"Flawless" is a song by American

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

trio

the Ones The Ones are an American electronic dance music group. Their 2001 hit single " Flawless" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium and the United Kingdom. The trio consisted of three male vocalists Paul Alexander, JoJo Americo, and ...

. The song samples

Gary's Gang Gary's Gang was an American R&B/pop rock group best known for the U.S. hit " Keep on Dancin'", which reached #41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1978. The song also climbed to #8 in the UK Singles Chart, #14 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in 197 ...

's 1978 song " Keep On Dancin'" and "

Wordy Rappinghood "Wordy Rappinghood" is the debut single by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, from their 1981 self-titled debut album. It uses part of a traditional Moroccan children's song and game, "A Ram Sam Sam", made popular by the 1971 Rolf Harris re ...

" by

Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads. Their best known songs include "Wordy Rappinghood", "Genius of Love", and a cover of T ...

. "Flawless" peaked at number seven on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

. According to the

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...

, the song was the most popular club hit in Australia during 2001. In 2003, British singer

George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...

sampled "Flawless" for his song "

Flawless (Go to the City) "Flawless (Go to the City)" is a song co-written and performed by British singer George Michael and released by Sony BMG on 28 June 2004. It samples " Flawless" (2001), originally recorded by the electronic music band the Ones, which in turn ...

", which was released in June 2004. The song peaked at number eight on the

, one position lower than the original's peak.

Track listings

US CD single # "Flawless" (radio edit) # "Flawless" (Phunk Investigation vox) # "Flawless" (Different Gear remix) # "Flawless" ( Sono's Tuxedo main mix) # "Flawless" (original mix) UK CD and cassette single, Australasian CD single # "Flawless" (radio edit) – 3:08 # "Flawless" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 7:39 # "Flawless" (Sharp Hammerhead remix) – 8:09 UK 12-inch single :A1. "Flawless" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 7:39 :AA1. "Flawless" (Sharp Hammerhead remix) – 5:45 :AA2. "Flawless" (Different Gear remix) – 6:23 European CD single # "Flawless" (radio edit) # "Flawless" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

Lyrics at Genius
2001 debut singles 2001 songs Positiva Records singles {{2000s-electronic-song-stub