Rush rush
| Rush rush | |
|---|---|
| Paula Abdul | |
| publication | May 2, 1991 |
| length | 4:22 ( single ) 4:56 ( album ) |
| Genre (s) | Pop , R&B |
| Author (s) | Peter Lord |
| album | Spellbound |
Rush Rush is a pop - ballad , consisting on 2 May 1991 Paula Abdul's second studio album Spellbound was released. The song was produced by Peter Lord wrote and he and V. Jeffrey Smith (both members of The Family Stand) produced . In the US , the single became the longest number one hit , after Madonna's Like a Virgin from 1984.
background
Rush Rush was Abdul's first ballad that she released as a single. Previously, she had six up-tempo - Pop - / Dance -Singles from her debut album Forever Your Girl released.
Music video
The music video is based on the James Dean film because they don't know what they're doing . In addition to Paula Abdul, Keanu Reeves plays the male lead. Stephan Würnitzer was the director of the video clip .
Commercial win
Rush Rush debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 11, 1991 at # 36 and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 five weeks later on June 15, 1991 , where it remained at the top for five consecutive weeks. This makes Rush Rush the longest and most successful number one hit at 5 weeks after Madonna's Like a Virgin , which spent 6 weeks at number 1 in the winter of 1984–1985 . After Like a Virgin , Rush became the first number one hit to hit Rush , spending more than four weeks at the top. Rush Rush reached number 6 in the British single charts . The top 10 was also reached in Australia (number 2), the Netherlands (number 6), Sweden (number 7), New Zealand (number 7), and Norway (number 9) . It reached 12th place in Wallonia, Belgium and 24th place in France.
Charts
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Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
 gold
|
25,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
|
gold
|
500,000 |
| All in all |
2 × gold |
525,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.imdb.com , Captivated '92: The Video Collection
- ↑ Rush Rush on the Australian charts on AustralianCharts.com
- ↑ Rush Rush in the Dutch charts on DutchCharts.com
- ↑ Rush Rush in the Swedish charts on SwedishCharts.com
- ↑ Rush Rush in the New Zealand charts at Charts.org.nz
- ↑ Rush Rush in the Norwegian charts on NorwegianCharts.no
- ↑ Rush Rush in the Walloon charts in Belgium on UltraTop.be
- ↑ Rush Rush in the French charts on LesCharts.com
- ^ Paula Abdul - Rush Rush chart positions Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on December 23, 2016 .
- ^ Paula Abdul - Rush Rush chart positions Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Paula Abdul - Rush Rush chart placement United Kingdom. In: Officialcharts.com. Accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Paula Abdul - Rush Rush chart placement United States. In: chartsurfer.de. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
- ^ Billboard Top 100 - 1991 . Retrieved September 15, 2009.
- ↑ Geoff Mayfield: 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the' 90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . Billboard . December 25, 1999. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ↑ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed September 11, 2008; PDF; 643 kB)
- ↑ US certifications riaa.com (accessed September 9, 2008)
