Jump to content

No Limit (2 Unlimited song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 86.3.29.53 (talk) at 16:28, 21 May 2014 (Added link to bagpipes). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"No Limit"
Song

"No Limit" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.

Release and reception

No Limit was 2 Unlimited's fourth single released in January 1993. It was the first single released from their second album No Limits. The UK release once again omitted the rap lyrics of Ray Slijngaard.

To this day, "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 United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Spain. It peaked at number 25 in the American Dance charts. It was Europe's biggest-selling song for 1993.

Appearances

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".

Pro wrestlers Franz Schumann, Tetsuya Naito, and Yujiro Takahashi have all used the song as their entrance theme.

In 2011, No Limit became one of the song available for dancing in the video game Just Dance 3. In 2012, the tune to the song was borrowed by Manchester City fans to create a chant for brothers Kolo and Yaya Touré. The melody is also chanted by Chelsea fans in honour of Eden Hazard.

  • The song was featured in a Mentos commercial with birds chirping the melody.
  • This song was used in an Australian Dodo broadband commercial in 2012.
  • In 2013 the song featured in an advert for chewing gum Airwaves in which the people in the advert performed the song in different ways e.g. a referee with a whistle, a Hawaiian dancer with a couch shell and a bagpiper with bagpipes.
  • The song was used by MTV in their own commercial "Make a big effort to sound like MTV". It featured 2 men playing the song on glasses.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit No Rap) (3:08)
  2. "No Limit" (Radio Edit Rap) (3:30)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit) (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Mix) (5:40)
  3. "No Limit" (Automatic Remix) (4:54)
  4. "No Limit" (Rio & Le Jean Remix) (3:53)
  5. "No Limit" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:45)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit No Rap) (3:08)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended No Rap) (5:44)
  3. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  4. "No Limit" (Rio & Le Jean Version) (3:57)
7" single
  1. "No Limit" (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Rio & Le Jean Remix) (3:53)
UK 7" single
  1. "No Limit" (3:28)
  2. "No Limit" (No Rap Version) (3:15)
12" maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Extended) (5:44)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Rio & Le Jean Remix) (4:56)
12" maxi Italy
  1. "No Limit" (Extended No Rap 2) (5:55)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Rio & Le Jean Remix) (4:56)
  4. "No Limit" (Automatic Remix) (4:54)
  5. "No Limit" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:45)
  6. "No Limit" (Radio Rap Edit) (3:30)

Charts and sales

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Alison (C'est ma copine à moi)" by Jordy
"Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits
French number-one single
1 May 1993 – 22 May 1993 (4 weeks)
10 July 1993 (1 week)
Succeeded by
Preceded by
"It's OK It's All Right" by Def Dames Dope
Belgian Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one single
13 March 1993 – 17 April 1993 (6 weeks)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Swiss number-one single
21 March 1993 – 18 April 1993 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian number-one single
7 March 1993 – 21 March 1993 (3 weeks)
Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
6 March 1993 – 1 May 1993 (9 weeks)
Succeeded by
Norwegian number-one single
9/1993 – 15/1993 (7 weeks)
Swedish number-one single
24 February 1993 – 7 April 1993 (4 weeks)
UK Singles Chart number-one single
13 February 1993 – 13 March 1993 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate
Dutch Top 40 number-one single
6 March 1993 – 3 April 1993 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Mr. Blue" by René Klijn
Preceded by Mega Single Top 100 number-one single
13 February 1993 (1 week)
27 February 1993 – 27 March 1993 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate
"Mr. Blue" by René Klijn

Millennium Remixes

"No Limit"
Song

Track listings

CD single
  1. "No Limit" (Moon Project Edit) (3:50)
  2. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Rmx) (8:26)
  4. "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)
  5. "No Limit" (Razzor & Guido Remix Dub) (10:38)
12" single
  1. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
  2. "No Limit" (Razor & Guido Dub) (10:38)
  3. "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Remix) (8:26)
  4. "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)

No Limit 2.3

"No Limit"
Song

Track listing

CD single
  1. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Radio Edit) (3:12)
  2. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
  3. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:23)
  4. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Sputnik Remix) (6:54)
  5. "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:42)
12" single
  1. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
  2. "No Limit 2.3" (Marco De Jonge Club Mix) (5:38)
  3. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:25)
  4. "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:40)

Charts

"No Limit 2.3" charted at no. 41 in Germany.[32]

Cover versions

Irene Moors & De Smurfen cover

A Dutch cover version by Irene Moors en de Smurfen topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995.

beFour cover

"No Limit"
Song

"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.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Single version) (3:25)
  2. "No Limit" (Remix) (3:41)
  3. "All Around The Planet" (3:53)
  4. "No Limit" (Video) (3:25)
Digital download
  1. "No Limit" (Single version) (3:25)
  2. "No Limit" (Remix) (3:41)
  3. "All Around The Planet" (3:53)

Charts

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[38] 13
Invalid chart entered Germany2 21
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 72
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 29

References

  1. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ Template:Nl "No Limit – 2 UNLIMITED". VRT. Top30-2.radio2.be. Retrieved 24 January 2014. Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 1
  5. ^ "Dance/Urban – Volume 57, No. 13, April 10 1993". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Hits of the World". Billboard. 105 (19). Nielsen Business Media: 41. 8 May 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". IRMA. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 105 (11). Nielsen Business Media: 60. 13 March 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2 Unlimited - No Limit" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  11. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  12. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  13. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". VG-lista. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  14. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  15. ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  17. ^ a b "2 Unlimited – Awards". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1993". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Jahreshitparade 1993". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  20. ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten 1993". ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  21. ^ Template:It "I singoli più venduti del 1993". HitParadeItalia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  22. ^ Template:Nl "Single Top 100 over 1993" (PDF). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  23. ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993". Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  25. ^ "Australian Fun Countdowns – Accreditation Awards". ARIA. Australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.fr. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  26. ^ "Austrian single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  27. ^ Template:Fr "Les Singles en Or". Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. InfoDisc.fr. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  28. ^ "French single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  29. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (2 Unlimited; 'No Limit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  30. ^ "Dutch single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter No Limit in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1993 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  31. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('No Limit')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  32. ^ "Single – 2 Unlimited, No Limit 2.3". Charts.de. Media Control AG. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  33. ^ "Irene Moors & De Smurfen – No Limit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  34. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Irene Moors De Smurfen - No Limit" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  35. ^ "Irene Moors & De Smurfen – No Limit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  36. ^ Template:Nl "Single Top 100 van 1995" (PDF). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  37. ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995". Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  38. ^ "beFour – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  39. ^ "beFour – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.