The Real Thing (ABC song) explained

The Real Thing
Cover:	ABC The Real Thing.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	ABC
Album:	Up
B-Side:	The Greatest Love of All
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	1988
Genre:	House
Length:	4:52
Label:	PolyGram Neutron Mercury
Producer:	Martin Fry Mark White
Prev Title:	One Better World
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	The Look of Love '90
Next Year:	1990

"The Real Thing" is a song by the English band ABC, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Up (1989).

The song peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single there since "Vanity Kills" in 1986.

Critical reception

On its release, Lisa Tilston of Record Mirror wrote, "ABC seem to have gone full circle, with the beginning of this sounding just like 'The Look of Love' set to a dance beat. Fair, but not their best."^[2]

Track listing

• UK 7" Single

1. "The Real Thing"
2. "The Greatest Love of All"

Notes and References

1. 9 September 1989. This Week - The next seven days in view. Record Mirror. 32.
2. 16 September 1989. Tilston. Lisa. Singles. Record Mirror. 18.
3. Web site: The Official Charts Company - The Real Thing by ABC Search . 6 May 2013. The Official Charts Company.