Harry Houdini (song)

"Harry Houdini" (titled as "Arts in 'D' Minor/Harry Houdini" on the album) is a song by Canadian synthpop band Kon Kan, released as the second single from their 1989 debut album Move to Move. The song did not match the success of their previous single "I Beg Your Pardon", managing to just scrape into the top forty in their native Canada at No. 39 and peaking at No. 88 in the UK, although it was a bigger hit in New Zealand, where it reached No. 14 in September 1989.[1]

"Harry Houdini"
Single by Kon Kan
from the album Move to Move
Released1988
GenreSynthpop, new wave
Length3:49
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Barry Harris
Producer(s)Barry Harris, Jon Lind
Kon Kan singles chronology
"I Beg Your Pardon"
(1988)
"Harry Houdini"
(1988)
"Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
(1989)
Audio
"Harry Houdini" on YouTube

The song contains a sample of "White Lines" by Grandmaster Melle Mel[2] and a vocal interpolation of Blondie's "The Tide Is High".[3]

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 39
New Zealand Singles Chart 14
UK Singles Chart 88

References


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