Fun Factory discography
| Fun Factory discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Music videos | 14 |
| Remix albums | 1 |
| Promotional singles | 4 |
The discography of Fun Factory, a German dance group, consists of 3 studio albums, one extended play, one compilation album, one remix album, 17 singles, including two as a featured artist, 4 promotional singles, and 14 music videos, including two as a featured artist. The first releases were the debut studio album Nonstop in 1994, preceded by the chart hits "Groove Me" and "Close to You", both released in 1993 and reprised on the 1995 album titled Close to You. "Take Your Chance" and "Pain" followed in 1994. This success was followed with the sophomore release Fun-Tastic in 1995, preceded by single releases "I Wanna B with U", "Celebration" and "Doh Wah Diddy", a cover version of Manfred Mann's song "Do Wah Diddy". Two more singles, "Don't Go Away" and "I Love You", have been released in 1996, both of moderate success, respectively. In 2015, Fun Factory returned with the single "Let's Get Crunk", the lead single of their third studio album "Back To The Factory".
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [2] |
SWI [2] | ||||||||||||
| Nonstop |
|
41 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Fun-Tastic | 43 | 49 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Back To The Factory | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes studio album that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [2] |
SWI [2] | ||||||||||||
| Vol. 2 - Double A-Side[4] |
|
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes extended play that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [2] |
SWI [2] | ||||||||||||
| All Their Best |
|
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes compilation album that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Remix albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] |
AUT [2] |
SWI [2] | ||||||||||||
| The Party - Nonstop Remix Album[5] |
|
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes remix album that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT | CAN Dance [7] |
SPA [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA | SWE | SWI | US [10] |
US Dance [11] | |||||
| 1993 | "Groove Me" | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | Nonstop | ||
| "Close to You" | 19 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 22 | ||||
| 1994 | "Take Your Chance" | 18 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 35 | 37 | 88 | — | |||
| "Pain" | 24 | 25 | — | — | 8 | — | 25 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | "I Wanna B with U" | 11 | 18 | 2 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 45 | 10 | Fun-Tastic | ||
| "Celebration" | 12 | — | 9 | 10 | — | 19 | — | — | 88 | — | ||||
| "Doh Wah Diddy" | 6 | 11 | 24 | 4 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | "Don't Go Away" | 37 | 31 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 93 | — | |||
| "I Love You" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | "Let's Get Crunk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back To The Factory | ||
| 2016 | "Turn It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT | SWI | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | "Fun Factory's theme" | — | — | — | Nonstop | |||||||||
| 1994 | "Love of my life"[13] | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1997 | "Oh yeah yeah (I like it)" | — | — | — | Fun-Tastic | |||||||||
| 2009 | "Shut up" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes promotional single that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Featured singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT | SWI | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Love message" (with Masterboy, E-Rotic, Mr. President, Scooter & Worlds Apart) | 4 | 12 | 12 | — | |||||||||
| "Children" (as part of the supergroup Hand in Hand for Children) | 19 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Music video | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Groove me" | Unknown |
| 1994 | "Close to You" | Apollon |
| "Take Your Chance" | Steve Willis | |
| "Take Your Chance (U.S. Version)"[14] | Unknown | |
| "Pain" | Chopstick | |
| 1995 | "I Wanna B With U" | Music in Motion |
| "Celebration" | Marcus Adams | |
| 1996 | "Doh Wah Diddy" | Music in Motion |
| "Don't Go Away" | V. Hannwacker & M. Rosenmüller | |
| "I love you" | Camelot | |
| 2015 | "Let's get Crunk" | Unknown |
| 2016 | "Turn It Up" | Unknown |
Featured music videos
| Year | Music video | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Love message" (with Masterboy, E-Rotic, Mr. President, Scooter & Worlds Apart) | Unknown |
| "Children" (as part of the supergroup Hand in Hand for Children) | Unknown |
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- ^ "Music Canada: Fun Factory (Fun-Tastic)". Music Canada. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "Fun Factory - Vol. 2 - Double A-Side". Discogs.
- ^ "Fun Factory - The Party Non-Stop Remix Album". Discogs.
- ^ a b c "German peak positions". musicline.de. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Dance Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
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- ^ "Fun Factory Album & Song Chart History - Dance Club Play". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Fun Factory)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
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