| Headline News | |
| Cover: | Everyday People Headline News 1990 single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Everyday People |
| Album: | You Wash... I'll Dry |
| B-Side: | Keep Away from Love |
| Released: | 12 March 1990[1] |
| Length: | 4:01 (single version) 5:00 (album version) 7:07 (extended version) |
| Label: | SBK Records |
| Producer: | Stewart Levine |
| Next Title: | I Guess It Doesn't Matter |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Headline News" is a song by British band Everyday People, which was released in 1990 as the lead single from their only studio album You Wash... I'll Dry.[2] It was written by Shaun Ward and Desi Campbell, and produced by Stewart Levine. "Headline News" reached No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Upon its release, Chris Wells of New Musical Express wrote: "See for once here we are dealing with a trio of musicians whose main concern [is] how well they can write, perform and record a song based purely on musical talent. That's why 'Headline News' sounds as refreshingly organic as it does."[4] Lisa Tilston of Record Mirror wrote, "This sounds a little like a hot, groovy George Michael, which isn't meant as an insult. It's that rare thing these days, a soul record that doesn't sound like it has to try too hard. It's also a record you can bop to without a housey beat. But then the singer and bassist are from the late, great pop/funk band Floy Joy, so it's not really surprising."[5]
In the US, Billboard listed the single under their "new and noteworthy" section and described the song as "an uplifting and sophisticated midtempo R&B/pop jam glimmering with subtle vintage Motown nuances."[6] In a review of You Wash... I'll Dry, CD Review wrote: "Songs like "Headline News" fuse a strong, bouncing beat, a beboppin' brass/sax backup section and triadic vocal harmonizing (characteristic of the 1960s Motown sound) with syncopated polyrhythms and a prominent, jerky bass line (popularized in 1970s funk)."[7] Scott Benarde of The Palm Beach Post described the song as "snappy" and "crackling".[8]
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| Australia (ARIA)[9] | 140 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch Singles Chart[10] | 83 | |
| German Singles Chart[11] | 53 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 99 |