"Into the Blue"
Single by Moby
from the album Everything Is Wrong
B-side"Shining"
ReleasedJune 19, 1995 (1995-06-19)[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)

"Into the Blue" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released on June 19, 1995 by Mute, as the fourth single from his third 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

A reviewer from Music & Media commented, "First he's raving, then he's pop as pop could be. "Into the Blue" belongs to the latter category. It would almost be MOR material if the beats weren't that prominent."[4] Brad Beatnik from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote, "What an oddity. The original album mix is a beautiful haunting cut featuring the soaring vocals of Mimi Goese – as brilliantly showcased on Later with Jools Holland recently. Here, Junior Vasquez turns the track into a mid-tempo garage-ish cut that sort of works. His Sound Factory Dub toughens things up nicely and there are also Beatmasters and Jon Spencer mixes."[5] Johnny Cigarettes from NME remarked "the rich, dark female voice warbling over "Into the Blue"'s aquatic ambience".[6] Also Barry Walters for Spin complimented the "etheral tones" of Goese, "with a ghostly grace that's truly startling after so much excitation."[7]

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)[8] 25
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 17
Scotland (OCC)[10] 34
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 34
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[11] 14

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. June 17, 1995. p. 31.
  2. 1 2 "Moby: Into the Blue". Mute.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. May 6, 1995. p. 13. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ Beatnik, Brad (June 17, 1995). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 10. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ Cigarettes, Johnny (March 18, 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 49. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  7. ↑ Walters, Barry (March 1995). "Spins". Spin. p. 93. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. August 5, 1995. p. 12. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Into the Blue". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  11. ↑ "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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