That's What I Like (Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers song)

"That's What I Like" is a song by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers. It was the second single from the album just entitled The Album and was released in late 1989. It followed "Swing the Mood" to number one in the UK, Ireland and Spain and went top ten in several countries. In the U.S., it failed to build on the success of the group's first hit, peaking at #69.

"That's What I Like"
Single by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
from the album The Album
B-side"Pretty Blue Eyes"
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenrePop, rock and roll
Length4:03 (radio version)
LabelBCM, Indisc
Songwriter(s)Various artists
Producer(s)Andy Pickles
Ian Morgan
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers singles chronology
"Swing the Mood"
(1989)		 "That's What I Like"
(1989)		 "Let's Party"
(1989)

Background and structure

Father and son team Andy and John Pickles repeated the formula which had taken their record "Swing the Mood" to number one a few months previously. This time using "Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures from the TV series Hawaii Five-O as the recurring melodic hook in the record. It was the act's second UK number-one hit and stayed at the top for three weeks in October 1989.

The mix includes the following songs:

Formats and track listings
7" single
  1. "That's What I Like" – 4:03
  2. "Pretty Blue Eyes" by John Anderson Band – 2:44
12" maxi
  1. "That's What I Like" (extended twist mix) – 5:23
  2. "Pretty Blue Eyes" by John Anderson Band – 2:44
  3. "Twelve Bar Thingy" by John Anderson Band – 2:39
CD maxi
  1. "That's What I Like" – 4:03
  2. "That's What I Like" (extended twist mix) – 5:23
  3. "Pretty Blue Eyes" – 2:44
  4. "Twelve Bar Thingy" by John Anderson Band – 2:39

Personnel
  • Artwork by Mick Hand
  • Edited and engineered by Andy Pickles and Ian Morgan
  • Executive producer : John Pickles
  • Produced by Les Hemstock

Certifications and sales
Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[1] Silver 1989 200,000 241,000[2]

Charts

Peak positions
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 5
France (SNEP)[5] 2
Irish Singles Chart[6] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 17
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart[9] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[10] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[11] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 69
West Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1989) Position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[16] 24
Chart (1990) Position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[17] 68
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References
  1. Elia Abib, Muz hit. tubes, 1998, p. 172 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. Jive Bunny's certifications See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "JIVE BUNNY" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  3. "Australian-charts.com – Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That's What I Like". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That's What I Like" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. "Lescharts.com – Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That's What I Like" (in French). Les classement single.
  6. Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 11 April 2009)
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That's What I Like" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  8. "Charts.nz – Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers – Swing the Mood". Top 40 Singles.
  9. "That's What I Like", Norwegian VG-Lista Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  10. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  11. "That's What I Like", Swedish Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  12. "That's What I Like", Swiss Top 100 Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 7 December 2007)
  13. "Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  14. "Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That's What I Like". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  16. "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1989" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6 no. 51. 23 December 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via American Radio History.
  17. "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via American Radio History.


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