Hooked on Classics explained

Hooked on Classics
Type:studio
Artist:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cover:Hooked_on_Classics.jpg
Released:1981
Studio:
Genre:Classical disco
Length:47:39
Label:
Next Year:1982

Hooked on Classics is a classical crossover album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark, released in 1981 by K-tel and distributed by RCA Records, part of the Hooked on Classics series. It was produced by Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman.

The opening track was called "Hooked On Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 10 in the US, and number 21 in Canada.

In Germany and Austria, the album was released titled "Classic Disco" and reached number one in both countries.[1]

The single

The opening track was called "Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. With a listed time of 3'48", it contained the first five pieces of the album cut, skipping the next five (Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement" through Rossini's "William Tell Overture"), followed by the remaining pieces. Though not listed as such on the single's label or in the Performance Rights Organization's database, it is implied this portion is "Part 1". The B-side of the single, also called "Hooked on Classics" and lasting 2:13, begins with the fifth piece from "Part 1" (Sibelius' "Karelia Suite, Intermezzo"), contains the missing five pieces found on the album cut, and concludes with the remaining pieces through "March of the Toreadors" which fades out, as opposed to the album cut and "Part 1"'s cold ending of the "1812 Overture". Presumably this is "Part 2". The label of the single incorrectly omits the "1812 Overture" from the list of pieces in the "Part 1" medley.[2]

The single peaked at number 2 in the UK and later in the US at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1982.[3] It was the 56th biggest hit of that year.[4] The song also reached number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, it peaked at number 21, and spent four weeks at that position.[5] "Hooked on Classics" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[6]

Chart performance "Hooked on Classics (Part 1)"

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)1
Canada Top Singles21
Canada Adult Contemporary[8] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 18
Irish (Irish Recorded Music Association)[10] 7
New Zealand[11] 6
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[12] 9
UK Singles Chart2
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 10
US Cash Box Top 10010
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[14] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[15] 85
Canada[16] 98
UK[17] [18] 26
US Cash Box[19] 82

Grammy nominations

|-| rowspan="1" | 1981| rowspan="1" | "Hooked on Classics" (Single)| Best Pop Instrumental Performance[21] | |-| rowspan="1" | 1982| rowspan="1" | Hooked on Classics (Album)| Best Pop Instrumental Performance[21] | |-|}

Track listing

Full track listing

  1. Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2) - 5:06
  2. Hooked on Romance - 6:42
  3. Hooked On Classics (Part 3) - 6:02
  4. Hooked On Bach - 5:59 (All music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach)
  5. Hooked on Tchaikovsky - 5:29 (All music composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky)
  6. Hooked on a Song - 5:11
  7. Hooked On Mozart - 4:09 (All music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  8. Hooked on Mendelssohn 4:25
  9. Hooked on a Can-Can - 4:56

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Österreichische Hitparade . Austriancharts.cat . de . 2018-07-06.
  2. Web site: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics, Vinyl 7" single USA release. Discogs.com. 2019-03-15.
  3. Web site: Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart . Billboard.com . 1982-02-06 . 2016-07-19.
  4. Web site: 1982 . Longboredsurfer.com . 2016-07-19.
  5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-07-19.
  6. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 2016-12-17.
  7. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. Sydney. 1993. Illustrated. 0-646-11917-6.
  8. Web site: RPM Contemporary Adult Chart. PDF. December 12, 1981. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2022-03-21.
  9. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts . Offiziellecharts.de . de . 2018-07-07.
  10. Web site: IRMA Irish Charts . Irishcharts.ie . en . 2021-02-04.
  11. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . 1981-12-06 . 2016-07-19.
  12. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. Rock.co.za. 5 September 2018.
  13. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  14. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 208.
  15. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1981 . . 393 . 7 . . 4 January 1982 . 11 January 2022 .
  16. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-12-18 . 2016-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819104334/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4689&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . dead .
  17. Book: Peter . Scaping . BPI Year Book 1982 . The Top 200 Singles: January–December 1981 . The British Phonographic Industry Ltd . London, England . 46–49 . 5th . 1982 . 0-906154-03-0.
  18. Book: Alan . Jones . Barry . Lazell . Dafydd . Rees . The Top 200 Singles (UK) . Chart File 1982 . Virgin Books . London, England . 74–77 . 1982 . 0-907080-49-9.
  19. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981 . April 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022115158/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html . October 22, 2016 . dead .
  20. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-07-19.
  21. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/louis-clark/1582 GRAMMY Award Results for Louis Clark

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