Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)

"Automatic" is a song recorded by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters for their tenth studio album Break Out (1983). The song was released by the Planet label on January 13, 1984 as the second single from Break Out.

"Automatic"
Single by The Pointer Sisters
from the album Break Out
B-side"Nightline"
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1984
Recorded1983
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length4:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richard Perry
The Pointer Sisters singles chronology
"I Need You"
(1983)		 "Automatic"
(1984)		 "Jump (For My Love)"
(1984)

"Automatic" reached position number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became one of their signature songs. Eventually, three other singles from Break Out reached the top-ten on the Hot 100 consecutively. Billboard named the song number 94 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs Of All Time".[1]

"Automatic" was the group's first Top 40 hit to feature Ruth Pointer's distinctive contralto on lead.

Ultra Naté cover
"Automatic"
Single by Ultra Naté
from the album Grime, Silk, & Thunder
Released2007
Length4:58
LabelTommy Boy Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Brock Walsh, Mark Goldenberg
Ultra Naté singles chronology
"Love's the Only Drug"
(2006)		 "Automatic"
(2007)		 "Give It All You Got"
(2007)
Music video
"Automatic" on YouTube

Ultra Naté covered "Automatic" and released it as the third single from her album Grime, Silk, & Thunder. Her version topped the US dance chart, hitting number one in the issue dated April 28, 2007. This version appeared briefly in a nightclub scene of Looking: The Movie in 2016.

Music video

The music video for "Automatic" was directed by Karl Giant.[27] Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine commented of the music video's beginning: "For the first two or three minutes, it's nothing if not a stalwart representation of your standard gay-bar video-jukebox fixture." Ultra Naté is later shown wearing a rhinestone-studded liquid Lycra while two men, apparently nude, watch her on their computers.[28] Then Naté appears in a blow-up doll costume,[27] which Henderson believed "sends the entire video into legitimately weird territory, as though David Meyers were asked to direct a video for Nine Inch Nails."[28]

Track listing
  • Belgian CD maxi-single[29]
  1. "Automatic" (Original Radio Mix) – 3:13
  2. "Automatic" (Morgan Page vs. Peace Bisquit Radio Mix) – 3:03
  3. "Automatic" (Original Extended) – 6:12
  4. "Automatic" (Daz & Diddy Mix) – 7:17
  • US CD maxi-single[30]
  1. "Automatic" (Original Extended) – 6:16
  2. "Automatic" (Digital Dog Mix) – 6:31
  3. "Automatic" (Paul Jackson Version Excursion Mix) – 6:19
  4. "Automatic" (Spen & Thommy Sugar Vocal Mix) – 8:42
  5. "Automatic" (Daz & Diddy Mix) – 7:18
  6. "Automatic" (Funky Junction & NK Club Mix) – 6:29
  7. "Automatic" (Funky Junction & Splashfunk Mix) – 6:53
  8. "Automatic" (Monkey Brothers Ultra Bad Remix) – 8:40
  9. "Automatic" (Dave Pezza Electro Dub Mix) – 9:30
  10. "Automatic" (Shawn Q's Soltribe Vocal Mix) – 8:47
  11. "Automatic" (Morgan Page vs. Peace Bisquit Radio Mix) – 3:04

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
Position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[31] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] 86
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31] 5
US Hot Dance Airplay (Billboard) 18
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[32] 1

Cover versions
  • In 2006, Belgian singer Afi covered "Automatic".[33] Her version became a minor hit in Belgium, where it reached top twenty on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[34]


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References
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  24. 1984 in British music#Best-selling singles
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  28. Henderson, Eric (7 May 2007). "Ultra Naté: Grime Silk Thunder". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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  31. "Spanishcharts.com – Ultra Naté – Automatic". Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  32. "Club Music, Hot Dance Songs, Club Songs, Dance Club Music Charts". Billboard. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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  34. "Ultratop.be – Afi (BE) – Automatic". Ultratip (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
 music video for Automatic
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