Opus III – It's A Fine Day
Label: |
EastWest Records America – DMD 1818 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, 12", Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Trance |
Tracklist
| A | It's A Fine Day | 5:29 | |
| B1 | It's A Fine Day (Edit) | 3:40 | |
| B2 | It's A Fine Day (Accappella) | 3:40 |
Notes
A-Side: ST-DM-61852-1 DMS
B-Side: ST-DM-61851-61853-1
B-Side: ST-DM-61851-61853-1
Other Versions (5 of 29)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| It's A Fine Day (12", 45 RPM, Single) | PWL International | PWLT 215, pwlt 215 | UK | 1992 | |||
| It's A Fine Day (CD, Single) | PWL International | pwcd 215, 9031-76559-2 | UK & Europe | 1992 | |||
| It's A Fine Day (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo) | EastWest Records America | 0-96187 | US | 1992 | |||
| It's A Fine Day (CD, Single, Promo) | EastWest Records America | prcd 4498-2 | US | 1992 | |||
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Recently Edited
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It's A Fine Day (7", 45 RPM, Single) | PWL International | PWL 215, 9031-76557-7, pwl 215 | UK & Europe | 1992 |
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Possibly the peak of the short lived "dream house" subgenre, this track takes some cues from the hardcore scene with it's breakbeats, but recontextualizes it into a lightweight, dreamy sounding house track, glued together by Kirsty Hawkshaw's incredible vocals, which are a resung version of a famous acapella track from 1983 by Jane Lancaster.
The acapella was famously sampled by Orbital the same year for "Halcyon" from their Radiccio EP, and was remixed a year later as "Halcyon + On + On" on their self-titled Brown Album, where it then became a staple for movie soundtracks and other media usage. -
To clarify, this isnt an original track. On the contrary, the original version was by an artist simply named "Jane". It was released in 1983 via a 7" on the Cherry Red label. The song is a straight vocal track with no music at all, just the singers voice. In fact, I'm not sure whether Opus III sampled the original track itself and put a beat under it or if the Opus III singer is trying to sound like "Jane" as both vocals sound almost the same.
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