this came from a cdsingle i found in a charityshop and i grabbed it since it had brothers in rhythm remixes and it came from the early nineties. seaman and anderson barely failed with their remixes and when i took it home and listened to it i wasn't dissapointed.
i knew alexander o'neal from his 80's singles with "fake" and "critizise" so i knew he could sing well but i hadn't heard of this song before. found out when listening that it was a slower 90's new jack swing affair but with a serious thump and i liked the song in it's original shape. i thought brothers in rhythm transposed it onto the house floor perfectly as the elements where there to take and reshape.
much like their killer remix of janet jackson's "if" and a few others, it sort of sounded like a cross between american garage and italian house but with the uk scene in mind. the key thing to their sound was that piano and they used to add it if it wasn't present in the original but in this case it's a big part of the song.
the way the song builds creates great tension and it reflects well as o'neal's voice has subtle frustration in mind. the hook works to this advantage because isn't that conventional. the chorus sounds more like a bridge and when building a house track like this it provides the right amount of release.
along with the breaks that the song provides in the second half where the organ, piano, keys and o'neal gets their small solo parts with parts of o'neal's adlibs on top. i really like how they used them in both the build and the latter part of the song as it feels natural to the song.
that's the bottom line with why i love remixes by brothers in rhythm and a few others who were we're appointed to do the main house/club version. they made the track and it felt like it was the original version and used the vocals and instrumentation with great execution.
listen here (youtube)
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