A serene summer smash." A reviewer from Newcastle Evening Chronicle described it as a "dreamy rap song". A massive hit overseas, it's set to become just as big in North America thanks to early airplay at key crossover outlets." Īlan Jones from Music Week commented, "A brilliant soundscape starts with some nice vocal work, followed by the drum track from Dennis Edwards' Don't Look Any Further before Spandau Ballet's True leads into a mellow rap. It has fresh production elements and a chorus with all the relaxing, calming qualities of a nice long massage. Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote, "Hypnotic rap from New Jersey brothers Prince Be and DJ Minutemix set to Spandau Ballet's 1983 smash " True" not only brings back a memory or two, it's sure to create new ones. Another editor, Hal Horowitz said it is an "amazingly mature debut tune". Dawn, if you're like me, you were hooked the first time you heard the pop-infused brilliance of "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"." Steve Huey from AllMusic described it as a "shimmering" ballad. He added, "Regardless of where you ultimately netted out with respect to your overall opinion of P.M. Justin Chadwick from Albumism called the song "unforgettable" and "pure pop perfection". And Blender ranked it at number 94 in their list of Greatest Songs Since You Were Born in 2005.
It was ranked number 81 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Worldwide, it reached number one in New Zealand, number three in the United Kingdom and number seven in Australia. According to the test charts of the SoundScan system, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" was at number one for at least three weeks but officially has a one-week reign at number one.
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Dawn's first and only number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, and it was the first number-one song after the debut of the Nielsen SoundScan system, which monitored airplay and sales more closely than before, when Billboard had to rely on manual sales reports and airplay data. Only Prince Be and "True" writer Gary Kemp were credited for writing the track. Dawn vocalist Attrell "Prince Be" Cordes. It is built around samples of Spandau Ballet's " True", the Soul Searchers' " Ashley's Roachclip", and the Bob James version of Paul Simon's " Take Me to the Mardi Gras", with the remainder of the song written by P.M. Dawn, released in August 1991 as the second single from their debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (1991). " Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" is a song by American hip-hop group P.M. " A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)" From the album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
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