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1986 single by Company B
"Fascinated " is a song by the
freestyle
girl group
Company B . It was the first single released off their 1987
self-titled debut album. It was written and produced by
Ish Ledesma , mixed by Ciro llerenea and Randy Miller and released by
Atlantic Records .
The song topped the US
Billboard
Dance Club Songs chart in March 1987 and remained there for four weeks.
[2] Soon after, the single was picked up by
Top 40 radio, and it charted on the
Billboard Hot 100 spending eight weeks in the Top 40 in May and June 1987,
[3] peaking at #21.
[4] It became Company B's most successful hit single in the U.S. and is one of the first freestyle songs to enter the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
[5]
Legacy
"Fascinated" has been covered by other recording artists, such as
Lisa B , the American-born singer Suzanne Palmer, the Canadian singer
Emjay , and Nigerian singer
Carol Jiani .[
citation needed ]
In 2021, "Fascinated" was featured in the
thirteenth season of
RuPaul's Drag Race .
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
References
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a
b Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Highs in the Mid-Eighties: Prince and Madonna".
Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop . Faber & Faber. p. 557.
ISBN
978-0-571-28198-5 .
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Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 , (Record Research Inc.), page 63.
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Whitburn, Joel (2004) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 142.
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"Company B | Chart History. Billboard Hot 100" .
Billboard .
Eldridge Industries . June 13, 1987. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
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"Archived copy" . Archived from
the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2013-08-07 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
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"Company B – Fascinated" (in Dutch).
Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 27 December 2020 .
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Company B – Fascinated" (in Dutch).
Single Top 100 . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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"Company B: Artist Chart History" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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"Company B Chart History (Hot 100)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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"Company B Chart History (Dance Club Songs)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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"Company B Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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"Dance Club Songs – Year-End 1987" . Billboard . Archived from
the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020 .
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"1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Sales 12-Inch Singles" . Billboard . Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987. p. Y-30.
ISSN
0006-2510 – via
Google Books .