Tuesday 3 May 2011

2 Unlimited 'Let The Beat Control Your Body'

Chart Peak: 6

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'Let The Beat...' is the Dutch duo's 9th consecutive UK Top 20 hit in the last 2½ years... Ray & Anita had reached No. 6 with this storming cut by 27/2/94

And that was as high as it ever got, folks. At least, though, the note is arguably accurate in crediting the two visible members of the group who really do perform on the record: by this point Pete Waterman had stopped editing Ray Slijngaard's raps out of the UK versions of their singles. In truth, the producers still own the rights the name and have relaunched the act with new vocalists a couple of times, whilst the reunited frontpeople have new material on the way but can't bill themselves as 2 Unlimited.

Anyway, here in happier times towards the end of their golden era, I can kind of tell why 2Unlimited are the superstars of Eurodance; even though this isn't really my type of music it feels much more effective than most of these tracks and it's very catchy. I don't mind admitting that if I were listening to this in the appropriate circumstances, the beat probably would exert some kind of influence over my body. 

Also appearing on: Now 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28

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