This Beat Is Technotronic

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"This Beat Is Technotronic"
Single by Technotronic
from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album
B-side Remix
Released 1990
Format CD single, CD maxi,
7" single, 12" maxi,
cassette
Recorded 1989
Genre Hip House, acid house
Length 3:40
Label BCM
Writer(s) Eric Martin, Thomas de Quincey
Producer Thomas de Quincey
Technotronic singles chronology
"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
(1990)		 "This Beat Is Technotronic"
(1990)		 "Spin That Wheel"
(1990)

"This Beat Is Technotronic" is the third single from dance group Technotronic's 1989 debut album. This single found its greatest success on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., where it hit #3. It also peaked at #14 in the United Kingdom. It is the follow-up to Technotronic's second single, "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)".

The song was covered by German music artist Daisy Dee in the early 1990s.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

7" single
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (single version) — 3:40
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 3:15
12" maxi
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" ("my favourite club" mix) — 5:57
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (instrumental) — 4:00
  3. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (Alaska dub) — 5:00
  4. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 2:00
12" maxi
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it club mix) — 7:40
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (radio edit) — 4:50
  3. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix) — 3:30
  4. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (this dub is Technotronic) — 5:44
  5. "Pump Up the Jam" (punami mix) — 6:19
  6. "Tough" — 4:23
CD maxi
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (single version) — 3:40
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" ("my favourite club" mix) — 5:57
  3. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (Alaska dub) — 5:00
  4. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 3:15
  5. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (beats & bass) — 2:00
Cassette
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix)
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it 7" mix)
  3. "Pump Up The Jam" (punami mix)
  4. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix)
  5. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it 7" mix)
  6. "Pump Up The Jam" (punami mix)
12" maxi / CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it club mix) — 7:40
  2. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it single mix) — 3:34
  3. "This Beat Is Technotronic" (radio edit) — 4:50
  4. "This Dub Is Technotronic" — 5:44

[edit] Personnel

  • Vocals by MC Eric
  • Produced by Jo Bogaert
  • Artwork by Patrick F Cypen
  • Photography by Koen Kampioen

[edit] Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 27
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[2] 5
Dutch Top 40[3] 7
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 18
German Singles Chart[4] 10
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 8
UK Singles Chart[5] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[6] 9
Chart (1990) 1 Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 11
Dutch Mega Top 100[7] 18
German Singles Chart[4] 14
UK Singles Chart[8] 77

1 "This Beat Is Technotronic" by MC B. featuring Daisy Dee

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "This Beat Is Technotronic", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  2. ^ Belgian peak
  3. ^ "Single top 100 over 1990" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201990.pdf. Retrieved 12 April 2010. 
  4. ^ a b German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  5. ^ "This Beat Is Technotronic", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  6. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  7. ^ a b "This Beat Is Technotronic" (by MC B. featuring Daisy Dee), in various singles charts Austriancharts.at (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  8. ^ "This Beat Is Technotronic" (by MC B. featuring Daisy Dee), UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
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