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Phats & Small - Turn Around

Music Video | 1999
ArtistPhats & Small
SongTurn Around
Album(Single)
DirectorCaswell
DirectorCoggins
GenreElectronica (Techno, Ambient, Jungle,...)
IntroNo
OutroNo
Full StoryThe video consists of two parallel plots: in the first the production of a vinyl record is shown - a record with this song on it. The second plot is set in a record shop called _urban records_ where some people are browsing through the records. When the vinyl arrives at the shop the atmosphere changes and everyone is dancing in a big party.
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Phats & Small perform "Turn Around" across a lively set of Brighton and Hove locations, with the seaside city providing the video's colorful backdrop. Ben Ofoedu takes the visual role of the singer, miming the song's prominent vocal lines while Jason Hayward and Russell Small appear as part of the performance-driven presentation. The clip also features boxer Chris Eubank, whose distinctive presence adds another local celebrity cameo to this upbeat, location-based celebration of the duo's breakout dance hit.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed at various locations around Brighton and Hove, the English city where Phats & Small formed.
  • Ben Ofoedu appears in the clip, but the vocal hook on the original recording was sampled primarily from Toney Lee's "Reach Up." Ofoedu therefore mimes to vocals that were not actually his on the released track.
  • Chris Eubank appears in the video alongside the duo. Contemporary photo captions identify him with Hayward and Small in front of a truck during the shoot.
  • Released on March 22, 1999, "Turn Around" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the UK Dance Singles Chart.
  • The track was later recognized by MTV Dance, which placed it at No. 38 in its 2011 list of the 100 biggest 1990s dance anthems.

Lyrics

Hey! What's wrong with you?
You're lookin' kind of down to me
'Cause things ain't gettin' over
Listen to what I say

Got to turn around
Got to turn around

Hey! What's wrong with you?
You're lookin' kind of down to me
'Cause things ain't gettin' over
Listen to what I say

Got to turn around
...
© Phats & Small - Turn Around. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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