hypersongs

Anyone

A 1988 single on Three Stripe, Jackie Jackson singing "Anyone Who Had a Heart" over a Smith and Mighty beat.
Smith & Mighty (1988)

It is a cover of Bacharach and David's "Anyone Who Had a Heart", made famous by Dionne Warwick, with vocals by Jackie Jackson. Smith said Jackson, a friend and big Warwick fan, came to the studio and sang "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk On By" over the same beat running on multitrack tape, as vocals over a beat rather than an a cappella idea. He noted the Wild Bunch's "The Look of Love" predated it and Adrian Sherwood's "Aiming at Your Heart", sung by Shara Nelson, was an earlier similar format. It took ages to mix, and was mixed for how it sounded through sound-system monitors.

Fact's Joe Muggs called "Anyone" and "Walk On" their biggest hits and described the formula as a well-known song radically re-sung, cut-and-scratched sample-collage beats and wide open dub space. Official Charts lists it at 96 on April 16, 1988 for one week, and a 1990 reissue credited to Jackie Jackson at 98 on September 22, 1990. We found no exact release day, video, covers or anything specific to our upload.

Sources

  1. Interview: Rob Smith, Smith and Mighty, Ban Ban Ton (2018-12-18)
  2. The essential Smith & Mighty, Fact (2012-04-30)
  3. Smith and Mighty, Official Charts Company
  4. Life Has A Way: the Smith & Mighty story, The Vinyl Factory (2018-11-30)