Steam (East 17 album)

Steam is the second studio album by English boy band East 17. It was released in the UK on 13 October 1994 by London Records. The album was certified as 2x Platinum in the UK.

Steam
Studio album by East 17
Released	17 October 1994
Recorded	1994
Length	45:01
Label	London
Producer	Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Rob Kean, Richard Stannard
East 17 chronology
Walthamstow (1993) Steam (1994) Up All Night (1995)
Singles from Steam
"Around the World" Released: 2 May 1994 "Steam" Released: 19 September 1994 "Stay Another Day" Released: 21 November 1994 "Let It Rain" Released: 13 March 1995 "Hold My Body Tight" Released: 5 June 1995

The US version of the album features the three Top 10 hits from their first album ("House of Love", "Deep", "It's Alright"), plus four new Top 10 hits, "Around the World" (#3), "Steam" (#7), "Let It Rain" (#10) and the Christmas No. 1 "Stay Another Day".

Track listing

Standard version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Steam"	Tony Mortimer, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowebottom	Stannard, Phil Harding^[a], Ian Curnow^[a], Rob Kean^[a]	3.23
2.	"Hold My Body Tight"	Mortimer, Stannard, Rowebottom	Harding, Curnow, Kean	3.51
3.	"Let It All Go"	Mortimer, Terry Coldwell, Kean, Dominic Hawken	Harding, Curnow, Kean	4.16
4.	"Set Me Free"	Mortimer	Harding, Curnow, Kean	4.47
5.	"Stay Another Day"	Mortimer, Kean, Hawken	Harding, Curnow, Kean	4.25
6.	"Around the World"	Mortimer, Brian Harvey, Rowebottom, Stannard	Stannard	4.33
7.	"Let It Rain"	Mortimer, Kean, Harding, Curnow	Harding, Curnow, Kean	4.07
8.	"Be There"	Mortimer, Kean, Hawken	Harding, Curnow, Kean	3.49
9.	"M.F. Power"	Mortimer	Harding, Curnow, Kean	3.31
10.	"Generation XTC"	Mortimer, Kean, Harding, Curnow	Harding, Curnow, Kean	4.22

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 16 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 16 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 12 European Albums Chart[6] 7 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 23 French Albums (SNEP)[8] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 10 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] 17 Irish Albums (IRMA)[11] 10 Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 15 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 24 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 19 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 8 UK Albums (OCC)[17] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position French Albums (SNEP)[18] 20 UK Albums (OCC) 10 Chart (1995) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 32 Belgian (Flanders) Albums (ULTRATOP)[19] 96 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums (ULTRATOP)[20] 33 German Albums (Offizielle Deutsche Charts)[21] 39 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 27 UK Albums (OCC) 68

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22]	Gold	35,000^^
Belgium (BEA)[23]	Gold	25,000^*
France (SNEP)[24]	Platinum	331,900[25]^*
Germany (BVMI)[26]	Gold	250,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27]	Platinum	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	2× Platinum	600,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[29]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
Worldwide	—	2,000,000[30]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Australiancharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
2. "Austriancharts.at – East 17 – Steam" (in German). Hung Medien.
3. "Hits of the World - Belgium". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 February 1995. p. 65. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
4. "Ultratop.be – East 17 – Steam" (in French). Hung Medien.
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6. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.googe.ca. 28 January 1995. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
7. source: Pennanen, Timo: Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 2006. ISBN 9789511210535. page: 280
8. "Lescharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
9. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
10. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". Mahasz.hu. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
11. "Irish Albums Chart". irish-charts.com.
12. "Italiancharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
13. "Norwegiancharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
16. "Swisscharts.com – East 17 – Steam". Hung Medien.
17. "East 17 | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
18. "Classement Albums – année 1994" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
19. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a
20. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a
21. https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1995
22. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
23. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 1995". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
24. "French album certifications – East 17 – Steam" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
25. "InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (les Disques Double Or)". Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
26. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (East 17; 'Steam')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
27. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (East 17; 'Steam')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
28. "British album certifications – East 17 – Steam". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Steam in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
29. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1996". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
30. "Billboard - Google Books". 17 February 1996. Retrieved 24 January 2014 – via Google Books.

Additional sources

• Amazon.co.uk East 17: Steam
• discogs.com East 17: Steam