"Gym and Tonic" is a single released by British production duo

Spacedust Spacedust were the British production duo of Paul Glancy and Duncan Glasson. They had a number one hit single in the UK Singles Chart in 1998 with "Gym and Tonic". The track was technically a cover of Bob Sinclar's single "Gym Tonic," although ...

. The song was originally recorded by French record producer

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as "Gym Tonic", with co-production by

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and a 12-minute section of improvised funk by James Andrew (Gym) Dakin. The track was included on Sinclar's album ''

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''. Their version sampled "Arms", a

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recording by American actress

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. However, Fonda refused clearance of her vocals being used as a sample, which eventually led to a single never being released (although the track was released on Bob Sinclar's debut album, as this is how Fonda found out about it). When Spacedust recorded their version of the track, the Fonda vocal samples were re-recorded with a session vocalist. Released on 12 October 1998, the song peaked at 1 on the

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; however, it was the lowest-selling UK number-one song of 1998, selling only 66,000 copies during its opening week. Despite this, it received a silver certification from the

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for shipments exceeding 200,000 copies the same year. It also reached No. 10 in Iceland and New Zealand, No. 17 in Ireland, and the top 40 in Belgium (

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and

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Music video

The

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for Spacedust's track depicts an exercise workout filmed on 2 August 1998 and featured an appearance by Nancy Sorrell. In an ode to exercise videos from the 1980s and 1990s, it was intentionally cheaply made with production costs for the video at over £10,000. It regularly features on VH1's "worst videos" lists.

Track listings

UK, European and Australian CD single # "Gym and Tonic" (radio) – 3:19 # "Gym and Tonic" (original mix) – 7:18 # "Spacegroove" – 6:29 UK cassette single # "Gym and Tonic" (radio) – 3:19 # "Spacegroove"– 6:29

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

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References

1998 debut singles 1998 songs East West Records singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles {{1990s-pop-song-stub