| Harry Houdini | |
| Cover: | harry houdini kon kan.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kon Kan |
| Album: | Move to Move |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Length: | 3:49 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Barry Harris, Jon Lind |
| Prev Title: | I Beg Your Pardon |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin' |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Harry Houdini" (titled as "Arts in 'D' Minor/Harry Houdini" on the album) is a song by Canadian duo Kon Kan, released as the second single from their 1989 debut album Move to Move. The song did not match the success of their previous single "I Beg Your Pardon", managing to just scrape into the top forty in their native Canada at No. 39 and peaking at No. 88 in the UK, although it was a bigger hit in New Zealand, where it reached No. 14 in September 1989.[1]
The song contains a sample of "White Lines" by Grandmaster Melle Mel[2] and a vocal interpolation of Blondie's "The Tide Is High".[3]
| Chart (1989) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (RPM)[4] | 39 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 14 | |
| US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] | 33 | |
| UK Singles Chart (OCC) | 88 |