Snap!
| Snap! | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1989–1996; 2000; 2002–present |
| Labels | Logic Records, Arista, Hard2Beat Records |
| Associated acts | Panjabi MC, 16 Bit, Off |
| Website | snap-world |
| Members | Michael Münzing Luca Anzilotti Penny Ford Benjamin Lowe |
| Past members | Turbo B Jackie Harris Thea Austin Niki Haris Summer (Paula Brown) Loc |
Snap! is a German Eurodance project formed in 1989 by Frankfurt-based producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti.[1] The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, but was most successful when fronted by rapper Turbo B, who performed on singles "The Power" and "Rhythm Is a Dancer".[1]
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Career[edit]
Previous projects[edit]
Luca Anzilotti and Michael Münzing started the project under the name "16 bit" in 1986 and had a big success with their first single "Where Are You?". In 1987 they released the album "Inaxycvgtgb".
Formation and first album[edit]
Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti formed Snap! in 1989 under the aliases Benito Benites and John "Virgo" Garrett III, as they thought that the public had negative preconceived ideas of German music.[2] Their first hit "The Power", a combination of house and hip hop elements which was fronted by rapper Turbo B. and American Singer, Penny Ford, peaked at No.2 in Germany in April 1990 and spent five weeks in that position eventually going Gold for sales of 250,000 units.[1][3][4] The single topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and picked up a Silver-award for sales of 200,000 units.[5][6] In the U.S., it reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 units.[7][8]
Jackie Harris was used to mime Penny Ford's voice in the video "The Power" and left the group shortly after and Penny Ford became its full-time lead singer, recording the second single "Ooops Up", a re-working of "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Ooops!)", a 1980 hit by The Gap Band, with which Penny was a former backing singer.[1] The song "Oops Up" was another No.2 hit in Germany which spent nine weeks in the position.[9] The single entered the top-5 in the UK picking up another Silver-award, it was also awarded a Gold certification in the U.S.[6][10] Further hits followed with the oriental-sounding "Cult of Snap", which charted at No.3 in Germany and No.8 in the UK, and "Mary Had a Little Boy", which charted at No.4 in Germany, and again No.8 in the UK.[5][11] Their first album World Power reached No.7 in Germany, No.10 in the UK and No.30 in the U.S.[5][7][11] The album received Platinum in Germany, and Gold in the U.K. and the U.S.[11][6][12]
Second album[edit]
In 1991, after Thea Austin joined the line-up and helped to write "Rhythm Is a Dancer", which was initially planned to be the lead single from the second album but later was pushed back to be the second single from the second album. The first single, "Colour of Love" managed to peak at No.9 at Snap!'s home of Germany, but did poorly in the UK peaking at No.54 only.[5][11] "Rhythm Is a Dancer" was released as the second single in July 1992 and inspired by the song "Automan" by early-80s electronic hip-hop band Newcleus, it went on to become their biggest hit yet. The single shot to No.1 in Germany, the UK, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium.[5][11][13] In the U.S., it peaked at No.5 collecting another Gold for sales of 500,000 units.[7][14] At home in Germany, the single went Platinum for 500,000 units, and picked up a Gold in the U.K. for sales of 400,000 units.[4][6] The third single from the second album, which charted at No.3 in Germany and No.2 in the UK, was awarded with a Gold certification in Germany.[4]
Despite that the second album, The Madman's Return did well in the charts, peaking at No.3 in Germany and entering a Top-10 in the UK, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland, Turbo B decided to leave the project due to disagreements with the act's producers.[5][11][15] The album went Gold in Germany and the UK, for sales of 250,000 units and 100,000 units respectively.[4][6]
Follow-up singles "Exterminate" (charting No.2 in the UK and 3 in Germany) and "Do you see the light?" featured Niki Harris on lead vocals, a professional vocalist also known for her long-time work with Madonna.
Third album[edit]
The producers, Münzing and Anzilotti recruited Washington DC-born singer Summer to front the act for the third album. Summer was born Paula Brown and previously had worked as a dancer in the TV series Fame and in the Spike Lee movie, School Daze. Snap! moved towards a progressive house sound and released their first single called "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)" in September 1994. The single peaked at No.4 in Germany, No.6 in the UK and was followed by the album, also titled Welcome to Tomorrow.[5][11] The second single "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)" was a moderate hit in the UK, but managed to climb as high as No.7 in Germany.[5][11] Snap! released two more singles from the album "World in My Hands" and "Rame" (featuring Rukmani), both of which experienced a moderate chart entries.
Breakup and return[edit]
In 1996 the group was officially disbanded releasing a greatest hits compilation called Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap!. The album included a new version of their first hit "The Power '96" and "Rhythm Is a Dancer '96".
However, the act made a surprising return in 2000 with a track entitled "Gimme a Thrill", complete with a rap performed by Turbo B. and vocal from the band's newest singer Maxayn. It didn't attract attention and failed to chart.
A new version of "Do You See the Light" remixed by Plaything was released in 2002. The following year, a remixed album, The Cult of Snap! was released and re-worked singles were issued. "Rhythm Is a Dancer 2003" peaked at No.7 in Germany and No.17 in the UK, while "The Power (of Bhangra 2003)" charted moderately in Austria, Switzerland and Denmark.[5][11][16] The act also released a re-done version of "Oops Up!" which featured vocals by NG3 and managed to enter the German top 100 singles chart at No.69 only.[11]
Buoyed by the success of the remixes, Münzing and Anzilotti went back into the studio with male singer Damien Behanan, also known as Loc, and released the single "Beauty Queen" in September 2005 through Luma Music, but once again it failed to enter the charts. They would also release another single in 2008 featuring Loc, Jumping! But this also failed to chart.[17]
On June 16, 2008, a new version of "Rhythm Is a Dancer '08" was released as a CD single in the UK which peaked at No.23 there.[5]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [11] |
AUS [18] |
AUT [19] |
NDL [20] |
NZ [21] |
NOR [22] |
SWE [23] |
SWI [24] |
UK [5] |
US [7] |
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| World Power |
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7 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 20 | 4 | 10 | 30 | |||
| The Madman's Return |
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3 | 70 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 121 | |||
| Welcome to Tomorrow |
|
10 | — | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | 10 | 69 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [11] |
AUT [19] |
NDL [20] |
NZ [21] |
NOR [22] |
SWE [23] |
SWI [24] |
UK [5] |
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| Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap! |
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14 | 43 | 6 | — | — | 55 | 37 | 47 |
| Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap! Remixes & All |
|
— | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Cult of Snap! |
|
43 | 59 | — | — | 5 | 47 | 26 | — |
| The Power: Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [11] |
AUS [18] |
AUT [19] |
ITA [29] |
NDL [30] |
NZ [21] |
SWE [23] |
SWI [24] |
UK [5] |
US [7] |
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| "The Power" | 1990 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | World Power | ||
| "Ooops Up" | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 35 | ||||
| "Cult of Snap" | 3 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 8 | — | ||||
| "Mary Had a Little Boy" | 4 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | — | ||||
| "Mega Mix" | 1991 | 15 | 28 | 22 | — | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 10 | — | Non-album track | ||
| "Colour of Love" | 9 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 54 | — | The Madman's Return | |||
| "Rhythm Is a Dancer" | 1992 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| "Exterminate!" (featuring Niki Harris) |
3 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — |
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| "Do You See The Light (Looking For)" (featuring Niki Harris) |
1993 | 13 | — | 8 | 16 | 5 | — | 20 | 10 | 10 | — | |||
| "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)" (featuring Summer) |
1994 | 4 | 125 | 11 | 6 | 8 | — | 32 | 13 | 6 | — |
|
Welcome to Tomorrow | |
| "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)" (featuring Summer) |
1995 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 15 | — |
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| "The World in My Hands" (featuring Summer) |
53 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 44 | — | ||||
| "Rame" (featuring Rukmani) |
1996 | 34 | — | 34 | — | 28 | — | 40 | — | 50 | — | |||
| "The Power '96" (featuring Einstein) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 42 | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Rhythm Is a Dancer '96" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Gimme a Thrill" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Do You See the Light 2002" | 2002 | 66 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | |||
| "Rhythm Is a Dancer 2003" | 2003 | 7 | 32 | 10 | — | 46 | — | — | 35 | 17 | — | The Cult of Snap! | ||
| "The Power (Of Bhangra)" | 21 | 59 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | ||||
| "Ooops Up 2003" (featuring NG3) |
69 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Beauty Queen" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Rhythm Is a Dancer 2008" | 2008 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | |||
| "Megamix 2009" | 2009 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Power Greatest Hits | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Allmusic: Snap! (Overview)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Danceartistinfo.com: Snap! (Biography)". Danceartistinfo.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Charts.de: Top 100 Single Official Media Control (09.04.1990)". Media Control. Charts.de. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Snap)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Official Charts Company - Snap!". The Official Charts Company. 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Allmusic: Snap! (Awards)". allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b "RIAA: "The Power"". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Charts.de: Ooops Up". Media Control. Charts.de. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b "RIAA: "Ooops Up"". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Charts.de: Snap!" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ a b "RIAA: "World Power"". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Gfk Dutch Charts: "Rhythm Is a Dancer"". GfK Dutch Charts (Hung Medien). Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b "RIAA: "Rhythm Is a Dancer"". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Gfk Dutch Charts: "The Madman's Return"". GfK Dutch Charts (Hung Medien). Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Gfk Dutch Charts: "The Power (of Bhangra 2003)"". GfK Dutch Charts (Hung Medien). Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/jumping-single/id288103183
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "Snap! in Australian Chart". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- Peaks between 51-100: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Welcome To Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
- ^ a b c "Snap! in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b "Artiest: SNap!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ a b c "Snap in New Zealand's Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b "Snap! in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b c "Snap in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ a b c "Artist: Snap". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ a b c d Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ a b "Gold & Platin". IFPI Austria. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ a b c d "Certified Awards Search" (PDF). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ a b "Hitparade.ch: Snap!". Schweizer Hitparade. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: S" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ "Media Marks Top 40: Snap!" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ a b c "IFPI Austria - Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
External links[edit]
- Snap! at danceartistinfo.com
- Snap Music Videos
- Snap! discography at discogs
- "16 Bit" discography at discogs
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