| Hangin' on a String | |
| Cover: | Hangin on a String.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Loose Ends |
| Album: | So Where Are You? (also on U.S. version of A Little Spice) |
| B-Side: | A Little Spice |
| Released: | February 23, 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Length: | 3:42 |
| Label: | Virgin Records |
| Producer: | Nick Martinelli |
| Prev Title: | Choose Me (Rescue Me) |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Magic Touch |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" is the seventh single by British soul band Loose Ends from their second studio album, So Where Are You?, and was released in February 1985 by Virgin Records. In the group's native UK, the single made the top twenty.[1] Outside the UK, the single went to number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart for one week.[2] This made Loose Ends the first British band ever to top that chart It also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
7” Single: VS748
12” Single: VS748-12
2nd 12” Single: VS748-13
3rd 12” Single: VS748-14
3” CD Single: released 1989
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[3] | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 43 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B | 1 |
| Hangin' on a String [Contemplating] (Frankie Knuckles Remix) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Loose Ends |
| Album: | Tighten Up Volume 1 |
| B-Side: | "Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" (Original 7" Mix) |
| Released: | 14 June 1992 (UK) |
| Recorded: | 1985 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 4:20 |
| Label: | Ten Records |
| Producer: | Nick Martinelli |
| Prev Title: | Cheap Talk |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Magic Touch |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
"Hangin' on a String [Contemplating]" was remixed and re-released in 1992. This was a track taken from the forthcoming Loose Ends Remix project "Tighten Up Volume 1".
7” Single: TEN406
12” Single: TENX406
CD Single: TENCD406