Right Type of Mood
"Right Type of Mood" is a song by English producer and songwriter Herbie, a.k.a. Herbie Crichlow, released in March 1995, by BMG, as the lead single from his debut album, Fingers. It was co-written by Herbie with Max Martin, and produced by Denniz PoP and Martin. The song received various successes globally on both the commercial pop and R&B charts and was supported by a partially computer generated music video, directed by Matt Broadley. The single reached number three in Sweden, number-one on the Canadian and Swedish dance music charts, and number ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In addition, it was a top-20 hit in Denmark and Finland. The song is a collaboration of synthetic drums and pads layered over striving constant and uplifting stabs and atmospheric arrangements. It was also nominated to the Swedish [Dance Music Awards] in 1996 for Best Swedish Dance Track.
Critical reception
from Music Week's RM Dance Update described "Right Type of Mood" as a "Herbie Chrichlow ragga rapped catchy 'Mister Magoo' shouting jaunty Swedish galloper". Mark Frith from Smash Hits gave the single a score of four out of five, writing, "Produced by the same person behind Ace of Base and Dr Alban, this sounds more like 2 Unlimited with a ferocious rapper. It's got elements of jungle and ragga but no one is probably going to take him seriously as a rapper 'cos he's based in Sweden. Shame, because it's good stuff."
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Right Type of Mood" was shot in black-and-white and directed by Swedish-based director Matt Broadley. The partially computer generated video was filmed in a Stockholm Metro train. Mark Frith of Smash Hits wrote about the video, "If you haven't seen the video for this yet, you're missing out. Herbie is trapped on a train hurtling through the underground Speed-style. But that doesn't bother our rapping hero. He straps on his scary shades, climbs all over the furniture and sings away merrily." "Right Type of Mood" was B-listed on German music television channel VIVA in April 1995.