This article is about the 1981 album and single. For the album series, see Hooked on Classics series.
1981 studio album by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hooked on Classics
Studio album by
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released
1981
Studio
Olympic Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Classical disco
Length
47:39
Label
K-tel
RCA Records AFL1-4194 4194-R 07863-54194
Producer
Jeff Jarratt & Don Reedman
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra chronology
Hooked on Classics (1981)
Hooked on Classics 2: Can't Stop the Classics (1982)
German/Austrian album cover
Hooked on Classics, produced by Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman, is a multi-million selling album recorded by Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, published in 1981 by K-tel and distributed by RCA Records, part of the Hooked on Classics series.
The opening track was called "Hooked On Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 10 in the US, and number 21 in Canada.
In Germany and Austria, the album was released titled "Classic Disco" and reached number one in both countries.[1]
^"Österreichische Hitparade". Austriancharts.cat (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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