Now I Know What Made Otis Blue

"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"
Single by Paul Young
from the album The Crossing
Released	September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)[1]
Length	3:57
Label	Columbia[2] MCA (US)
Songwriter(s)	Mick Leeson Peter Vale
Producer(s)	Peter Vale
Paul Young singles chronology
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (1992) "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" (1993) "Hope in a Hopeless World" (1993)
Music video
"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" on YouTube

"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" is a song performed by English singer Paul Young, released in September 1993 by Columbia Records as the lead single from his fifth studio album, The Crossing (1993). It was written by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale, and produced by Vale. The music video for the song was directed by Michael Geoghegan.^[citation needed]

Reception and chart performance

Aaron Badgley of AllMusic mentioned the song in a review about the album The Crossing saying that "'Now I Know What Made Otis Blue' is worth the price of the CD alone".[3]

Of three songs released as a single from The Crossing, it was the highest charted single peaking at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart and spending 7 weeks on the chart.[1] It also charted on the German GfK Entertainment charts (No. 51),[4] Dutch Single Top 100 (No. 36),[5] Official New Zealand Music Chart (No. 38),[6] and French Singles Chart (No. 16).[7]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8]	43
Europe (European Hit Radio)[9]	3
France (SNEP)[10]	16
Germany (GfK Entertainment charts)	51
Italy Airplay (Music & Media)[11]	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13]	38
UK Singles (OCC)	14
UK Airplay (Music Week)[14]	12

References

1. "Paul Young", officialcharts.com, retrieved 5 February 2023.
2. "The Official music week chart" (PDF). Music Week. 23 October 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
3. Badgley, Aaron. "Crossing - Paul Young - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
4. "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
5. "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
6. "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
7. "Paul Young - "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"". Lescharts.com. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 42. 16 October 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
9. "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 44. 30 October 1993. p. 33. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
10. "Paul Young – Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
11. "Regional EHR Top 20: South" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 43. 23 October 1993. p. 35.
12. "Paul Young – Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
13. "Paul Young – Now I Know What Made Otis Blue". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
14. "The Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 16 October 1993. p. 34. Retrieved 2 May 2024.