Sarah Washington

Sarah Washington (born Sarah Warwick) is a British pop, electronic dance and Hi-NRG singer. During the 1990s, Washington had four singles reach the UK Singles Chart.[1] She is probably most known for her dance-cover of "I Will Always Love You" which was released in 1993. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number 15 in Ireland and number 3 in Spain. Later same year, she recorded a dance version of the George Michael hit "Careless Whisper" that peaked at number 45 in the UK. Almighty Records released an updated version of the song with new versions in 2012.

For the founder of Apex News and Hair Company, see Sarah Spencer Washington.

In 1996, after Washington got signed under major label AM:PM, the singles "Heaven" and "Everything", made it to number 28 and number 30, respectively.[2] "Heaven" also spent one week at number 50 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in July 1996.[3] Working with Stereolove, Australian DJ James Fraser, a new recording of "Heaven" was released on February 5, 2013.[4]

She has also appeared in the Eurodance compilation Dancemania series including Dancemania Speed 2.[5]

Singles

Charts
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[6] 44
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 15
Spain (AFYVE) 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 32
UK Singles (OCC) 12

Charts
Chart (1993–94) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 78
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 20
UK Singles (OCC) 45

Charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC[9] 27
UK Singles (OCC) 28
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[10] 1
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 50

Critical reception

Daisy & Havoc from Music Week's RM Dance Update rated "Everything" four out of five. They added, "AM:PM continues its winning streak with this enormous vocal track, the follow-up to 'Heaven'. In fact, we prefer this to its predecessor — it's not the most original record you'll ever hear but the song is good and extremely catchy and the production by Tom Fredrikse and A&G Division (Marc Auerbach and Ian Green) is all very classy and interesting."[11]

Charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[12] 69
Scotland (OCC[13] 34
UK Singles (OCC) 30
UK Cool Cuts (Music Week)[14] 4

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) 88

Discography
  • 1993 – "I Will Always Love You (Dance Mix)" (UK #12)
  • 1993 – "Careless Whisper" (UK #45)
  • 1996 – "Heaven" (UK #28)
  • 1996 – "Everything" (UK #30)
  • 1998 – "Joy Is Free" (Dive featuring Sarah Washington) (UK #88)
  • 2013 – "Heaven" (Stereolove feat. Sarah Washington)

References
  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 592. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. Artist discography OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 275.
  5. Discogs, Dancemania Speed 2
  6. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 4 September 1993. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. "Search > Sarah Washington". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. "SARAH WASHINGTON - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 12 May 1996 - 25 May 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 11 May 1996. p. 6. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  11. "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week. 7 September 1996. p. 10. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  12. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 19 October 1996. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 06 October 1996 - 12 October 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  14. "The RM Cool Cuts" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 27 July 1996. p. 4. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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