| The Pointer Sisters의 싱글 | ||||
| "I Need You" (1983) | → | Automatic (1984) | → | "Jump (For My Love)" (1984) |
| Automatic | |
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| 수록 음반 | <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Break Out |
| 아티스트 | The Pointer Sisters |
| B-Side | "Nightline" |
| 발매일 | 1984년 1월 |
| 녹음 기간 | 1983년 |
| 스튜디오 | 스튜디오 55 (캘리포니아주 로스앤젤레스)[1] 프리시전 래커 (캘리포니아주 할리우드)[2] |
| 장르 | R&B, 포스트 디스코 |
| 재생 시간 | 4:48 (앨범 버전) 4:00 (7인치 싱글 버전) 6:06 (12인치 싱글 버전) |
| 레이블 | Planet |
| 송라이터 | Brock Walsh, Mark Goldenberg |
| 프로듀서 | Richard Perry, Brock Walsh |
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1. 개요
미국의 걸그룹 포인터 시스터즈의 싱글이며 이들의 10집 앨범 Break Out의 두번째 싱글로 1984년 1월에 발매되었다.2. 오디오
| 12인치 싱글 버전 |
| 앨범 버전 |
| 7인치 싱글 버전 |
3. 가사
| [Verse 1] Look what you're doing to me I'm utterly at your whim All of my defenses down Your camera looks through me With its X-ray vision And all systems run aground [Pre-Chorus] All I can manage to push from my lips Is a stream of absurdities Every word I intended to speak Winds up locked in a circuitry [Chorus] No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around I'm walking blindfolded Completely automatic All of my systems are down Down, down, down Automatic (Automatic) Automatic (Automatic) [Verse 2] What is this madness That makes my motor run And my legs too weak to stand I go from sadness to exhilaration Like a robot at your command [Pre-Chorus] My hands perspire And shake like a leaf Up and down goes my temperature I summon doctors to get some relief But they tell me there is no cure They tell me [Chorus] No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around I'm walking blindfolded Completely automatic All of my systems are down Down, down, down Automatic (Automatic) Automatic (Automatic) [Bridge] Automatic, automatic Automatic, automatic (Automatic) [Verse 3] Look what you're doing to me I'm utterly at your whim All of my defenses down Your camera looks through me With its X-ray vision And all systems run aground [Pre-Chorus] All I can manage to push from my lips Is a stream of absurdities Every word I intended to speak Winds up locked in the circuitry [Chorus] No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around I'm walking blindfolded Completely automatic All of my systems are down Down, down No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around (Automatic) I'm walking blindfolded Completely automatic All of my systems are down Down, down, down No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around (Automatic) I'm walking blindfolded Completely automatic All of my systems are down |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 2위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1984년 4월 둘째 주에 5위를 기록했고 6주 연속 10위권에,[3] 9주 연속 20위권에,[4] 14주 연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[5]1984년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 48위에 올랐다.