Step by Step (song)

Step by Step (song)

Single infobox
Name = Step by Step


Artist = New Kids on the Block
from Album = Step by Step
Released = June 30, 1990
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:29
Label = Columbia
Writer = Maurice Starr
Producer = Maurice Starr
NoReviews = yes
Last single = "My Favorite Girl"
(1990)
This single = "Step by Step"
(1990)
Next single = "Valentine Girl"
(1990)

"Step by Step" was the biggest selling single from New Kids on the Block. Written by Maurice Starr, "Step by Step" was a huge worldwide hit selling over 6.5 million copies worldwide making it one of the biggest selling singles of 1990. It was the first single from the album of the same name, it was released in June 1990. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was eventually certified platinum, it also spent two weeks at #1 in the Canadian Singles Chart, in total "Step by Step" spent five weeks at #1 in the North American charts. It also peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart and was also top 10 hits in the Australian, French, German, Irish and Norweigan charts. "Step by Step" was initially not meant to be recorded by the New Kids On The Block but was meant for one of Maurice Starr's other groups, but once the New Kids heard the song they insisted on making it a record for themselves, which it thus did and became their biggest selling single. The song is widely considered to be one of the greatest pop group songs of all time.

Track listings

Step By Step [Single]
#Step By Step 4:27
#Valentine Girl 3:57

Step By Step [Maxi-CD]
#Step By Step - Radio Edit 3:59
#Step By Step - LP Version 4:27
#Step By Step - 12" Club Remix 5:25

Popular success

"Step by Step" was voted #4 in a Smash Hits poll of "Best Boyband songs...Ever,".

"Step by Step" was voted #5 in NME's "Top 50 Boyband Records" chart in September 2005.

"Step by Step" made the list of the top 30 Guilty Pleasures on About.com's music site. [http://top40.about.com/od/guiltypleasures/Guilty_Pleasures.htm|about.com's]

"Step by Step" was voted #7 in a viewer poll of the greatest Boy band/Girl band songs on New Zealand show UChoose40. [http://www.c4tv.co.nz/LineUp/UChoose40/UChoose40Results/tabid/177/Default.aspx]

"Step by Step" was voted #1 in a viewer poll of the greatest Guilty Pleasures on the same show UChoose40. It beat such songs as the classic hit from Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" which finished fourth in the poll. [http://www.c4tv.co.nz/LineUp/UChoose40/UChoose40Results/tabid/177/Default.aspx]

In August 2007, it was confirmed that "Step by Step" would be part of a 30 song track-list in the new edition of the "Singstar" series titled "SingStar 90s", a karaoke style game on classic 90s songs. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000T55QSW]

"Step by Step" was sampled by 90s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers and used the instrumental of the song as its end theme tune.

"Step by Step" has also been covered quite a few times since the New Kids released the song, notably by Korean boyband DBSK in December 2004, by French boyband 2Be3 and by Korean group Battle.

"Step by Step" is one of the encore songs for the Live Tour of New Kids.

Charts

External links

*youtube|GQ5eZSa7URA|Music video for "Step by Step"


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