Nothing at all like the smash "Lean On Me" but, funnily enough, very similar to a hit from last year, "Rumours", by the Timex Social Club. Which - zings! - is not too surprising when you learn that Jay King, the man behind Club Nouveau, was formerly the man behind Timex Social Club... The squabbling between the two camps appears to be carried on in "Jealousy" which sounds like a bit of a dig from Mr King at his old partners and all of this will no doubt become even more public when this follows "Lean On Me" into the flingaway charts. Gentlemen p-lease! (Barry McIlheney, Smash Hits, May 20, 1987)
An obviously American single, it sounds like a hit from the start. I love that Sly and Robbie single,it's got such an atmosphere although it took me two or three times to get into it. Club Nouveau aren't in the same class though. I'm sure they sampled exactly the same drums off the last one and stuck it in here. I can see this being big in the discotheques. I like going to the clubs myself especially if
there's Robert Palmer, Go West, or anything with a bit of meat playing. (Johnny Logan, No 1, May 30, 1987)
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