Got to Be Certain
"Got to Be Certain" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album, "Kylie" (1988). Written and produced by English songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, the song was released as the second single from "Kylie" in most territories outside Australia, and was released on 2 May 1988 in Australia and the United Kingdom. In Australia, "Got to Be Certain" was Minogue's third single release. "Got to Be Certain" was a commercial success, peaking at number one in Minogue's native Australia and number two on the UK Singles  Chart. Background and composition. With the success of her first two singles, "The Loco-Motion" in 1987 and "I Should Be So Lucky" in early 1988, Minogue along with Stock, Aitken and Waterman began work on her debut studio album "Kylie". Throughout the production of the album, Minogue had travelled to London, England, to record the album; however, "Got to Be Certain" was recorded in her native Melbourne, Australia, in February 1988, along with two other album tracks, and future international singles "Turn It Into Love" and "It's No Secret". It is noted that in different countries, including the  UK, "Got to Be Certain" is Kylie's second official single – "The Loco-Motion" was re-recorded in 1988 with Stock Aitken Waterman (who did not produce the 1987 version) and it was then released as the third single from "Kylie" in most international territories. Unlike her previous single, "Got to Be Certain" was not written especially for Kylie. It was originally recorded by singer and PWL-stablemate Mandy Smith for her debut album "Mandy" which was also produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. However, for unknown reasons, her version was shelved and the song was given to Kylie to record  instead. Smith's original recording of "Got to Be Certain" was denied by Mike Stock in his book "The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken Waterman Story", but it was eventually released in 2005 as a bonus track on the hits compilation "Stock Aitken Waterman Gold". Smith's version was also added to the 2009 re-issue of her album. Minogue's version peaked in the top ten in many countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The song, however, was not released in the United States where "It's No Secret" was released instead . A music video was shot in Melbourne. "Got to Be Certain" was also performed at many of Minogue's concert tours, including the Enjoy Yourself Tour, and . The song was just recently performed at her Anti Tour in 2012, at her Kiss Me Once Tour in 2014 and on Minogue's one-off show "The Kylie Show". Music video. The music video for "Got to Be Certain" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed in April 1988. The video was filmed in Melbourne, Australia. The director's cut version of the video starts off with Minogue at a photoshoot, posing  in different poses. It then cuts to Minogue sitting in a coffee-house during the verses, then shows her on top of the T&G (now KPMG) Building on Melbourne's Collins Street during the bridge, wearing a "black boat-neck dress, white teeth gleaming, hair a perfect honey blonde and skin as gold as the coins that were piling in". Each of the first two choruses features Minogue walking around Melbourne's Yarra River and then walking through a park. The breakdown cuts to Minogue and her friends dancing around the coffee house, before the video ends with bloopers from  the video shoot. This director's cut version is preserved on the 1988 "The Kylie Collection" VHS and LaserDisc and the 2002 "Greatest Hits" DVD. There are two other official versions of the music video. The "Original Version" begins with bloopers from the video shoot and features scenes of Minogue in an artist's studio rather than a photoshoot, wearing a skin-tight red T-shirt dress with a pin bearing the work "amour". It then eventually features Minogue on a carousel that apparently "hadn't been oiled since Kylie was born". The "Location Only" version, introduced on the 1992  Greatest Hits VHS and LaserDisc, is again a different edit with only the outdoor shots. Both versions were made available as extras on the 2002 "Greatest Hits" DVD. The video edit featured on the 2004 "Ultimate Kylie" DVD combines the first half and blooper ending of the director's cut with most of the second half of the "Location Only" version for unknown reasons. Chart performance. On 2 May 1988, "Got to Be Certain" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's second top five hit when it debuted at number fifteen on the singles chart before  climbing the chart in the weeks that followed, peaking at number two and remaining there for three weeks. It eventually sold 315,000 copies. Outside of the UK, the song was also widely successful. It reached number one in seven countries, including Finland and Israel. The single sold 17,227 copies in Sweden at the time. In New Zealand, it peaked at number two and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks, making it her most successful single in the country at that time. In Australia, "Got to Be Certain" was released on 7" and 12" vinyl on 20 June 1988, cassette  single on 11 July 1988, and the remix 12" was released on 25 July 1988. It became the second single ever to debut on the Australian singles chart at number one, remaining in the top spot for four weeks from July 4, 1988 (ARIA). Live performances. Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: The song was also performed on the TV special "The Kylie Show". Formats and track listings. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Got to Be Certain".