Out of My System

"Out of My System" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released in 1988 as the second single from his second studio album Wish. It was written by Eddie Chacon and Suzanne Valentine, and produced by Danny Kortchmar. The song failed to chart in the UK, but reached No. 45 in Italy.^[2]

"Out of My System"
Single by Feargal Sharkey
from the album Wish
B-side	"A Touch of Blue"
Released	7 March 1988[1]
Genre	Pop
Length	4:18
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine
Producer(s)	Danny Kortchmar
Feargal Sharkey singles chronology
"More Love" (1988) "Out of My System" (1988) "If This is Love" (1988)

A music video was filmed to promote the single, while Sharkey also performed the song on the Dutch show TopPop.^[3] The B-side, "A Touch of Blue", was exclusive to the single, and was written by Sharkey and Tim Daly, and produced by Sharkey. The CD format of the single also featured the track "Blue Days", which was an album track from Wish.

Reception

On its release, Music & Media commented: "With its compelling, funky beat and guitars, its irresistible chorus and the urging vocals, this is the best we have heard from Sharkey for a long time."^[4] Paul Massey of the Aberdeen Evening Express described the song as "light soulful pop that's better than his previous chart successes."^[5] The Pinner Observer wrote: "Old Ferg may not be an oil painting, but he knows how to sing in this catchy chartbound number."^[6]

Jill Turner of the Reading Evening Post stated: "Boppy little track from Feargal. Maybe not quite as catchy or original as his former hits. Pity he had to pick the old cliche 'got to get you out of my system and into my life' a la Billy Ocean."^[7] Wendy Tuohy of The Age wrote: "Feargal sounds a little more like Rod Stewart than usual in delivering this quite soulful song. This effort does not jump out at you on the first couple of listens but is most probably a grower."^[8]

Ro Newton of Smash Hits commented: "This latest single is an unremarkable song with a ploddy soul beat, but at least Feargal still warbles on in the way only he knows how."^[9] Robin Smith of Record Mirror stated, "This sounds truly desperate as Feargie comes down with a severe attack of the Terence Trent D'Arbys. A meandering piece of slow funk on a long fuse that really doesn't ignite anything. You can't hear much depth of feeling or commitment here."^[10]

Formats

7" single

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"Out of My System"	Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine	4:18
2.	"A Touch of Blue"	Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly	3:27

12" single

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"Out Of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"	Chacon, Valentine	6:48
2.	"Out Of My System (The Delmonte Dub)"	Chacon, Valentine	6:56
3.	"A Touch of Blue"	Sharkey, Daly	3:27

CD single

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"Out Of My System (7" Version)"	Chacon, Valentine	4:18
2.	"Blue Days"	Kortchmar, Sharkey, Waddy Wachtel	4:13
3.	"Out Of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"	Chacon, Valentine	6:51
4.	"A Touch of Blue"	Sharkey, Daly	3:27

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Italian Singles Chart[2]	45

Personnel

• Feargal Sharkey - lead vocals, producer and mixing on "A Touch of Blue"
• Danny Kortchmar - producer of "Out of My System" and "Blue Days"
• Shelly Yakus, Marc De Sisto - mixing on "Out of My System"
• Justin Strauss, Murray Elias - producers and remixers on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
• Eric Kupper - programming on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
• Hugo Dwyer - engineer on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
• Mark Plotty - editor on "Out of My System (The Popstand Delmonte Mix)"
• Richard Haughton - photography
• The Design Clinic - CD sleeve