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"This Beat Is Technotronic" is the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

from dance group Technotronic

Technotronic

Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...

's 1989 debut album. This single

Single (music)

found its greatest success on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., where it hit #3. It also peaked at #14 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It is the follow-up to Technotronic

Technotronic

's second single, "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)".

The song was covered by German music artist Daisy Dee

Daisy Dee

Desiree Rollocks is a singer, actress and TV host, especially well known in the German-speaking world.- History of Daisy Dee's career :...

in the early 1990s.

Track listings

7" single

"This Beat Is Technotronic" (single version) — 3:40
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 3:15

12" maxi

"This Beat Is Technotronic" ("my favourite club" mix) — 5:57
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (instrumental) — 4:00
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (Alaska dub) — 5:00
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 2:00

12" maxi

"This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it club mix) — 7:40
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (radio edit) — 4:50
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix) — 3:30
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (this dub is Technotronic) — 5:44
"Pump Up the Jam
Pump Up the Jam
"Pump Up the Jam" is the opening track on Technotronic's album Pump Up the Jam: The Album. The song was a worldwide hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989. The song was also a landmark release for the Belgian EBM – and New Beat – influenced house music. It was able to tackle the...

" (punami mix) — 6:19
"Tough" — 4:23

CD maxi

"This Beat Is Technotronic" (single version) — 3:40
"This Beat Is Technotronic" ("my favourite club" mix) — 5:57
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (Alaska dub) — 5:00
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (rap to beats) — 3:15
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (beats & bass) — 2:00

Cassette

"This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix)
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it 7" mix)
"Pump Up The Jam" (punami mix)
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (7" mix)
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it 7" mix)
"Pump Up The Jam" (punami mix)

12" maxi / CD maxi - Remixes

"This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it club mix) — 7:40
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (get on it single mix) — 3:34
"This Beat Is Technotronic" (radio edit) — 4:50
"This Dub Is Technotronic" — 5:44

Personnel

Vocals by MC Eric
Produced by Jo Bogaert
Artwork by Patrick F Cypen
Photography by Koen Kampioen

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	27
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	7
French SNEP Singles Chart	18
German Singles Chart	10
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	9
Chart (1990) ¹	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	11
Dutch Mega Top 100	18
German Singles Chart	14
UK Singles Chart	77

¹ "This Beat Is Technotronic" by MC B. featuring Daisy Dee

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