The Real Thing

The Real Thing or Real Thing(s) may refer to:

Literature

  • The Real Thing (play), a play by Tom Stoppard
  • "The Real Thing" (story), a short story by Henry James
  • The Real Thing, a collection of humorous essays by Kurt Andersen
  • "The Real Thing", a short story by Alison Goodman
  • Music

    Performers

  • The Real Thing (UK band), a UK pop group
  • The Real Thing (Norwegian band), a Norwegian jazz quartet
  • The Real Thing, an American jazz group fronted by Ray Santisi
  • Albums

  • The Real Thing (Angela Winbush album), 1989 studio album
  • The Real Thing (Bo Bice album), or the title song (see below)
  • The Real Thing (Faith No More album), or the title song
  • The Real Thing (Dizzy Gillespie album)
  • The Real Thing (Midnight Oil album), or the title cover version of the Russell Morris song (see below)
  • The Real Thing (PureNRG album), or the title song
  • The Real Thing (Taj Mahal album)
  • The Real Thing (Vanessa Williams album), or the title song (see below)
  • The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981), a video album by Marvin Gaye
  • Real Things (2 Unlimited album)

    Real Things is the third album, and second number one in the UK, for Dutch Eurodance act 2 Unlimited. Despite spending just nine weeks in the British Top 75 album chart, the album was certified gold in the United Kingdom and platinum in The Netherlands. "The Real Thing", "Here I Go", "No One" and "Nothing Like the Rain" were released as singles. Unlike their previous album, Ray's raps on the verses were not cut for the UK release.

    Critical reception

    Generally, the music press were kinder to this album than previous album No Limits!. In his review of this album, Smash Hits' Mark Sutherland stated that "every song is a potential top 10 record" and that "for techno [...] mayhem, you can't beat Real Things".

    Track listing

  • "The Real Thing" – 3:40
  • "Do What I Like" – 4:07
  • "Here I Go" – 5:10
  • "Burning Like Fire" – 4:54
  • "Info Superhighway" – 4:35
  • "Hypnotised" – 4:22
  • "Tuning Into Something Wild" – 4:05
  • "Escape In Music" – 3:52
  • "Sensuality" – 4:27
  • "No One" – 3:25
  • Real Things (Joe Nichols album)

    Real Things is the fifth studio album by country music artist Joe Nichols, released in 2007 on Universal South Records. It produced two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Another Side of You", which peaked at number 17, and "It Ain't No Crime", which reached number 16.

    This album contains four songs that were previously recorded by other artists. "She's All Lady" was previously recorded by Jamey Johnson on his 2005 debut The Dollar, and "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" was previously recorded by Collin Raye on his 2001 album Can't Back Down. Also, "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" was recorded by Aaron Lines on his 2007 album Moments That Matter, from which it was released as a single. Finally, "If I Could Only Fly" is a cover of a Blaze Foley song. "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" was recorded by Blake Shelton on his album All About Tonight and was released as the second single from that album.

    Track listing

    Personnel

    Amalgamated from liner notes

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Real Things

    by: Javine

    Welcome to our tropical hideaway
    You lucky people, you
    If we weren't in the show starting right away
    We'd be in the audience too
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    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
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    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
    At the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    The bird Paradise is an elegant bird
    He loves to be seen and loves to be heard
    Most little birdies will fly away
    But the tiki room birds are here everyday
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
    At the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
    At the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
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    We're singin' in the tiki room
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    Crooning in the tiki room
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    Crooning in the tiki room
    The show is delightful
    We hope you'll agree
    We hope that it fills you with pleasure and glee
    Because if we don't make you feel like that
    We gonna wind up on a ladie's hat
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
    At the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
    All the birds sing words
    And the flowers croon
    At the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
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    We're singin' in the tiki room
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