"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"
Single by Paul Young
from the album The Crossing
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)[1]
Length3:57
LabelColumbia[2]
MCA (US)
Songwriter(s)Mick Leeson, Peter Vale
Producer(s)Peter Vale

"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" is a song performed by English singer Paul Young, released in 1993 as the lead single from his fifth studio album The Crossing. It was written by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale.

Reception and chart performance

Aaron Badgley of AllMusic mentioned the song in a review about the album The Crossing saying that "'Now I Know What Made Otis Blue' is worth the price of the CD alone".[3]

Of three songs released as a single from The Crossing, it was the highest charted single peaking at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart and spending 7 weeks on the chart.[1] It also charted on the German GfK Entertainment charts (No. 51),[4] Dutch Single Top 100 (No. 36),[5] Official New Zealand Music Chart (No. 38),[6] and French Singles Chart (No. 16).[7]

The music video was directed by Michael Geoghegan.

References

  1. 1 2 "Paul Young", officialcharts.com, retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Official music week chart" (PDF). Music Week. 23 October 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Crossing - Paul Young - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Lescharts.com. Retrieved February 5, 2023.


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