HANDS UP (GIVE ME YOUR HEART) – OTTAWAN

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
10-Jul-81	19	New
17-Jul-81	11	+8	Star rater*
24-Jul-81	7	+4	Biggest climber/Star rater
31-Jul-81	5	+2	Peak
07-Aug-81	8	-3	Biggest faller
14-Aug-81	6	+2
21-Aug-81	8	-2
28-Aug-81	10	-2
04-Sep-81	9	+1
11-Sep-81	8	+1
18-Sep-81	16	-8	Biggest faller

* Of the 4 French acts that managed more than 1 hit, Ottawan were the only ones to see a star rater climb with 2 hits.

Written by: Daniel Vangarde & Jean Kluger
Produced by: Daniel Vangarde & Jean Kluger
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Carrere

Hit number for artist	2
Peak position	5
Weeks	11
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	2
Top 20 points	124
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=900
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	=1
Top 30 Points	234
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=984
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	2

Annual ranking:

1981

36

Other chart success:

Australia	25
Austria	3
Belgium	4
Denmark	1
Finland	2
Germany	2
Ireland	1
Israel	6
Netherlands	2
Norway	1
Spain	1
Sweden	2
Switzerland	4
UK	3

SA Radio charts:

Radio 5

2

Using a top 20 points basis the song would rank tied 9^th out of the 23 hits by French acts that made the charts. The song it would share 9^th spot with was Ottawan’s other hit, ‘D.I.S.C.O.’ In 1987 a Canadian group called Sway were commissioned by Club Med to record a new version of the song. That version would get to 7 in Canada.

Video:

Artist link: Ottawan

D.I.S.C.O. – OTTAWAN

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
12-Sep-80	18	New
19-Sep-80	9	+9	Star rater
26-Sep-80	6	+3
03-Oct-80	5	+1
10-Oct-80	8	-3
17-Oct-80	9	-1
24-Oct-80	6	+3	Peak
31-Oct-80	7	-1
07-Nov-80	11	-4
14-Nov-80	14	-3
21-Nov-80	16	-2
28-Nov-80	19	-3

Written by: Daniel Vangarde & Jean Kluger
Produced by: Daniel Vangarde
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Carrere

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	5
Weeks	12
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	124
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=900
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	=1
Top 30 Points	244
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=940
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1980

38

Other chart success:

Austria	4
Belgium	2
Germany	2
Ireland	2
Netherlands	1
Norway	1
Switzerland	5
UK	2

SA Radio charts:

Radio 5

1

The song would be the 10^th highest ranked song by a French act using a top 20 points basis.

Video:

Artist link: Ottawan

OTTAWAN (FRANCE)

Ottawan came together after producers Daniel Vangarde (from France) and Jean Kluger (from Belgium) met Patrick Jean-Baptiste in a bar in 1979. They had been looking for a singer to front a group they wanted to put together similar to Boney M who were enjoying much success at the time. Patrick was originally from the Caribbean and when the producers decided they wanted a female voice in the group, they chose another person from the Caribbean in the form of Annette Eltice. Vangarde and Kluger had seen some success producing and writing songs for The Gibson Brothers and Sheila B. Devotion. They also had a hand in an album called ‘Thembi’, by a local South African singer called Thembi Zikhali. They would also work with Amii Stewart (who had an SA chart hit with ‘Knock On Wood’). Ottawan’s name allegedly comes from the city Ottawa in Canada. Vangarde and Kluger came up with on a flight home from the city. They would see 4 UK chart hits (best peak of 2 with ‘D.I.S.C.O.’) but would not crack the US ones.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
12-Sep-1980	D.I.S.C.O.	5	12
10-Jul-1981	Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)	5	11
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	23

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	3
Biggest fallers	2
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	12
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	31
Top 30 points ranking	=334
Top 20 points ranking	=332
Top 30 points	478
Top 20 points	248