Gym and Tonic

"Gym and Tonic" is a single released by British production duo Spacedust. The song was originally recorded by French record producer Bob Sinclar as "Gym Tonic", with co-production by Thomas Bangalter and a 12-minute section of improvised funk by James Andrew (Gym) Dakin. The track was included on Sinclar's album Paradise. Their version sampled "Arms", a workout recording by American actress Jane Fonda. However, Fonda refused clearance of her vocals being used as a sample, which eventually led to a single never being released.^{[citation needed]} When Spacedust recorded their version of the track, the Fonda vocal samples were re-recorded with a session vocalist.^{[citation needed]}

"Gym and Tonic"
Single by Spacedust
from the album Hits n' Pieces
B-side	"Spacegroove"
Released	12 October 1998 (1998-10-12)[1]
Length	7:18 (original mix) 3:24 (radio edit)
Label	East West
Songwriter(s)	Spacedust
Producer(s)	Spacedust
Spacedust singles chronology
"Gym and Tonic" (1998) "Let's Get Down!" (1999)

Released on 12 October 1998, the song peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart; however, it was the lowest-selling UK number-one song of 1998, selling only 66,000 copies during its opening week.^[2] Despite this, it received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry for shipments exceeding 200,000 copies the same year. It also reached No. 10 in Iceland and New Zealand, No. 17 in Ireland, and the top 40 in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia).

Music video

The music video for Spacedust's track depicts an exercise workout filmed on 2 August 1998 and featured an appearance by Nancy Sorrell. In an ode to exercise videos from the 1980s and 1990s, it was intentionally cheaply made with production costs for the video at over £10,000^{[citation needed]}. It regularly features on VH1's "worst videos" lists.

Track listings

UK, European and Australian CD single^[3]

1. "Gym and Tonic" (radio) – 3:19
2. "Gym and Tonic" (original mix) – 7:18
3. "Spacegroove" – 6:29

UK cassette single^[4]

1. "Gym and Tonic" (radio) – 3:19
2. "Spacegroove"– 6:29

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 35 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 39 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 11 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[8] 10 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 17 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 10 Scotland (OCC)[11] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[12] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position UK Singles (OCC)[13] 109

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[14]	Silver	200,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.