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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Keep Warm

| cover = Jinny-Keep Warm.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jinny

| album =

| released = 1991

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Eurodance

*Italo house

| length = 3:45

| label = *Italian Style Production

*Virgin Records

| writer = *Alessandro Gilardi

*Walter Cremonini

| producer = Walter Cremonini

| prev_title = I Need Your Love

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Never Give Up

| next_year = 1992

| misc =

}}

"'Keep Warm'" is a 1991 song by Italian band Jinny, fronted by British singer and TV host Carryl Varley. Originally released as a single only in the UK by Virgin Records as part of the Italo House boom of the late 80s/early 90s, it featured samples from "Taking Him Off Your Hands" by Mahogany Watkins, La Velle's 1979 track "Playgirl" and "What Happened to the Music" by The Trammps, with the hook coming from a 1987 track called "Keep It Warm" by Voices in the Dark.

As it was released two years after Black Box, when rave and indie-dance provided the dancefloor hits of the age, "Keep Warm" peaked low in the Top 75 at number 68. However, with Eurodance becoming popular in the UK around 1994 (with this 'Commercial European Dance' boom seeing labels like Media setting up a UK office), the license to the track was picked up by Telstar Records was re-issued by their dance music label Multiply, becoming a Top 20 hit. It peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, and reached number-one on the UK Dance Singles Chart.

Critical reception



After the song was re-released in 1995, James Masterton noted in his weekly UK chart commentary, that the song "has remained something of a classic club anthem, in a similar manner to Baby D's Let Me Be Your Fantasy and now finally comes above ground to become the hit you always felt it should be." Alan Jones from British magazine 'Music Week' wrote, "A small hit when first released on Virgin in 1991, Jinny's Keep Warm is a classic latterday Italo-house song. Now remixed in Don't Give Me Your Life style by Alex Party, with other new stylings by T-Empo and Blu Peter along with the original, it has taken off like a rocket in the clubs and looks destined for major chart success." Brad Beatnik from the magazine's 'RM' Dance Update commented, "Yeah, yeah, yeah sure, you know this one but spare a few minutes for a couple of fine remixes. The frenetic pace of the original is replaced by a deep, Euro-styled dub from Alex Party that makes the most of the chorus while T-Empo simply spice up the original sound and Blu Peter goes for hard Euro trance; the original is included too. A bargain."

Track listing



* '7", UK (1991)'

#"Keep Warm" (7" Mix) 3:45

#"Keep Warm" (Another Mix) 3:45

* '12", Italy (1991)'

#"Keep Warm" (Extended Mix) 5:50

#"Keep Warm" (Short Version) 3:45

#"Keep Warm" (Another Version) 3:45

* 'CD single, UK (1995)'

#"Keep Warm" (Original (7" Edit)) 3:45

#"Keep Warm" (Alex Party Hot Mix) 4:51

#"Keep Warm" (T-Empo's Balearic Ballistic Mix) 9:36

#"Keep Warm" (Blu Peter's "New NRG" Mix) 7:09

#"Keep Warm" (Alex Party "Here We Go" Version) 4:45

Charts



References





Category:1991 songs

Category:1991 singles

Category:1995 singles

Category:English-language Italian songs

Category:Eurodance songs

Category:Italo house songs

Category:Music Week number-one dance singles

Category:Virgin Records singles


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