Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)


"Hangin' on a String " is the seventh single by British soul band Loose Ends from their second studio album, So Where Are You?, and was released in February 1985 by Virgin Records. In the group's native UK, the single made the top twenty.
Outside the UK, the single went to number one on the US Billboard R&B chart for one week. This made Loose Ends the first British band ever to top that chart It also reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

7” single: VS748
  1. "Hangin' on a String " 3.42
  2. "A Little Spice" 5.0812” single: VS748-12
  3. "Hangin' on a String " 5.58
  4. "A Little Spice" 5.082nd 12” single: VS748-13
  5. "Hangin' on a String " 5.58
  6. "Silent Talking"
  7. "A Little Spice" 5.083rd 12” single: VS748-14
  8. "Hangin' on a String "
  9. "Hangin' on a String " 5.583” CD single: released 1989
  10. "Hangin' on a String " 5.58
  11. "A Little Spice" 5.08
  12. "Emergency " 6.42

Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) 1992

"Hangin' on a String " was remixed and re-released in 1992. This was a track taken from the forthcoming Loose Ends Remix project "Tighten Up Volume 1".

Track listing

7” single: TEN406
  1. "Hangin' on a String " 4.20
  2. "Hangin' on a String " 3.4212” single: TENX406
  3. "Hangin' on a String " 6.28
  4. "Hangin' on a String " 5.58
  5. "Hangin' on a String " 5.50
  6. "Johnny Broadhead" CD single: TENCD406
  7. "Hangin' on a String " 4.20
  8. "Hangin' on a String " 6.28
  9. "Hangin' on a String " 5.58
  10. "Hangin' on a String " 5.50
  11. "Hangin' on a String " 6.08

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