Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" is the debut single released by sister duo Mel and Kim in 1986.

"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side"System"
Released4 September 1986[1]
Recorded1986
Genre
Length3:33
LabelBlow Up, RCA
Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Producer(s)Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
(1986)		 "Respectable"
(1987)
Audio sample
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Alternative cover

The single's B-side, "System", was originally intended to be the duo's debut release, but after getting to know the sisters, Pete Waterman felt that the song was too soft for their personalities, and halted the single's pressing.[2] Mike Stock then wrote "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" for the duo, influenced by the Chicago garage house sound.[3]

The single peaked at #3 in the UK in November 1986,[4] and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry[1] for sales exceeding 250,000 copies.[5] "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" reached #1 in Germany,[6] the Netherlands,[7] Switzerland,[8] and Belgium.[9]

UK releases
7" (SUPE 107)
  1. "Showing Out"
  2. "System" (House mix [edit]) 3:47
12" (SUPE T 107 / RCA PT 40990)
  1. "Showing Out" (Extended mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TX 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Mortgage mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00
12" remix (SUPE TZ 107)
  1. "Showing Out" (The Freehold mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

Official mixes
  • Album version 5:12
  • 7" version 3:33
  • Extended mix 7:15
  • Extended mix edit 4:51
  • The Mortgage mix 6:30
  • The Freehold mix 4:36 — Mortgage mix edit
  • Italo House remix 6:07 — by Alan Coulthard 1990
  • Italo House remix edit 3:25 — by Alan Coulthard 1990
  • "Struttin' Out" 7:16 — includes samples of Frantique's "Strut Your Funky Stuff"; by Ben Liebrand for the Disco Mix Club remix service 1987

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[34] Gold 75,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Silver 250,000[5]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
Notes
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  2. "melandkim.com > Discography > System". www.melandkim.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. "melandkim.com > Interviews > The Pete Waterman OBE Interview". www.melandkim.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. "Mel and Kim: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. "Gallup UK Singles W/E Nov 22, 1986". Record Mirror. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Mel & Kim – Showing Out". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. "dutchcharts.nl > Mel & Kim - Showing Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. "Swisscharts.com – Mel & Kim – Showing Out". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Mel & Kim – Showing Out" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 197. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart – Week Ending 19th July, 1987". ARIA – via Imgur.
  12. "Austriancharts.at – Mel & Kim – Showing Out" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  13. "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3 no. 50. 20 December 1986. p. 16. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  14. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
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  23. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending March 14, 1987". Cash Box. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  24. "Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London. 24 January 1987. p. 24. ISSN 0265-1548.
  25. "National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Australian Music Report (701). 28 December 1987 – via Imgur.
  26. "Jaaroverzichten 1987 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  27. "European Charts of the Year 1987 – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4 no. 51/52. 26 December 1987. p. 34. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  28. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  29. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  30. "Scweizer Jahrehitparade 1987". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  31. "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  32. "1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Sales 12-Inch Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99 no. 52. 26 December 1987. p. Y-30. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  33. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1987" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  34. "Dutch single certifications – Mel & Kim – Showing Out" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 7 January 2021. Enter Showing Out in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  35. "British single certifications – Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)". British Phonographic Industry. 22 November 1986. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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