Over My Head (Toni Basil song)
| "Over My Head" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Toni Basil | ||||
| from the album Toni Basil | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Radialchoice/Chrysalis | |||
| Genre |
Rock Power pop New wave | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| Toni Basil singles chronology | ||||
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"Over My Head" is a song by American singer Toni Basil. It was featured on her self-titled 1983 album,[1] and reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The music video received a nomination at the first MTV VMA's.[3]
Release
"Over My Head" was the first single from Toni Basil's 1983 album "Toni Basil."[1][4] The song was released as a 12" record by Chrysalis & Virgin records.[5] The song was also featured on her 1994 greatest hits compilation "The Best of Toni Basil: Mickey & Other Love Songs."[6]
Music Video
A music video for the song was released, directed by Basil and Michelle Simmons.[7]
Synopsis
The video starts with Basil dancing in front of several paperback mystery novels, before being zapped into one of the books. She is suddenly featured in a dark room, clad in vampire-like fashion. She then appears on the cover of another mystery novel, before she is shown stuck on train tracks as a train flies over her. The train suddenly becomes a plane. Basil finally escapes the books and continues dancing in front of them.[8]
Accolades
The video was nominated for "Best Choreography" at the first MTV Music Video Awards, in 1984. The video lost, however, to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."[3]
Commercial Performance
The song reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending a total of 6 weeks on the chart; it was her final single to reach the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The song also went to number 4 on the US Dance chart.[9] "Over My Head" was the final charting single that Basil's record label, Radial Choice, had before folding in 1984.[10]
Charts
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 81 |
| US Dance Songs[9] | 4 |
References
- 1 2 ""Toni Basil" album information". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- 1 2 "1984 VMA's". MTV. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "Toni Basil singles". Discogs. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "Single Release info". Discogs. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. ""The Best of Toni Basil: Mickey & Other Love Songs" review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "Billboard magazine article". Google Books. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- 1 2 Gruber, Xaque. ""'Mickey' Turns 30: A Closer Look at the One and Only Toni Basil"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ ""Toni Basil's Tenacious Tumble To 'Mickey'"". Cuepoint. Retrieved 15 October 2016.