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| Certification = Gold <small>([[RIAA]])</small>
| Certification = Gold <small>([[RIAA]])</small>
| Last single = "[[Please Don't Go Girl]]"<br/>(1988)
| Last single = "[[Please Don't Go Girl]]"<br/>(1988)
| This single = "'''You Got It (The Right Stuff)'''"<br/>(1988)
| This single = "'''You Got It (The Right Stuff)'''"<br/>(1989)
| Next single = "[[I'll Be Loving You (Forever)]]"<br/>(1989)
| Next single = "[[I'll Be Loving You (Forever)]]"<br/>(1989)
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Revision as of 15:15, 24 May 2012

"You Got It"
Song
B-side"Remix"

"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" is a 1988 single from New Kids on the Block. The lead vocals were sung by Jordan Knight and Donnie Wahlberg. The second single from the group's second album Hangin' Tough, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in early 1989, while topping the UK charts in November 1989.[1] On the album, it was simply listed as "The Right Stuff."

Chart performances

The single appeared in the Top 40 for the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of January 14, 1989, rising from #45 to #37. "You Got It" reached its peak of #3 the week of March 11, 1989. Altogether, "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" spent 5 weeks in the Top 10, 8 weeks in the Top 20, and 13 weeks in the Top 40. The song was number one in Australia in August 1989. On March 29, 1989 the single was certified Gold.[2] "You've Got It (The Right Stuff)" is commonly regarded as one of the band's signature songs. In the music video, Jordan Knight is seen wearing a Bauhaus t-shirt. The song ranked as #92 on VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 80's.

The song can be heard in the 1989 film The Wizard. In 1992, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song on his Off the Deep End album as "The White Stuff," a loving ode to Oreo cookies. It was also joked about in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" on Family Guy. In a King of the Hill episode, Boomhauer says about a boy band called 4Skore, "Talkin' about dang ol' boy band, man... talkin' 'bout prance around, goin' 'Oh oh oh oh...'". Kid Rock, on his album The Polyfuze Method, sampled the song on his "Killin' Brain Cells". This song is featured on the game Dance Dance Revolution X2. In an after credits clip of a season 6 episode of Psych that Joey McIntyre co-starred in, Joey, James Roday and Dule Hill dance to the song.

Cover versions

In 2007, the song was performed by Westlife on their The Love Tour.

Track listings

CD single CBS / Cassette single / Vinyl single
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Remix] (3:32)
12" maxi - U.S.
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [12" Version] (5:18)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [7" Version] (3:32)
  3. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)
7" single - Europe
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Remix] (3:32)
12" maxi - Australia
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [12" Version] (5:18)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [7" Version] (3:32)
  3. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)
7" single - Australia
  1. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (4:09)
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" [Instrumental] (5:15)

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3] 28
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] 1
Dutch Mega Top 100[4] 32
German Singles Chart[5] 12
Irish Singles Chart[6] 2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[4] 2
UK Singles Chart[7] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[3] 20
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 12
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 17
Preceded by Australian ARIA number-one single
August 13, 1989 - August 27, 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK number-one single
November 25, 1989 - December 9, 1989 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ EveryHit.com
  2. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  3. ^ a b c Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  4. ^ a b c d e "You Got It (The Right Stuff)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  5. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  6. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
  7. ^ "You Got It (The Right Stuff)", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved December 24, 2008)
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