Tribal Dance

"Tribal Dance"
Single by 2 Unlimited
from the album No Limits
Released 1993
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single,
12" maxi
Recorded 1993
Genre Eurodance, Hi-NRG
Length 4:32 (album version)
3:41 (single version)
Label PWL
Writer(s) Phil Wilde
Raymond Lothar Slijngaard
Xavier Clayton
Filip Martens
Producer Phil Wilde
Jean-Paul De Coster
2 Unlimited singles chronology
"No Limit
(1993)		 "Tribal Dance"
(1993)		 "Faces"
(1993)
Alternative cover

"Tribal Dance" was the second single to be released by the band 2 Unlimited from their second album No Limits.

The song was released in the UK in May 1993 and peaked at #4 for 2 weeks and spent a total of 11 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. The song reached number 7 on the US dance chart. The track featured a trumpet riff and different kinds of drums throughout the song and the accompanying video was set in the jungle using blue screen in order to create the appearance of members of the band swinging across a jungle backdrop. The "say that again" lyric at the start of the track was sampled from the film Back to the Future. The song is also featured in the 2006 film Final Destination 3.

Contents

Track listings

CD single

Belgium, Germany
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Rap Edit) (3:41) [1] [2]
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Edit) (3:41)
  3. "Tribal Dance" (Extended) (5:11)
  4. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Rap) (5:11)
  5. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic African Remix) (4:35)
  6. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:48)
France
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Edit) (3:40) [3]
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Rap Edit) (3:40)
UK
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Edit) (3:43) [4]
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic African Remix) (4:38)
  3. "Tribal Dance" (Extended 12" Mix) (5:13)
  4. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic Breakbeat Mix) (4:50)
  5. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Rap) (5:11)

CD maxi

France
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Edit) (3:40) [5]
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Rap Edit) (3:40)
  3. "Tribal Dance" (Extended) (5:10)
  4. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Rap) (5:10)

7" single

  1. "Tribal Dance" (Rap Edit) (3:41)
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Rap Edit) (3:41)

12" maxi

Belgium
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Extended) (5:11)
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Rap) (5:11)
  3. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic African Remix) (4:35)
  4. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:48)
US
  1. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Mix) (5:14)
  2. "Tribal Dance" (Extended Rap Mix) (5:10)
  3. "Tribal Dance" (Radio Version) (3:41)
  4. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic African Remix) (4:35)
  5. "Tribal Dance" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:49)
  6. "Tribal Dance" (No No Rap Edit) (3:45)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 3
Canadian Singles Chart 7
Dutch Top 40[2] 2
Eurochart Hot 100 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 4
German Singles Chart[3] 2
Irish Singles Chart[4] 2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 38
Norwegian Singles Chart[1] 4
Spanish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 2
UK Airplay Chart 18
UK Singles Chart[5] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 7
Chart (2004) 1 Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 58
German Singles Chart[3] 78

1 "Tribal Dance 2.4"

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[8] 23
Dutch Top 40[2] 29
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 21

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[10] Gold 250,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
June 5, 1993 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"What Is Love" by Haddaway

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Tribal Dance", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  2. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1993" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201993.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "2 Unlimited singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/2+Unlimited/single. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart, database Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  6. ^ 2 Unlimited singles, Billboard charts Allmusic.com (Retrieved April 15, 2010)
  7. ^ "Tribal Dance 2.4", Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved April 17, 2010)
  8. ^ "1993 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. http://www.austriancharts.at/1993_single.asp. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  9. ^ "1993 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1993. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (2 Unlimited; 'Tribal Dance')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Tribal+Dance&strInterpret=2+Unlimited&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
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