Compliments on Your Kiss
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Single by Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold | |
B-side | "Beat Up" (by Taxi Gang) |
Released | 18 July 1994[1] |
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"Compliments on Your Kiss" is a jazz-reggae song by Jamaican deejay Red Dragon featuring Jamaican reggae duo Brian and Tony Gold. The song was written by Sly Dunbar, Winston Harris, and Red Dragon (under his real name, Leroy May), and it was produced by Sly and Robbie and Taxi. One of the song's B-sides, "Beat Up", is performed by Sly and Robbie under the name Taxi Gang.
The single was released on 18 July 1994 and became Red Dragon's most successful international hit. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart on 28 August 1994 and ended the year as the 27th-most-successful single in the UK. It also experienced success outside the UK, reaching the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Several reviewers have attributed the song's success to the popularity of other radio-friendly reggae musicians at the time, including Dawn Penn and Chaka Demus & Pliers.[3]
Critical reception
In a review of the song, Music & Media magazine called "Compliments on Your Kiss" "as harmless as Puff the magic dragon" and complimented the song's Caribbean ambiance.[2] A spokesman of British radio station Capital FM said of the song, "It's a good, fun, catchy pop tune".[3]
Track listings
Jamaican 7-inch single[4]
- A. "Compliment on Your Kiss"
- B. "Beat Up" (performed by Taxi Gang)
Standard international single[5]
- "Compliments on Your Kiss" – 3:30
- "Compliments on Your Kiss" (instrumental) – 4:09
- "Compliments on Your Kiss" (Straight mix) – 4:09
- "Compliments on Your Kiss" (acapella) – 4:09
Charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[16] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[1] | Silver | 200,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b "British single certifications – Red Dragon with Brian & Tony Gold – Compliments on Your Kiss". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "New Releases – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 36. 3 September 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b Clark-Meads, Jeff (3 September 1994). "Jamaican Mix" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 36. p. 20. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Compliment on Your Kiss (Jamaican 7-inch single vinyl disc). Red Dragon, Taxi Gang. Taxi. 1994. TAX 034.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Red Dragon with Brian & Tony Gold – Compliments on Your Kiss". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Red Dragon with Brian & Tony Gold – Compliments on Your Kiss" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 37. 10 September 1994. p. 13. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (29.9.–5.10. '94)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 September 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Compliments on Your Kiss". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 42, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Red Dragon with Brian & Tony Gold – Compliments on Your Kiss" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Red Dragon with Brian & Tony Gold – Compliments on Your Kiss". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles 1994". Music Week. 14 January 1995. p. 9.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 230.
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