Hes Gonna Step on You Again

1971 unmarried by John Kongos

"He's Gonna Footstep on You Once again"
Single past John Kongos
from the anthology Kongos
B-side	"Sometimes Information technology's Not Plenty"
Released	1971
Length	iv:24
Characterization	Fly Ariola
Songwriter(s)	John Kongos Christos Demetriou
Producer(s)	Gus Dudgeon
John Kongos singles chronology
"He'southward Gonna Footstep on You Again" (1971) "Tokoloshe Man" (1971)
Official audio
"He's Gonna Step on You lot Once again" on YouTube

"He'due south Gonna Step on You Once more" (also known as "Pace On") is a song originally performed by John Kongos, co-written by Kongos and Christos Demetriou, and kickoff released in 1971 past Fly Records. It entered the UK Singles Nautical chart on 22 May 1971 and spent 14 weeks there, peaking at No. iv.^[i] Covers of the song have been chart successes several times, including for Happy Mondays in 1990.

It was cited in the Guinness Book of Records as existence the first song to have used a sample.^[2] Yet, according to the sleeve note of the CD reissue of the Kongos album, it is actually a tape loop of African drumming,^[ii] and the apply of tape loops and instruments using prerecorded samples such equally the Mellotron and Optigan was well established by this time.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Chart performance [edit]

Nautical chart (1971)	Peak position
Commonwealth of australia (Go-Set National Top forty)[3]	2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4]	77
France (IFOP)[5]	9
Germany (Official German language Charts)[6]	26
Netherlands (Dutch Acme 40)[vii]	27
Netherlands (Unmarried Top 100)[8]	22
S Africa (Springbok Radio)[9]	2
UK Singles (OCC)[x]	4
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	lxx

Cover versions [edit]

"He'southward Gonna Step on You Over again"
Single by The Party Boys
from the album The Party Boys
B-side	"Pocket-size Talk"
Released	eighteen May 1987[12]
Length	iv:08
Characterization	CBS
Songwriter(s)	John Kongos Christos Demetriou
Producer(s)	Alan Lancaster John Brewster Paul Christie
The Party Boys singles chronology
"Kashmir" (1984) "He'south Gonna Stride on You Once again" (1987) "Concord Your Head Upwardly" (1987)

1987 Australian versions [edit]

In 1987 three Australian bands (The Party Boys, Chantoozies and Exploding White Mice) each released their own cover version of "He'southward Gonna Footstep on You Again". The Party Boys' unmarried was issued in May, and peaked at No. 1, for two weeks, in late July on the Australian Music Written report chart while the Chantoozies version reached No. 36.^[13]

The Political party Boys [edit]

The Party Boys were an Australian stone band with a floating membership that generally performed cover versions and existed from 1982 until 1992.^[xiv] By 1987, the members were Kevin Borich on guitar and bankroll vocals, John Brewster on guitar and bankroll vocals, Paul Christie on drums and backing vocals, Richard Harvey on drums, Alan Lancaster on bass guitar and backing vocals, and John Swan on lead vocals.^[14] Their version too reached No. 10 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.^[15] The Party Boys also recorded a 12" single, "He's Gonna Step on You lot Again" (Stomp mix) with Nick Mainsbridge remixing, which was backed past "She's a Mystery".

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[sixteen]	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15]	10

Chantoozies [edit]

"He'south Gonna Step on You Once more"
Single past Chantoozies
from the album Chantoozies
B-side	"Twenty 6 02"
Released	8 June 1987[17]
Studio	Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Label	Mushroom
Producer(due south)	David Courtney
Chantoozies singles chronology
"Witch Queen" (1987) "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (1987) "Wanna Be Up" (1988)

The Chantoozies released a version in 1987 as the 2nd single from their debut studio anthology Chantoozies. The vocal peaked at number 36 on the Australian Kent Music Report.^[xiii]

Track listings [edit]

7" single (K301)

• Side A "He's Gonna Step on You lot Again"
• Side B "20 Half-dozen 02"

12" single (X 14504)

• Side A "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (12" version)
• Side B1 "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (vii" version)
• Side B2 "Twenty Half-dozen 02"

Charts [edit]

Chart (1987)	Acme position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13]	36

Happy Mondays version [edit]

"Step On"
Single by Happy Mondays
from the album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
A-side	"Step On" (Stuff It In mix edit)
B-side	"Step On" (One Louder mix edit)
Released	26 March 1990 (1990-03-26) [18]
Genre	Madchester[xix]
Length	four:20 (vii-inch single edit) 5:19 (anthology version)
Label	Mill (FAC 272/vii)
Songwriter(due south)	John Kongos Christos Demetriou
Producer(s)	Paul Oakenfold Steve Osborne
Happy Mondays singles chronology
"WFL (Wrote for Luck)" (1989) "Footstep On" (1990) "Kinky Afro" (1990)
Official video
"Step On (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

English language band Happy Mondays covered the song in 1990, retitling information technology "Footstep On", with two different music videos. It was originally intended every bit a contribution to the Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Ceremony compilation for their US label Elektra, but they decided to keep information technology to release as a single, and instead covered Kongos's "Tokoloshe Man" for the compilation. The Happy Mondays version incorporates a short sample of 3 guitar notes from the original.^[20]

"Step On" became Happy Mondays' biggest-selling unmarried, peaking at No. 5 in the U.k. and No. 57 on the The states Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart. The repeated phrase in the song "you're twisting my melon, man" was later reused for the title of Shaun Ryder's autobiography Twisting My Melon.^[21]

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[22]	157
Canada Peak Singles (RPM)[23]	64
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[24]	12
Netherlands (Single Summit 100)[25]	46
United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles (OCC)[26]	5
US Billboard Hot 100[27]	57
United states Billboard Hot Trip the light fantastic Club Play[27]	13
US Billboard Hot Trip the light fantastic Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[27]	46
United states Billboard Modern Stone Tracks[27]	nine

Yr-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
UK Singles (OCC)[28]	fifty

Certifications [edit]

Run into also [edit]

• Listing of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s

References [edit]

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