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"What I Am"
Song
B-side
  • "I Do"
  • "Walk on the Wildside"

"What I Am" is a song written by Edie Brickell and Kenny Withrow and recorded by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians for their debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988). It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] It also topped the charts in Canada,[citation needed] but only peaked within the top forty of the charts in the United Kingdom.[4] This version was ranked number 77 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders.[citation needed] The song was featured in a 1989 episode of Miami Vice, an episode of Beavis and Butt-head, as well as an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D. and in the 1989 Patrick Dempsey film Loverboy.[5]

The song is highlighted by a guitar solo that emulates the approach of Jerry Garcia including the use of an envelope filter.

Formats and track listings

7" single / cassette single

Side A:

  1. "What I Am" – 4:54

Side B:

  1. "I Do" – 2:00
12" single / 3" CD single
  1. "What I Am" – 4:54
  2. "I Do" – 2:00
  3. "Walk on the Wildside" – 5:52

Charts

Chart (1988–1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 18
Canadian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1
Irish Singles Chart[7] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 11
UK Singles Chart[4] 31
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 7
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[9] 4
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[10] 9

Tin Tin Out and Emma Bunton version

"What I Am"
Song
B-side"Weird (Save Yourself)"

The song was covered by the British duo Tin Tin Out featuring vocals of Spice Girls member and Heart Radio DJ Emma Bunton. Released in November 1999 as the second single from Tin Tin Out's second studio album, Eleven to Fly (1999). It also appeared on Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me (2001).

Tin Tin Out and Bunton's version debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, twenty nine places higher than the original version ten years previously, losing the battle against Bunton's fellow Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell's "Lift Me Up". It sold 106,000 copies to get to number two in its first week and around 221,787 copies altogether. "What I Am" was the UK's 88th best-selling single of 1999.

Format and track listing

This is the format and track listing of the major single release of "What I Am".

UK CD single
  1. "What I Am" (radio version) – 3:54
  2. "What I Am" (Gangstarr Remix) – 4:07
  3. "Weird (Save Yourself)" (Tin Tin Out featuring Wendy Page) – 5:42

Charts

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11] 65
France (SNEP)[12] 75
Invalid chart entered Germany2 81
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 94
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 48
Scotland (OCC)[16] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 52
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 2

Sampling

References

  1. ^ Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
  2. ^ Discogs
  3. ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Edie Brickell > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  4. ^ a b "Official Charts > Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  5. ^ Edie Brickell at IMDb
  6. ^ "australian-charts.com > Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Edie Brickell'". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  8. ^ "charts.org.nz > Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  9. ^ "Billboard > Artists / Edie Brickell > Chart History > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  10. ^ "Billboard > Artists / Edie Brickell > Chart History > Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  11. ^ "ariaNET The Chart! Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 24th January 2000". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  12. ^ "Emma Bunton – What I Am" (in French). Les classement single.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  14. ^ "Emma Bunton – What I Am" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. ^ "Emma Bunton – What I Am". Top 40 Singles.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Emma Bunton – What I Am". Singles Top 100.
  18. ^ "Emma Bunton: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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