Get Real (song)
Debut solo single by Paul Rutherford, co-written with ABC.
Paul Rutherford launched his solo career with "Get Real," his first single, on September 26, 1988. The track, a collaboration with ABC, was co-written by Rutherford, Martin Fry, Mark White, and David Clayton, with production handled by White and Fry. It appeared on his debut album Oh World (1989). The song peaked at number 47 on the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks in the top 100, and was banned from BBC airplay. A music video set in the Sonoran Desert accompanied its release.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Paul Rutherford
- Album
- Oh World
- B-side
- Happy Face
- Released
- 26 September 1988
- Length
- 3:35
- Label
- 4th & B'way; Island
- Writer
- Paul Rutherford
- Martin Fry
- Mark White
- David Clayton
- Producer
- Mark White; Martin Fry
Facts from the source article.
Background
Rutherford described "Get Real" as having a strong melody that is vague and ethereal, comparing it to Giorgio Moroder and specifically to "I Feel Love" rather than acid house.
Critical reception
Jerry Smith of Music Week called it a "burbling House style dance track" but found it pedestrian despite its breathy atmospherics. Wee Papa Girl Rappers' Sandra Lawrence, guest reviewing for Number One, said she liked acid music but found this one mellow and commercial. Melody Maker in 1989 described it as a "slab of Acid for the radical dance faction," and FutureMusic in 2004 likened it to Giorgio Moroder meets Kraftwerk with a 303.
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