"You Are the Universe" is a song by acid jazz and funk group The Brand New Heavies, released in 1997. The composition was issued as the third single taken from their fourth album, Shelter (1997), which remains the only Brand New Heavies album recorded with Siedah Garrett, who afterwards left the group to concentrate on her own songwriting. The song charted at number twenty-one in UK, and at number eleven within the British Chart-Track.

"You Are the Universe"
Single by The Brand New Heavies
from the album Shelter
B-side	"Remix"
Released	14 June 1997 (1997-06-14)
Recorded	1997 (1997)
Genre	Acid jazz funk
Length	4:11 (Album version)
Label	FFRR London
Songwriter(s)	Andrew Levy Siedah Garrett
Producer(s)	The Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies singles chronology
"Sometimes" (1997) "You Are the Universe" (1997) "You've Got a Friend" (1997)
Music video
"You Are the Universe" on YouTube

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, writing, "Their sound is as retro as ever, but this funky soul tune is hugely uplifting and deserves to be a big pop, as well as club, hit."[1] Daisy & Havoc from RM gave it five out of five. They added, "If 'Sometimes' is starting to drive you crazy then this next single (surely the best song on the 'Shelter' album) is here to take you to a higher plane. The remixers have a job competing with the huge uplift value of the album version (which is on a par with the original of Nu Yorican Soul's 'It's Alright')".[2]

Track listings and formats

Credits and personnel

• Brand New Heavies – lead vocals, producer
• Andrew Levy – writer
• Siedah Garrett – writer
• Spike Stent – mix
• Henry Binns – programming
• Boyowa "Yoyo" Olugbo – engineer

Charts

Full Flava version

"You Are the Universe"
The cover of the Japanese vinyl release
Single by Full Flava featuring CeCe Peniston
from the album Music Is Our Way of Life
B-side	"Remix"
Released	5 July 2006 (2006-07-05)
Recorded	2006 (2006)
Genre	R&B acid jazz
Length	5:25 (Album version)
Label	Dôme
Songwriter(s)	Andrew Levy Siedah Garrett
Producer(s)	Rob Derbyshire Remix: DJ Hasebe (co-producer)
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"Deeper Love" (2005) "You Are the Universe" (2006) "I'm Feelin' U" (2007)
Audio sample
"Album version" file help

"You Are the Universe" was covered by Rob Derbyshire and Paul Mullings, the Birmingham's R&B production duo better known as Full Flava. It features vocals by CeCe Peniston. The Flava's version was remixed by DJ Hasebe, a Japanese hip-hop producer, and issued only on vinyl in the Japan.

The song was included on the Flava's album Music Is Our Way Of Life, which reconstructed eleven dancefloor classics performed by various female vocalists, released on Dôme Records the following year, in 2007.

Credits and personnel

• CeCe Peniston – lead vocal
• Rob Derbyshire - producer
• Full Flava - mix
• Hasebe Daisuke - remix, co-producer
• Sony Music Publishing - publisher

Track listings and formats

12", UK, #12 DOME 769[8]

1. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
2. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49

12", JP, #12 DOME 770[9]

1. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Remix) - 4:56
2. "You Are the Universe" (DJ Hasebe Instrumental Mix) - 4:56

MD, UK, #(–)[10]

1. "You Are the Universe" (LP Version) - 5:23
2. "You Are the Universe" (Universal Flava Mix) - 5:02
3. "You Are the Universe" (Radio Edit) - 3:49

References

External links

• The Brand New Heavies at AllMusic
• Full Flava at AllMusic
• CeCe Peniston at AllMusic