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"Guaranteed" is a song by english musical group Level 42. Is released in 1991 in the album with the same name, Guaranteed. Is the first single of the decade of 1990, two years before the last single released, "Take Care of Yourself".
The song is written by Mark King, Mike Lundup, Gary Husband, and Wally Badarou, producer and secundary composer and musician of the group. Have a great drum and bass performance. Is a jazz-funk song, tipic of the mid of the 1980s. The current guitarist was Alan Holdsworth. The vocals are composed by Mark King, on verses, and a duet with Mike Lindup falsetto on chours. The song is formed for the same structure of the song "Two Hearts Collide", released in 1988 in the album Staring at the Sun. The guitar performance is peculiar, only arrangements.
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This song have two different versions of music video, for the same director: "The Mill". All versions is composed only with the song performances in two different places. The first version in an extern place with mountains, and the second in a white room. The second version have some parts of the first. The two versions have the presence of Jakko Jakszyk on guitars. The record guitarist, Alan Holdsworth get out of the group after the album record.
[edit] Reception
Is the song with the most commercial sucess of the album Guaranteed. Peak in the top 20, in the Britain charts. Is released on latin countries, like Brazil, and Argentina, without sucess. The chart sucess happened only in Europe.
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