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"Casanova " is a 1987 single by LeVert , written and produced by Reggie Calloway . It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #9 on the UK Singles Chart , LeVert's only Top Ten on either chart. It was Number One on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, becoming the group's second Number One.[ 2] It has become a standard number for New Orleans brass bands following its popularization by the Rebirth Brass Band .[ 3] The song is featured in 1987's The Pick-Up Artist , starring Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald , and appears on the soundtrack album of the Whoopi Goldberg movie Fatal Beauty , released the same year.
Charts
Peak positions
Year-end charts
Charts
Rank
Canada[ 12]
71
U.S. Billboard [ 13]
71
Ultimate Kaos version
In 1997, British boy band Ultimate Kaos recorded a version and released it as the lead single from the second album The Kaos Theory . It was re-released in summer 1998.
Track listing
CD maxi[ 14]
"Casanova" (7" Mix)
"Casanova" (7" Club Mix)
"Casanova" (C&J R&B Mix)
"Who's Got the Flavour"
Charts
Chart (1997-98)
Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles [ 15]
18
Austrian Singles
20
Belgian Singles
6
French Singles
4
German Singles
37
Dutch Top 40
2
Swedish Singles
19
Swiss Singles
39
UK
24
Chart (1998)
Rank
ARIA End of Year Singles Chart [ 16]
65
Certifications
References
^ Reynolds, Mark (December 3, 2006). "Gerald Levert and the Black Pop Nobody Knows, but Should" . PopMatters . Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 . Record Research. p. 346.
^ Cohn, Rosalie. "The New Generation of Brass Bands: Live For Today" . Retrieved October 13, 2010 .
^ "Top Singles – Volume 50, No. 22, September 25, 1989" . RPM . Retrieved September 11, 2011 .
^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song" . Irish Recorded Music Association . Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2011 .
^ "Levert – Casanova" . Top 40 Singles .
^ "Levert – Casanova" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 .
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company .
^ "Levert Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard .
^ "Levert Chart History (Dance Club Songs)" . Billboard .
^ "Levert Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard .
^ "Top Singles – Volume 47, No. 12, December 26, 1987" . RPM . Retrieved September 11, 2011 .
^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1987.htm
^ http://www.discogs.com/Ultimate-Kaos-Casanova/release/968967
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved 2014-06-23 . CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-04 . CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles" . Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2014 .
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