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1989 single by Kon Kan
"Harry Houdini"
Single by Kon Kan
from the album Move to Move
Released1989
Length3:49
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Barry Harris
Producer(s)Barry Harris, Jon Lind
Kon Kan singles chronology
"I Beg Your Pardon"
(1988) 		"Harry Houdini"
(1989) 		"Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
(1989)
Audio
"Harry Houdini" on YouTube

"Harry Houdini" (titled as "Arts in 'D' Minor/Harry Houdini" on the album) is a song by Canadian duo Kon Kan, released as the second single from their 1989 debut album Move to Move. The song did not match the success of their previous single "I Beg Your Pardon", managing to just scrape into the top forty in their native Canada at No. 39 and peaking at No. 88 in the UK, although it was a bigger hit in New Zealand, where it reached No. 14 in September 1989.

The song contains a sample of "White Lines" by Grandmaster Melle Mel and a vocal interpolation of Blondie's "The Tide Is High".

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada (RPM) 39
New Zealand Singles Chart 14
US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard) 33
UK Singles Chart (OCC) 88

References

  1. Steffen Hung. "Kon Kan - Harry Houdini". charts.nz. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  2. "Kon Kan's Arts in D Minor (Harry Houdini) sample of Grandmaster Melle Mel's White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. "Kon Kan's Arts in D Minor (Harry Houdini) sample of Blondie's The Tide Is High". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 24, 1989" (PDF).
  5. "Hot Dance Music - 12-inch Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
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