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The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. In addition to a string of British hits, the band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up, "Can't Get By Without You", did not chart in the US but was still a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2. They accumulated eight more British hits. "Love's Such a Wonderful Thing" peaked at #33 in 1977. 1978 saw "Whenever You Want My Love" at #18, "Let's Go Disco" at #39 and "Rainin' Through My Sunshine" at #40. "Can You Feel the Force?" climbed to #5 in 1979, the same year that "Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)" hit #33. 1980's "She's a Groovy Freak" capped a successful run, at #52. By number of sales, they were the most successful black rock/soul act in England during the 1970s.

Below is a list of Real Thing songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Pye International 25709
chart position: UK #1, RandB #28, US #66
written by: Ken Gold & Michael Denne
album: Real Thing
The Real Thing You to Me Are Everything
1976 Pye International
2 record label: United Artists 875
chart position: UK #2
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: Real Thing
comments: [disco dance]
The Real Thing Can't Get By Without You
1976 United Artists
3 record label: Pye 46147
chart position: UK #5
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing Can You Feel the Force
1979 Pye
4 record label: PRT 349
chart position: UK #5
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
The Real Thing You to Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix 76-86)
1986 PRT
5 record label: PRT 352 (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne (as Micky Denne)
The Real Thing Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)
1986 PRT
6 record label: United Artists 960
chart position: UK #16
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: 4 from 8
The Real Thing You'll Never Know What You're Missing
1977 United Artists
7 record label: Pye 46045(UK)
chart position: UK #18
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing Whenever You Want My Love
1978 Pye
8 record label: PRT 358 (UK)
chart position: UK #24
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing Can You Feel the Force ('86 remix)
1986 PRT
9 record label: Pye 109(UK)
chart position: UK #33
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
1979 Pye
10 record label: Pye 45701(UK)
chart position: UK #33
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: 4 from 8
The Real Thing Love's Such a Wonderful Thing
1977 Pye
11 record label: Epic 46113
chart position: UK #40
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing Rainin' Through My Sunshine
1978 Epic
12 record label: Pye 46078(UK)
chart position: UK #39
written by: Biddu
The Real Thing Let's Go Disco
1978 Pye
13 record label: Calibre 105 (UK)
chart position: UK #52, US Dance #55
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing She's a Groovy Freak
1980 Calibre
14 record label: Jive 129 (UK)
chart position: UK #71
written by: Michael Denne (as Micky Denne) and Richard Smith
The Real Thing Straight to the Heart
1986 Jive
15 record label: Jive 137 (UK)
chart position: UK #90
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing Hard Times
1987 Jive
-- record label: Pye 25681 (UK)
written by: G. Shury, R. Roker
The Real Thing Stone Cold Love Affair
1975 Pye
-- record label: Pye 46025 (UK)
written by: Chris Amoo, Eddie Amoo
album: 4 From 8
comments: Featured In The Film ''Black Boy''
The Real Thing Lightning Strikes Again
1977 Pye
-- record label: RCA 445 (UK)
written by: Terry Britten, Lynsey De Paul
The Real Thing We Got Love
1984 RCA
-- record label: Calibre 110 (UK)
written by: Chris and Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing Foot Tappin'
1981 Calibre
-- record label: EMI 2001 (UK)
written by: Eddie Amoo
The Real Thing Plastic Man
1973 EMI
-- record label: Pye 46147
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: 4 From 8
The Real Thing Children Of The Ghetto
1977 Pye




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