No Limit (song)
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| Single by 2 Unlimited | ||||
| from the album No Limits | ||||
| B-side | Remix | |||
| Released | January 18, 1993 | |||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi, cassette |
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| Recorded | 1992 March 2000 |
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| Genre | Eurodance, Hi-NRG | |||
| Length | 3:44 (album version) 3:15 (Starfighter remix edit) |
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| Label | PWL | |||
| Writer(s) | Anita Dels Phil Wilde Jean-Paul De Coster Ray Slijngaard |
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| Producer | Phil Wilde Jean-Paul De Coster |
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"No Limit" is a song by Belgian-Dutch music group 2 Unlimited, released in January 1993. The track was taken from the group's second album No Limits. "No Limit" is one of the most well known eurodance songs and was a worldwide hit, selling 2.8 million copies. It topped many European charts, including the UK, and reached #21 on the American Dance chart. It was Europe's biggest-selling song for 1993.
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[edit] History
It became notable outside its usual fanbase for its repetitive lyrics. The word "no" appears in the UK radio edit of the track 72 times and hence it was thus parodied by Spitting Image as "No Lyrics". Nonetheless, in 1993 in an NME interview, Mark E Smith of The Fall claimed it was one of his favourite songs.
Like previous releases, the UK version of the single removed all of the raps from Raymond Slijngaard, leaving just Anita Dels' vocals. One word from the rap was kept, the word 'Techno' (from the line "I'm making techno and I am proud") which was looped and repeated during the middle of the song, turning the line into "Techno! Techno! Techno! Techno!" and giving the song an extra vocal hook.
Like many artists in 2000, 2 Unlimited released the Millennium editions of their more popular tracks. It featured underground sounding trance remixes by some well-known producers from Belgium, Japan & the U.K. It had little success in the charts due its non-commercial approach.
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Sample of "No Limit", the first single from No Limits, which spent five weeks at number one in the UK.
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The song had been previously recorded (but never released) by German pop professor Frank Farian for an aborted untitled musical starring Dustin Hoffman and Aretha Franklin, who sang their own parts. The project fell apart soon after Farian reportedly made a racial slur against Aretha, causing an argument that escalated into a physical confrontation between the two.
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[edit] Chart successions
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| Preceded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston |
UK Singles Chart number-one single February 7, 1993 - March 13, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Oh Carolina" by Shaggy |
| Preceded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston "Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single February 13, 1993 February 27, 1993 - March 27, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate "Mr. Blue by René Klijn |
| Preceded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston |
Swedish number-one single February 24, 1993 - April 7, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Informer" by Snow |
| Norwegian VG-lista number-one single 9/1993 - 15/1993 |
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| Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single March 6, 1993 - May 1, 1993 |
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| Austrian number-one single March 7, 1993 - March 21, 1993 |
Succeeded by "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base |
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| Preceded by "Somebody Dance with Me" by DJ Bobo |
Swiss number-one single March 21, 1993 - April 18, 1993 |
Succeeded by "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base |
| Preceded by "Alison" by Jordy "Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits |
French SNEP number-one single May 1, 1993 - May 22, 1993 June 10, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits "What Is Love" by Haddaway |
[edit] beFour cover
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| Single by beFour | ||||
| from the album Friends 4 Ever | ||||
| Released | January 16, 2009 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Writer(s) | Anita Dels Phil Wilde Jean-Paul De Coster Raymond Lothar Slijngaard |
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"No Limit" was covered by German band beFour on their fourth studio album Friends 4 Ever, and as a single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The song entered the German Singles Chart in January 2009.
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of the major single releases of beFour's cover of "No Limit" :
- CD maxi
- "No Limit" (Single version) – 3:25
- "No Limit" (Remix) - 3:41
- "All Around The Planet" - 3:53
- "No Limit" (Video)- 3:25
- Digital download
- "No Limit" (Single version) – 3:25
- "No Limit" (Remix) - 3:41
- "All Around The Planet" - 3:53
[edit] Charts
| Charts (2009) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 72 |
| German Singles | 21 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 29 |
[edit] Other cover versions
- The Croatian group Vatrogasci (Firefighters) made a parody of this song, translating it in croatian language (naming Nema ograničenja) and making it in turbofolk arrangement.
- The Serbian singer Ivan Gavrilović made a cover of the song and called it "200 na sat" mixing the original with folk sounds.
- The song was featured in a Mentos commercial with birds chirping the melody.
- The Smurfs have covered this song in their 1996 album Smurfs Go Pop.
- A Dutch cover version by Irene Moors en de Smurfen topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995.[16]
- On Absolutely Fabulous episode "Morocco", the character Bubble is briefly shown singing No Limit along with her Walkman.
- The band Country Teasers covered this song on their album Science Hat Artistic Cube Moral Nosebleed Empire.
- The melody from this song was covered for the Sylver single "Why" from the Crossroads album.
- The bands Charta 77, Köttgrottorna with Johan Johansson made a punk version of the song for the EP "No Limit" (1993).
- Hermes House Band covered the song on their Rhythm of the Nineties album in 2009.
- Goldie Lookin Chain covered the chorus of the song during a live version of "Half Man Half Machine".
- Xe-NONE covered No Limit on their 2009 EP Dance Inferno Resurrection.
- Sean Paul and Bob Sinclar used a sample in their song "Tik Tok".
- This song was used in an Australian Dodo broadband commercial.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "No Limit", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
- ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1993" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201993.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
- ^ "1993 Australian Singles Chart". aria. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1993.htm. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "1993 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. http://www.austriancharts.at/1993_single.asp. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "1993 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1993. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Certification for every country in the world" (pdf). IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Austrian certifications, database". Ifpi. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "French certifications, database" (in French). Infodisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Single_Certif.php. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('No Limit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=No+Limit&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=unchecked. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Dutch certifications, database". Nvpi. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "1993 Swiss certifications" (in German). Swisscharts. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1993. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ Irene Moors & De Smurfen at the Dutch Top 40
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Categories:
- 1993 singles
- 2009 singles
- 2 Unlimited songs
- BeFour songs
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Electronic songs
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Austria
- Number-one singles in Denmark
- Number-one singles in Finland
- Number-one singles in France
- Number-one singles in Italy
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Number-one singles in Sweden
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
