You Are the Universe explained

You Are the Universe
Cover:BNH YATU single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Brand New Heavies
Album:Shelter
B-Side:Remix
Released:16 June 1997[1]
Producer:The Brand New Heavies
Prev Title:Sometimes
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:You've Got a Friend
Next Year:1997

"You Are the Universe" is a song by British acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies, released in June 1997. The composition was issued as the third single taken from their fourth album, Shelter (1997), which remains the only Brand New Heavies album recorded with American singer Siedah Garrett, who afterwards left the group to concentrate on her own songwriting. The song charted at number twenty-one in UK, and at number eleven within the British Chart-Track.

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, writing, "Their sound is as retro as ever, but this funky soul tune is hugely uplifting and deserves to be a big pop, as well as club, hit."[2] Daisy & Havoc from the RM Dance Update gave it five out of five. They added, "If 'Sometimes' is starting to drive you crazy then this next single (surely the best song on the Shelter album) is here to take you to a higher plane. The remixers have a job competing with the huge uplift value of the album version (which is on a par with the original of Nu Yorican Soul's 'It's Alright')".[3]

Track listings and formats

  1. "You Are the Universe" (Original Version)
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Instrumental)
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Version) - 3:41
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove 7") - 3:42
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (S-Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub)
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Unidub)
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Original Version) - 3:40
  2. "Back to Love" (Original Version) - 4:09
  3. "Stay This Way" (Original Version) - 3:46
  4. "Dream on Dreamer" (Original Version) - 3:34
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Version) - 3:41
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove 7") - 3:42
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Opaz Remix) - 4:26
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal 7" Edit) - 3:50
  5. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  5. 'You Are the Universe" (S. Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub) - 6:34
  6. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  1. "You Are the Universe" (Roger's Universal Mix) - 7:42
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Universal Summer Groove) - 9:08
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Remix)
  4. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam's 2 in 1 Remix) - 8:21
  5. "You Are the Universe" (S-Man's Mongoloid Millennium Dub)
  6. "You Are the Universe" (Interfearance Unidub)
  7. "You Are the Universe" (Curtis & Moore's Basement Dub) - 5:55
  8. "You Are the Universe" (Tuff Jam Special Rub) - 6:59
  9. "You Are the Universe" (Opaz Remix)
  10. "You Are the Universe"

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 54
UK (GfK Chart-Track)[6] 11
UK (Top 75 Singles)[7] 21
UK Dance (OCC)[8] 3

Year-end charts

Full Flava version

You Are the Universe
Cover:CCP Single YATU1 cover.jpg
Caption:The cover of the Japanese vinyl release
Type:single
Artist:Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston
Album:Music Is Our Way of Life
B-Side:Remix
Label:Dôme
Chronology:CeCe Peniston
Prev Title:Deeper Love
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:I'm Feelin' U
Next Year:2007

"You Are the Universe" was covered by Rob Derbyshire and Paul Mullings, the Birmingham's R&B production duo better known as Full Flava. It features vocals by CeCe Peniston. The Flava's version was remixed by DJ Hasebe, a Japanese hip-hop producer, and issued only on vinyl in the Japan.

The song was included on the Flava's album Music Is Our Way Of Life, which reconstructed eleven dancefloor classics performed by various female vocalists, released on Dôme Records the following year, in 2007.

Credits and personnel

Track listings and formats

  1. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49
  1. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Remix) - 4:56
  2. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Instrumental Mix) - 4:56
  1. "You Are the Universe" (LP Version) - 5:23
  2. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
  3. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: 14 June 1997 . Singles . Music Week . 43 . 6 December 2022.
  2. Reviews: Singles. Music Week. May 24, 1997. 18. May 26, 2022.
  3. Daisy & Havoc. Hot Vinyl. Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). May 17, 1997. 8. May 26, 2022.
  4. For reviewing track lists, covers and/or additional notes regarding the all releases of the single "You Are The Universe" by The Brand New Heavies issued to date, follow the discogs link. Web site: The Brand New Heavies - "You Are The Universe" - Releases. Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2011-03-20.
  5. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 5 July 1997. 13 January 2020.
  6. Web site: The Brand New Heavies - "You Are The Universe" - UK Chart-Track. 1997-07-05.
    1. 11 on 1997-06-23
    . 40. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 2011-03-20.
  7. For peak positions of "You Are The Universe" by The Brand New Heavies single in UK, choose the singles link, or the OfficialCharts link to view full run of the single in England.
  8. Web site: Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40. officialcharts.com.
  9. The Club Top 100 of 1997. Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 1998-01-10. 5. 2023-01-09.
  10. Web site: Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - 12", UK, #12 DOME 769. Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2015-03-21.
  11. Web site: Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - 12", JP, #12 DOME 770. Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2015-03-21.
  12. Web site: Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston - "You Are The Universe" - MD, UK, #(–). Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2015-03-21.

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