Fading Away

"Fading Away" is a song by the Florida-based dance-pop group Will to Power. It appears on their 1988 self-titled debut album and was released as a single in early 1989.

"Fading Away"
Single by Will to Power
from the album Will to Power
Released1989
Recorded1987–1988
GenreDance-pop, freestyle
Length4:00 (album version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Bob Rosenberg
Producer(s)Bob Rosenberg
Will to Power singles chronology
"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"
(1988)		 "Fading Away"
(1989)		 "I'm Not in Love"
(1990)

The song reached #65 on the US pop chart in February 1989[1] and #84 on the UK pop chart in March of that year.[2] The song was more successful on dance charts in the US, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart[3] and spending two weeks at top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[4] This was the group's second Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper, following "Say It's Gonna Rain" from 1988.[4] Remixes for the track were done by Shep Pettibone.[5]

Track listing
U.S.A. 12 "Single
No.TitleLength
1."Fading Away" (Power House Mix)8:42
2."Fading Away" (Power House Dub)6:43
3."Fading Away" (Big Beat Mix)8:35
4."Fading Away" (The Rhythm Dub)6:12
UK 12 "Single
No.TitleLength
1."Fading Away" (Big Beat Mix)8:34
2."Fading Away" (The Rhythm Dub)6:12
3."Somebody Told Me"3:30
The Netherlands 7 "Single
No.TitleLength
1."Fading Away" (Radio Version I)3:59
2."Fading Away" (Radio Version II)3:56

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 65
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play[6] 1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[6] 2
UK Singles Chart[7] 84

See also
  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)

References
  1. Hot 100 chart info Billboard.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  2. Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009. Archived 16 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 12" Sales info Billboard.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 281.
  5. 12" single info Discogs.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  6. http://www.allmusic.com/album/will-to-power-mw0000196516/awards
  7. "Will to Power: Artist Chart History". Official Charts History. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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