1988 The Jets – Make It Real (US:#4)
“Make It Real” is a song by the American sibling group, The Jets, released as a single from their album, Magic in 1988.
“Make It Real” was the group’s fifth (and, to date, final) top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it spent two weeks at number four in late June and early July 1988. On the adult contemporary chart, the song was the group’s second number-one hit (following “You Got It All” from the previous year). On the Hot Black Singles, “Make It Real” reached number twenty-four.
Moana Wolfgramm of the Jets would recall: “‘Make It Real’ was given to us at the eleventh hour [i.e. last minute]. We needed a slow ballad when we were finishing up the last tracks for the ‘Magic’ album. Our manager Don Powell, Linda Mallah and Rick Kelly wrote this song and it was simple yet very catchy. I remember Liz (Elizabeth Wolfgramm) recorded it on the road after one of our shows, I think somewhere in Texas.” One of the two videos for “Make It Real” showed Elizabeth Wolfgramm singing in front of a basic blue screen background: although Elizabeth Wolfgramm was the only group member to sing on the track, still images of the other Jets were shown during the instrumental break. The other video features the entire band performing the song, with Elizabeth Wolfgramm standing in front of the other group members playing their individual instruments, interspersed with close-up shots of individual band members throughout the song
Album
Magic is the third album by The Jets, released by MCA Records on September 27, 1987. It is also the first album without Eugene Wolfgramm, who left the group to form Boys Club. This album spawned multiple hit singles. “Cross My Broken Heart” (US Pop number 7) was also featured on the soundtrack for Beverly […]
Musicians
| Bass | TM Stevens |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Rick Kelly |
| Programming | Rick Kelly |
Produced By
Rick Kelly
Songwriters
Don Powell
Linda Mallah
Michael Verdick
Rick Kelly
Charts
US:#4
UK:# –