100 on the Australian chart, but this and Jones' previous single ("Like a Ghost") were "hot dance club favourites among the gay community on the American west coast.

In February 1994, "Whispering Your Name" was released by English singer Alison Moyet as the second single from her fourth studio album, Essex (1994).

[5] Upon release, Larry Flick from Billboard stated, "Images of Yaz will twirl in your head upon impact of this percolating pop/NRG ditty from the eternally underrated belter's new Essex collection.

Producer Ian Broudie fleshes the track out with a synth-savvy arrangement that skirts the lines dividing modern pop radio and nightclubs.

She added, "Personally, I think a lush, gorgeous ballad is the perfect setting for Alison's husky, emotive voice, but I know there are plenty of dance-leaning stations on the panel that will have mondo-success with the Pet Shop Boys-ish, wave your hands in the air, version.

"[7] The magazine's Dave Sholin concluded, "Unlike anything else out there right now, this track will put her over the top in the U.S."[8] British newspaper Lennox Herald wrote, "Great voice who is deserving of chart success but seems to be a touch unlucky recently in her choice of material.

"[9] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said that it "is a rather brilliant Las Vegas-style ballad complete with a video starring Dawn French.

"[11] Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A sumptuous-sounding single, rather in the K D Lang mould, already getting plenty of media support, not least because it is accompanied by an amusing video featuring Dawn French.