Now I Know What Made Otis Blue

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Released13 September 1993[1]
Length3:57
Songwriters
  • Mick Leeson
  • Peter Vale
"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"
Single by Paul Young
from the album The Crossing
Released13 September 1993[1]
Length3:57
Label
Songwriters
  • Mick Leeson
  • Peter Vale
ProducerPeter Vale
Paul Young singles chronology
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
(1992)
"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"
(1993)
"Hope in a Hopeless World"
(1993)
Music video
"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" on YouTube

"Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" is a song performed by English singer Paul Young, released in September 1993 by Columbia Records as the lead single from his fifth studio album, The Crossing (1993). It was written by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale, and produced by Vale. The music video for the song was directed by Michael Geoghegan.

Aaron Badgley of AllMusic mentioned the song in a review about the album The Crossing saying that "'Now I Know What Made Otis Blue' is worth the price of the CD alone".[3]

Of three songs released as a single from The Crossing, it was the highest charted single peaking at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart and spending 7 weeks on the chart.[1] It also charted on the German GfK Entertainment charts (No. 51),[4] Dutch Single Top 100 (No. 36),[5] Official New Zealand Music Chart (No. 38),[6] and French Singles Chart (No. 16).[7]

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