Into the Blue (Moby song)

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"Into the Blue"
Single by Moby
from the album Everything Is Wrong
B-side"Shining"
ReleasedJune 19, 1995 (1995-6-19)[1]
Length
  • 5:45 (album version)
  • 4:10 (single version)
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Everytime You Touch Me"
(1995) 		"Into the Blue"
(1995) 		"Bring Back My Happiness"
(1995)
Music video
"Into the Blue" on
YouTube

"Into the Blue" is a song by American

studio album, Everything Is Wrong (1995).[2] American musician Mimi Goese
co-wrote the lyrics with Moby and provided the vocals. The song is slow and melancholy, a stark contrast to the first four singles from the album.

The single peaked at number 34 on the

UK Singles Chart.[3] In one of the remixes, the "Spiritual Remix", Joy Division's song "Atmosphere" is prominently sampled and sequenced. Jon Spencer, frontman of American alternative rock band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and a friend of Moby, contributed the blues-influenced "Into the Blues Mix" to the single, and in turn Moby remixed one of the band's own tracks.[2]

Critical reception

The Stud Brothers of

Later with Jools Holland recently."[7]

Johnny Cigarettes from

NME remarked "the rich, dark female voice warbling over 'Into the Blue''s aquatic ambience".[8] Another NME editor, Ben Willmott, opined, "This time, he's shunned his normal gay-disco-meets-techno hybrid in favour of a distastefully dated and uncomfortably melancholic shuffling ballad about flying off into the sky."[9] Gareth Grundy from Select wrote that "the MOR-ish 'Into the Blue' is the kind of thing you'd normally expect from Billie Ray Martin."[10] Also Barry Walters for Spin complimented the "etheral tones" of Goese, "with a ghostly grace that's truly startling after so much excitation."[11]

Track listing

  • 12-inch single (12MUTE179)
  1. "Into the Blue" (Buzz Boys Main Room Mayhem Mix) – 7:45
  2. "Into the Blue" (Underground Mix) – 8:19
  3. "Into the Blue" (Hard Mix) – 8:46
  4. "Into the Blue" (Voodoo Child Mix) – 6:14
  • CD single (CDMUTE179)
  1. "Into the Blue" (Beatmasters Mix) – 4:10
  2. "Shining" – 4:49
  3. "Into the Blue" (Summer Night Mix) – 7:20
  4. "Into the Blue" (Into the Blues Mix) – 5:38
  • CD single – remixes (LCDMUTE179)
  1. "Into the Blue" (Voodoo Child Mix) – 6:14
  2. "Into the Blue" (Spiritual Mix) – 8:59
  3. "Into the Blue" (Simple Mix) – 6:13
  4. "Into the Blue" (Uplifting 4 Beat Mix) – 5:49
  5. "Into the Blue" (Summer Wind Mix) – 4:52
  6. "Into the Blue" (The Buzz Boys Main Room Mayhem Mix) – 7:45

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Europe (European Dance Radio)[12] 25
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 17
Scotland (OCC)[14] 34
UK Singles (OCC)[3]
 34
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[15] 14

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. June 17, 1995. p. 31.
  2. ^ a b "Moby: Into the Blue". Mute.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  4. ^ The Stud Brothers (January 6, 1996). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 30. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Price, Simon (June 24, 1995). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 34. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 18. May 6, 1995. p. 13. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  7. ^ Beatnik, Brad (June 17, 1995). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 10. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. NME
    . p. 49. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  9. NME
    . p. 52. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Grundy, Gareth (April 1995). "New Albums". Select. p. 99. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  11. ^ Walters, Barry (March 1995). "Spins". Spin. p. 93. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 31. August 5, 1995. p. 12. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Into the Blue". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  15. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). May 6, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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