"Fading Away" is a song by the Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

-based dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 group Will to Power

Will to Power (band)

Will to Power is the name of an American dance-pop group that originated in southern Florida in the mid-1980s. The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", a medley of 1970s...

. It appears on their 1988 self-titled debut album

Will to Power (album)

-Additional Musicians:*Donna Allen, Harry King, Ale Lorenzo, Elin Michaels, Lori Miller, April Newman, Sandee, Betty Wright: Vocals*Lawrence Dermer, Winston Johnson, Lester Mendez, David Rosenthal, Fro Sosa: Keyboards*Gary King: Guitars*David Hobbs: Turntables...

 and was released as a single in early 1989.

The song reached #65 on the US pop chart

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart in February 1989 and #84 on the UK pop chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in March of that year. The song was more successful on dance charts in the US, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...

 chart and spending two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart. This was the group's second Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper, following "Say It's Gonna Rain

Say It's Gonna Rain

"Say It's Gonna Rain" is the title of a 1988 song by the American dance-pop group known as Will to Power. The original version of the song appeared on their self-titled debut album, released by Epic Records. The lead vocals on the track were sung by singer-songwriter Suzi Carr...

" from 1988. Remix

Remix

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es for the track were done by Shep Pettibone

Shep Pettibone

Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul...

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US 12" single

A1 - "Fading Away" Power House Mix (8:42)

A2 - "Fading Away" Power House Dub (6:43)

B1 - "Fading Away" Big Beat Mix (8:35)

B2 - "Fading Away" The Rhythm Dub (6:12)

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	65
U.S. Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	2
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	84