No Limit (2 Unlimited song)
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"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
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Charts and sales
Peak positions
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Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
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Preceded by | 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
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Belgian Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one single 13 March 1993 – 17 April 1993 (6 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Open Sesame" by Leila K
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Preceded by | Swiss number-one single 21 March 1993 – 18 April 1993 (5 weeks) |
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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) |
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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 "Oh Carolina" by Shaggy
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Preceded by "Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate
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Dutch Top 40 number-one single 6 March 1993 – 3 April 1993 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Mr. Blue" by René Klijn
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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
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Track listings
- CD single
- "No Limit" (Moon Project Edit) (3:50)
- "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
- CD maxi
- "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
- "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
- "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Rmx) (8:26)
- "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)
- "No Limit" (Razzor & Guido Remix Dub) (10:38)
- 12" single
- "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
- "No Limit" (Razor & Guido Dub) (10:38)
- "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Remix) (8:26)
- "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)
No Limit 2.3
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Track listing
- CD single
- "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Radio Edit) (3:12)
- "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
- "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:23)
- "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Sputnik Remix) (6:54)
- "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:42)
- 12" single
- "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
- "No Limit 2.3" (Marco De Jonge Club Mix) (5:38)
- "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:25)
- "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:40)
Charts
"No Limit 2.3" charted at no. 41 in Germany.[32]
Cover versions
- Croatian group Vatrogasci (Firefighters) made a parody of this song, translating it in Croatian language (naming Nema ograničenja) and making it in turbo-folk arrangement.
- Serbian singer Ivan Gavrilović made a cover of the song and called it "200 na sat" mixing the original with folk sounds.
- The Smurfs have covered this song in their 1996 album Smurfs Go Pop.
- 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.
- Hermes House Band covered the song on their Rhythm of the Nineties album in 2009.
- 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".
Irene Moors & De Smurfen cover
A Dutch cover version by Irene Moors en de Smurfen topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995.
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beFour cover
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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.
Track listings
- 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)
Charts
Charts (2009) | Peak position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[38] | 13 |
Invalid chart entered Germany2 | 21 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | 72 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] | 29 |
References
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "No Limit – 2 UNLIMITED". VRT. Top30-2.radio2.be. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 1
- ^ "Dance/Urban – Volume 57, No. 13, April 10 1993". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Hits of the World". Billboard. 105 (19). Nielsen Business Media: 41. 8 May 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". IRMA. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 105 (11). Nielsen Business Media: 60. 13 March 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2 Unlimited - No Limit" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". VG-lista. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "2 Unlimited – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b "2 Unlimited – Awards". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1993". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Jahreshitparade 1993". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten 1993". ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:It "I singoli più venduti del 1993". HitParadeItalia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "Single Top 100 over 1993" (PDF). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993". Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Australian Fun Countdowns – Accreditation Awards". ARIA. Australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.fr. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Austrian single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). IFPI Austria.
- ^ Template:Fr "Les Singles en Or". Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. InfoDisc.fr. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "French single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (2 Unlimited; 'No Limit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('No Limit')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Single – 2 Unlimited, No Limit 2.3". Charts.de. Media Control AG. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Irene Moors & De Smurfen – No Limit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Irene Moors De Smurfen - No Limit" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Irene Moors & De Smurfen – No Limit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "Single Top 100 van 1995" (PDF). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995". Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "beFour – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "beFour – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
External links
- Single chart usages for Germany2
- 1993 singles
- 2009 singles
- 2 Unlimited songs
- BeFour songs
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Eurodance songs
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Singles certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Austria
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- Singles certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Austria
- Number-one singles in Finland
- Number-one singles in France
- Number-one singles in Italy
- Singles certified platinum by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers
- Number-one singles in Denmark
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Singles certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Switzerland
- Number-one singles in Sweden
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Singles certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
- Singles certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie
- Pete Waterman Entertainment singles