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"Slave to the Music" is a song by the Dutch Eurodance group Twenty 4 Seven. It was released on 13 August 1993, as the third single and first song from their second studio album, Slave To The Music. The song peaked within the Top 10 in at least eight countries. It was a number-one hit in Zimbabwe and peaked at number 2 in Australia.

"Slave to the Music"
CD Maxi
Single by Twenty 4 Seven
from the album Slave to the Music
Released
  • 13 August 1993 (International)
  • 1994 (US)
Recorded1992
GenreEurodance
Length4:01
Label
  • Indisc
  • ZYX Music
  • Possum
Songwriter(s)
  • Twenty 4 Seven
  • Ruud van Rijen
  • Stay-C
Producer(s)
  • Twenty 4 Seven
  • Ruud van Rijen
Twenty 4 Seven singles chronology
"It Could Have Been You"
(1992)		 "Slave to the Music"
(1993)		 "Is It Love"
(1993)
Music video
"Slave to the Music" on YouTube

Chart performance


"Slave to the Music" was a major hit on several continents, remaining one of the group's most successful songs to date. In Europe, it peaked within the Top 10 in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. It didn't chart on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom, but reached number 20 on the Eurochart Hot 100. Additionally, "Slave to the Music" managed to climb into the Top 20 in Switzerland and the Top 30 in Flemish Belgium. Outside Europe, the single peaked at number 2 in Australia and Zimbabwe. In Israel, it reached number 17. It was awarded with a gold record in Germany and Poland, with a sale of 250,000 and 15,000 singles. In Australia, the song earned a platinum record, after a sale of 70,000 units.


Music video


The music video for the song was released in September 1993 by Garcia Media Production, a studio company of Garcia Media based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was directed by Fernando Garcia and Steve Walker. The video features scenes with a jumping toad and a dancing boy called Dion, the scene shows Stay-C & Nance singing. The music video contains different coloured backgrounds. During the making a green screen was used.. "Slave to the Music" was uploaded to YouTube in October 2013. By August 2020, the video had more than 1,1 million views.[1]


Track listing



Charts



References


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  2. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 10/10/93". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 109 (5): 49. 10 October 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  6. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. "Twenty 4 Seven featuring Stay-C and Nance - Slave to the Music" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 40, 1993" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music". VG-lista.
  11. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music". Singles Top 100.
  12. "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance – Slave to the Music". Swiss Singles Chart.
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  14. "1994 Australian Singles Chart". aria. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  15. "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  16. "Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  17. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  18. "JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 1993". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  19. "1994 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  20. "Certification for every country in the world" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  21. "1994 Australian Awards". aria. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  22. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Slave To The Music')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 November 2013.


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