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Johnny, Johnny
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Wikipedia article
"'Johnny, Johnny'" is a 1985 song recorded by the French singer Jeanne Mas. It was her second single from her debut album, 'Jeanne Mas', on which it features as the second track. Released in February 1985, the song became a hit in France, topping the singles chart for about one month.
Background and writing
"Johnny, Johnny" was written and produced by Romano Musumarra, who also composed successful songs in the 1980s for many artists such as Princess Stphanie of Monaco, Elsa Lunghini, Demis Roussos and Cline Dion.Romano Musumarra's compositions / productions [http://lescharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Romano+Musumarra Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 21 April 2008)
The song, which deals with a man named Johnny who bears very badly a break-up, was recorded in French-language, but also in English-language and Spanish-language.
The song is characterized by "melodious and sweet synthetic notes, with a rhythmical bass and lively percussion". Its structure is similar to that of Jeanne Mas' previous hit, "Toute premire fois".) The song was re-issued in 2005 in a remixed version, but passed unnoticed.
Critical reception
A review in Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' deemed "Johnny, Johnny" a "based disco track [which] deserves to chart elsewhere".
Chart performance
On the French SNEP Singles Chart, "Johnny, Johnny" debuted at number eight on the chart edition of 2 March 1985, climbed to number one in its fifth week and stayed at the top for four weeks, alternating with Al Corley's "Square Rooms". After that, it dropped to number six and almost kept on falling. It remained for 14 weeks in the top ten and 23 weeks on the chart (top 50)."Johnny, Johnny", in French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jeanne+Mas&titel=Johnny+Johnny&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 20 April 2008) Mas thus became the first female artist to reach number one on the new SNEP French Singles Chart.Alex P. King, 'Hit-parade, 20 ans de tubes', 2005, Pascal Ed., p. 8 [http://membres.lycos.fr/vingtansdetubes/HistoireHitparade.pdf Vingt ans de tubes] (Retrieved 23 April 2008) "Johnny, Johnny" was also much played on French radios, topping both the FM and the AM stations charts. As for Mas' previous single "Toute premire fois", it achieved Gold status awarded by the Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique, the French certifier, for over 500,000 units. The 2005 version failed to reach the top 100.
On the European Hot 100, "Johnny, Johnny" entered at number 34 on 11 March 1985 and reached a peak of number 25 four weeks later. On the European Airplay Top 50, it debuted at number 30 on 4 February 1985, peaked at number 13 in its 13th week and charted for a total of 19 weeks.
Official versions
* Single version 4:05
* Album version 4:25
* English version 4:21
* Spanish version 4:11
* Extended version 6:30
* New club mix 6:22
* Radio edit (2005) 3:26
* Bounce mix edit (2005) 3:15
* Remix 2 edit (2005) 3:19
* Club mix (2005) 5:18
* Bounce mix (2005) 6:18
Track listings
; 7" single
# "Johnny, Johnny" 4:05
# "Lisa" 4:13
; 12" maxi
# "Johnny, Johnny" 6:30
# "Lisa" 4:13
; 12" maxi
# "Johnny, Johnny" (new club mix) 6:22
# "Johnny, Johnny" (extended version) 6:30
; CD single 2005 remix
# "Johnny, Johnny" (radio edit) 3:26
# "Johnny, Johnny" (bounce mix edit) 3:15
# "Johnny, Johnny" (remix 2 edit) 3:19
; 12" maxi 2005 remix
# "Johnny, Johnny" (club mix) 5:18
# "Johnny, Johnny" (bounce mix) 6:18
Certifications
Charts
References
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