Genre:Dance-pop, freestyle
Length:4:00 (album version)
Label:Epic
Producer:Bob Rosenberg
Prev Title:Baby, I Love Your Way"/"Freebird Medley
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:I'm Not in Love
Next Year:1990

"Fading Away" is a song by the Florida-based dance-pop group Will to Power. It appears on their 1988 self-titled debut album and was released as a single in early 1989.

The song reached #65 on the US pop chart in February 1989[1] and #84 on the UK Singles chart in March of that year.[2] The song was more successful on dance charts in the US, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart[3] and spending two weeks at top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[4] This was the group's second Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper, following "Say It's Gonna Rain" from 1988.[4] Remixes for the track were done by Shep Pettibone.[5]

Track listing

U.S.A. 12 "Single
UK 12 "Single
The Netherlands 7 "Single

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 153
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 65
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales2
UK Singles Chart[8] 84

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.billboard.com/charts/1989-02-25/hot-100 Hot 100 chart info
  2. https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Manchild Official Charts Company info
  3. 12" Sales info
  4. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
  5. http://www.discogs.com/Will-To-Power-Fading-Away/release/54325 12" single info
  6. Web site: Will to Power ARIA chart history complete to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 20, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  7. Web site: Album Search for "will to power". AllMusic.
  8. Web site: Will to Power: Artist Chart History . Official Charts History . 4 May 2020.