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"The Real Thing"
Single by ABC
from the album Up
B-side	"The Greatest Love of All"
Released	11 September 1989 (1989-09-11)
Recorded	1988
Genre	House
Length	4:52
Label	PolyGram Neutron Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Martin Fry Mark White
Producer(s)	Martin Fry Mark White
ABC singles chronology
"One Better World" (1989) "The Real Thing" (1989) "The Look of Love '90" (1990)

"The Real Thing" is a song by the English band ABC, released as the second single from their fifth studio album, Up (1989).

The song peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single there since "Vanity Kills" in 1986.

Critical reception

On its release, Lisa Tilston of Record Mirror wrote, "ABC seem to have gone full circle, with the beginning of this sounding just like 'The Look of Love' set to a dance beat. Fair, but not their best."

Track listing

• UK 7" Single

1. "The Real Thing"
2. "The Greatest Love of All"

Charts

References

1. "This Week - The next seven days in view". Record Mirror. 9 September 1989. p. 32.
2. Tilston, Lisa (16 September 1989). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 18.
3. "The Official Charts Company - The Real Thing by ABC Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.

External links

• "The Real Thing" at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1989 songs
• 1989 singles
• ABC (band) songs
• Songs written by Mark White (musician)
• Songs written by Martin Fry
• PolyGram singles