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"Situation"

Artwork for 1982 US release

Single by Yazoo

from the album Upstairs at Eric's

A-side

"Only You"

B-side

"Remix (12-inch)"

Released

1982

Genre

Length

2:22 (UK B-side)
3:44 (US 7-inch single)
5:40 (US 12-inch single)

Label

Songwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Yazoo singles chronology

"Don't Go"
(1982)

"Situation"
(1982)

"The Other Side of Love"
(1982)

"Situation"

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"Situation" is a 1982 single by British synth-pop band Yazoo. The song was released in the UK as the B-side to Yazoo's debut single "Only You", which went to number two on the UK Singles Chart. Released as a single in North America, the song peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, and hit the top 40 in Canadian charts, peaking at number 31. In late-summer 1982 it became Yazoo's first song to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, remaining at number one on this chart for four weeks. It also crossed over to the Black Singles chart, peaking at number 31.

Its most well-known version is the U.S. 12-inch remix by François Kevorkian. This version was included on the U.S. version of Yazoo's debut album Upstairs at Eric's (1982), and it is the version of the song which receives the most radio airplay in the United States (where the song, despite its modest showing on the Hot 100, is still played on alternative, variety-hits and dance-oriented radio stations).

In 1990, and again in 1999, the song was remixed by several noted DJs, including Peter Rauhofer and Richard "Humpty" Vission. The 1999 remixes were released to dance clubs. In October of the same year, this renewed interest in the song sent "Situation" to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for a second time.

In 2006, Slant ranked the song at number 64 in its list of the "100 Greatest Dance Songs".^[5]

The song was heavily sampled in the Saturdays' 2008 debut single "If This Is Love". Moyet's laugh at the start of the track has been sampled on several different recordings, including the 1995 smash dance hit "Macarena" by Los del Río.

Versions

The original version's first chorus does not have the response lyrics. The 7-inch version skips to the verses before the first chorus with response lyrics.

Track listings

1982 release

UK 7-inch single (Mute Records 7MUTE020)

"Only You" – 3:11
"Situation" – 2:22

UK 12-inch single (Mute 12MUTE020)

"Only You" – 3:11
"Situation (Extended Version)" – 5:18

US 7-inch single (Sire Records 7-29953)

"Situation" – 3:44
"Situation (Dub Version) – 3:13

US 12-inch single (Sire 0-29950)

"Situation" – 5:40
"Situation (Dub Version)" – 5:45

1990 remixes

7-inch single (Mute Records YAZ4)

"Situation (Deadline Mix Edit)"
"State Farm (Madhouse Mix Edit)"

12-inch single (Mute 12YAZ4 / Sire/Warner Bros. 21812-0)

"Situation (The Aggressive Attitude Mix)"
"Situation (Deadline Mix)"
"State Farm (Madhouse Mix)"

CD single (Mute CDYAZ4 / Sire/Warner Bros. 21812-2)

"Situation (Single Remix)"
"State Farm (Madhouse Mix Edit)"
"Situation (The Aggressive Attitude Mix)"
"Situation (Space Dub)"

1999 remixes

12-inch single (Mute 12YAZ6)

"Situation (Club 69 Speed Mix)"
"Situation (Richard "Humpty" Vission Visits The Dub)"
"Situation (Richard "Humpty" Vission Instrumental)"

12-inch single (Mute L12YAZ6)

"Situation (Dave Ralph's Tea Freaks English Breakfast Mix)
"Situation (Club 69 Speed Dub)"

CD single (Mute CD YAZ 6)

"Situation (Club 69 Radio Mix)"
"Situation (Club 69 Speed Mix)"
"Situation (Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits the Dome Mix)"
"Situation (Dave Ralph's Tea Freaks English Breakfast Mix)"
"Situation (Deadline Mix)"
"State Farm (Madhouse Mix)"
"Situation (Daniel Miller/Mark Saunders 12-inch Mix)"
"State Farm (Play-Doh Dub)"
"Situation (Original US Dub)"

Accolades

Year	Publisher	Country	Accolade	Rank
1982	The Village Voice	United States	"Singles of the Year" (26)^[6]	20
2005	Blender	United States	"Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s"^{[citation needed]}	417
2006	Slant Magazine	United States	"100 Greatest Dance Songs"^[5]	64
2011	Robert Dimery	United Kingdom	"1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die"^[7]	*
2011	Treble	United States	"Top 200 Songs of the '80s"^[8]	168

(*) indicates the list is unordered.

Charts

Original version

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[9]	7
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[10]	31
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[12]	16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[13]	18
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	73
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)^[14]	31
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[14]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[15]	88
US Top Disco/Dance Singles/Albums (Billboard)^[16]	6

Situation '90

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[17]	38
France (SNEP)^[18]	40
Germany (GfK)^[19]	36
UK Singles (OCC)^[20]	14
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[14]	46
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)^[14]	28

1999 remixes

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[21]	17
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[14]	1
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)^[14]	8

References

^ "On Stage > Alison Moyet – Old Vic Theater, London – Dec. 1" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 51. 21 December 2002. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Situation," followed by "Don't Go," two synth-pop dance jams from the singer's Yazoo days that, sadly, sounded out of place
^ Lamb, Bill (21 August 2019). "25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time". LiveAbout. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Marotta, Michael (17 February 2021). "Deco do it again by taking Arctic Monkeys back to Yazoo's '80s dancefloor". Vanyaland. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ Young, Jon (February 1983). "Soft Cell and Yaz(oo): Synths and Singers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b Slant Staff (30 January 2006). "100 Greatest Dance Songs". Slant. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ "Village Voice - Pazz & Jop Lists > Singles - 1982". The Village Voice. Retrieved 27 March 2014 – via Rocklist.net.
^ Dimery, Robert (2011). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-8440-3717-9.
^ Strain, Anthony (13 February 2011). "The Top 200 Songs of the '80s: Part One". Treble. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ "Yazoo – Situation" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6168." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Yazoo". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 285. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 47, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Yazoo – Situation" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Yazoo – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Jaaroverzichten 1982" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Top Disco/Dance Singles/Albums". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 51. 25 December 1982. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Yazoo – Situation (Remix)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
^ "Yazoo – Situation (Remix)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Yazoo – Situation (Remix)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ "Yazoo – Don't Go 1999 Mix" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

External links

"Only You"/"Situation" at Discogs (list of releases)
"Situation" at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Yazoo
Vince Clarke Alison Moyet
Studio albums	Upstairs at Eric's You and Me Both
Live albums	Reconnected Live
Compilation albums	Only Yazoo: The Best Of In Your Room The Collection Four Pieces
Extended plays	Nobody's Diary EP
Singles	"Only You" "Don't Go" "Situation" "The Other Side of Love" "Nobody's Diary"
Other songs	"Ode to Boy" "Mr Blue"
Related articles	Discography Depeche Mode The Assembly Erasure

Categories:

Versions

Track listings

1982 release

1990 remixes

1999 remixes

Accolades

Charts

Original version

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Situation '90

1999 remixes

See also

References

External links