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Take Your Chance

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This article is about the single by Fun Factory. For the 2003 album by Alexander Klaws, see Take Your Chance (album).
"Take Your Chance"
Single by Fun Factory
from the album NonStop! The Album
ReleasedAugust 6, 1994
GenreEurodance
Length4:33
Songwriter(s)
  • Bülent Aris
  • Rainer Kesselbauer
  • Toni Cottura
  • Rodney Hardison
Producer(s)
  • Bülent Aris
  • Tony Cottura
Fun Factory singles chronology
"Close to You"
(1994) 		"Take Your Chance"
(1994) 		"Pain"
(1994)
Music video
"Take Your Chance" on YouTube

"Take Your Chance" is a song by German Eurodance band Fun Factory, released in August 1994 as the fourth single from their debut album, NonStop! The Album (1994). The song is written by Bülent Aris, Rainer Kesselbauer, Toni Cottura, and Rodney Hardison. It reached number 18 in Germany, number 35 in Sweden and number five on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart.

Critical reception

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Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote in their review of the single, "In a "1984" doom-type prophecy everybody says the end of Euro is near, and all involved should change their musical course. Here, the adjustments are the presence of rap and ragga rhymes."[1]

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "Take Your Chance" was directed by Steve Willis and released in summer of 1994.[2] It was A-listed on Germany's VIVA in October 1994.[3]

Track listings

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  • CD maxi-single (Europe, 1994)
  1. "Take Your Chance" (Take The Airwaves Mix) – 3:56
  2. "Take Your Chance" (Take The Original Mix) – 5:45
  3. "Take Your Chance" (Take The Tribe Mix) – 5:53
  4. "Take Your Chance" (Take The Remix) – 5:38

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. December 10, 1994. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Music Video Information
  3. ^ "Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne" (PDF). Music & Media. October 15, 1994. p. 29. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. November 5, 1994. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  5. ^ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Fun+Factory&titel=Take+Your+Chance&cat=s Chart Positions
  6. ^ "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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