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"Mr. Vain"
Single by Culture Beat
from the album Serenity
Released1993
Genre
Length5:37
LabelDance Pool
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Torsten Fenslau
Culture Beat singles chronology
"No Deeper Meaning"
(1991) 		"Mr. Vain"
(1993) 		"Got to Get It"
(1993)
Audio sample
Alternative cover
File:Mr Vain (remix).jpg
CD maxi – Remix

"Mr. Vain" is a song by the German group Culture Beat, released as the lead single from their second studio album Serenity (1993). It was written by Steven Levis, Nosie Katzmann and Jay Supreme, and produced by Torsten Fenslau. Tania Evans is the singer, and the rapper is Supreme.

"Mr. Vain" achieved huge success worldwide, reaching number one in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. In the United States, it peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Dance Club Songs chart.

Commercial performance

"Mr. Vain" was the best-selling single across Europe of 1993. The song first broke in Germany before breaking more widely through the summer, eventually topping the chart in 12 countries. It reached number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "Mr. Vain" also peaked at number two for two weeks on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[3]

It sold over 442,000 copies in the UK.[4] "Mr. Vain" is notable in the UK as it was the first number-one single not to be available as a 7" vinyl single since the 1950s and heralded the demise of the 7" single as a mass market medium.[citation needed]

Music video

File:Culture Beat-Mr. Vain.jpg
Tania Evans in the "Mr. Vain" music video.

The music video for "Mr. Vain" was directed by Matt Broadley.[5] It premiered in the United Kingdom on August 1993.

Impact and legacy

MTV Dance ranked "Mr. Vain" at number 65 in their list of The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time in November 2011.[6].

The Guardian picked "Mr. Vain" in their Sounds of Germany: a history of German pop in 10 songs in 2012. They wrote: "Culture Beat's glorious Mr Vain, with its rollicking beat, diva vocals and stilted rapping, comes as close as anything to summarising the spirit of the genre."[7]

In their The ABC in Eurodance in 2016 Finnish broadcaster Yle noted: "If someone could look up "The archetypal Eurodance hit song" in an Encyclopedia there would probably be a link to an audio file for "Mr Vain" - a song that more than anyone else came to define the 90's dance music."[8]

BuzzFeed listed the song number 17 in their The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s list in 2017.[9]

Covers and samples

  • One of the song's original writers, Nosie Katzmann, recorded a new country version of the song.
  • A lounge version was recorded by Axel Boys Quartet.
  • Premiere & Co. released a cover featuring Marquise in 1993.[10]
  • Australian rapper Nathan Jolly released a cover version in 1998 on his second album, Who Dat? (1998).
  • Pet Shop Boys covered the song during a live performance in Rio de Janeiro, as part of their 1994 Discovery Tour.[11] The cover was performed in the middle of "One in a Million".
  • In 2011, Katerina Graham posted a cover of the song on her YouTube page.

Club Beat with Rocko T. Bello (rapper) was released on the DJ Line series by Numusik as only the import by Culture Beat was available in Canada and achieved Platinum status.

Track listing and formats

  • CD maxi single (Germany, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Vain Mix) – 6:35
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Decent Mix) – 7:06
  3. "Mr. Vain" (Special Radio Edit) – 4:17
  • CD maxi single – Remix (Germany, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. House) – 6:18
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Rave) – 6:42
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  3. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Trance) – 6:20
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  4. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Hardcore) – 6:37
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  • CD maxi single (United States, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Radio Edit) – 4:17
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Intense Radio Edit) – 3:52
  3. "Mr. Vain" (Vain Mix) – 6:35
  4. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Intense) – 5:28
  5. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Hardcore) – 6:38
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  • 12" vinyl single (US, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Vain Mix) – 6:35
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Club) – 6:39
  3. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Intense) – 5:28
  4. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Liebrand) – 5:40
  5. "Mr. Vain" (Mr. Hardcore) – 6:38
  • Cassette single (US, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Radio Edit) – 4:17
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Radio Edit) (w/o Rap) – 4:17
  • CD single – Promo (US, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Lone Star Edit) – 3:30
  • CD maxi single – (United Kingdom, 1993)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (Special Radio Edit) – 4:17
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Vain Mix) – 6:35
  3. "(Cherry Lips) Der Erdbeermund" (Single Version) – 4:05
  4. "I Like You" (Single Version) – 3:58
  • CD maxi single – Remix (Japan, 1996)
  1. "Mr. Vain" (FM 802 Rock Kids 802 Mix) – 4:25
  2. "Mr. Vain" (Hyper Rave Mix) – 5:32
  3. "Mr. Vain" (Tribal Mix) – 4:47
  4. "Anything" – 6:26
  5. "Mr. Vain" (Album Version) – 5:39
  6. "Culture Beat Mega Mix" – 6:38

Charts and certifications

See also

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