
They called it the Natasha Richardson Effect.)
#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP TUNE COMPIED PROFESSIONAL#
When I showed up the first day, and all the professional skiers and boarders were in them, and I, the amateur, was the only one without, I figured it might be a smart idea. (And, yes, that is quite the fetching helmet I’m rocking. As SVV liked to remind me, I came home from that weekend spouting false claims: “ I am never skiing again!” Famous last words. If you recall, this is a significant improvement over last year’s disaster of a ski attempt. The wonderful people at Heavenly Ski Resort gave me an entire day of private instruction with the most awesome ski teacher ever, Patti Vath, and by the end of the weekend, I was ready to tackle some (baby) blacks. So I headed up on Thursday afternoon with my pal Harriot, cleaned the casino floor with some tech guys when I made the conference’s poker tourney finals (guess I have more of my dad in me than I thought), and finally gained some confidence on the slopes. However (you see where this is going), I so rarely have the flexibility to be spontaneous, and as my weekend was empty, I said sure! MC Hammer was the keynote, after all how can you say no to that?! Or this?: I’m stressed beyond belief with multiple deadlines, hence the paring down of my regular posting, and planning for Mom’s and my Africa trip and our honeymoon, not to mention moving in two weeks (egads! we’ll finally be city kids again!) and have a monster of a book due on Feb. Retrieved October 28, 2007.When I got asked last minute to be part of Tahoe Snowcial, the logical answer would be to say no.

^ Stransky, Tanner (February 19, 2010)."Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger turn animation into a wild sensory art installation". ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. West Germany ( Official German Charts) ĭecade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for "Opposites Attract"Īll-time charts Chart (1958–2018) Charts Ĭanada Contemporary Hit Radio ( The Record) Jeff Lorber – engineering, additional drum programmingĬredits and personnel adapted from Forever Your Girl album liner notes.Keith "K.C." Cohen – mixing at Skip Saylor Studio (Los Angeles).Oliver Leiber – writer, producer, drum programming, keyboard, guitar.The Wild Pair (Bruce DeShazer and Marv Gunn) – lead vocals."Opposites Attract" (Magnetic Mix) – 4:01."Opposites Attract" (Dub Version) – 6:25.AUS / CAN / EU / GER / GR / US 12" Vinyl.


"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" – 4:03.CAN / EU / FRA / ITL / UK / US 7" Vinyl / AUS / US Cassette.( Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher and Katy Perry would later duplicate the feat.) "Opposites Attract" also topped the charts in Australia and Canada and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom. It became Abdul's fourth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and made her only the fourth artist in music history to score four number-one hits from a single album, after Whitney Houston, George Michael and Michael Jackson. "Opposites Attract" initially rose from number 72 to number 47 the week of December 23, 1989, and landed at number one the week of February 10, 1990, where it remained for three weeks, matching the run of " Straight Up".

The song also features a rap by Derrick Delite and is, of course, very danceable." People Magazine described it as one of "the liveliest cuts" from the album. Music & Media commented, "For this release Abdul duets with The Wild Pair. The video won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and was nominated for Breakthrough Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. The Wild Pair Marvin Gunn and Bruce DeShazer did not appear in the video. MC Skat Kat's movements were the result of rotoscoping animation, with Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers standing in for the character against a blue screen, then drawing the animated form over Chambers' dance moves. MC Skat Kat was animated by members of the Disney animation team, working outside the studio between major projects, under the direction of Chris Bailey. Paula even choreographed the animated character's moves to match her live-action dance moves in the video. The idea of MC Skat Kat came from the Gene Kelly film Anchors Aweigh, where Kelly dances with Jerry Mouse from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. An additional rap, written by Romany Malco was provided by Derrick "Delite" Stevens for the Street mix version of the song, which was edited for the 7"/video. The song's music video was directed by Candace Reckinger and Michael Patterson, in which Abdul dances with cartoon character MC Skat Kat, voiced by The Wild Pair, Bruce DeShazer and Marvin Gunn.
