Maximum Overdrive (song)

"Maximum Overdrive"
Single by 2 Unlimited
from the album No Limits!
Released November 1993
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7", 12"
Recorded 1993
Genre Eurodance
Label Byte, Zyx, PWL
Writer(s) Phil Wilde, Filip Martens, Ray Slijngaard, Anita Dels
Producer(s) Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul De Coster
2 Unlimited singles chronology
"Faces"
(1993)		 "Maximum Overdrive"
(1993)		 "Let The Beat Control Your Body"
(1994)
UK cover

"Maximum Overdrive" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.

Release and reception

Maximum Overdrive was released in November 1993 as the fourth single from 2 Unlimited's second album, No Limits!.

The release scored chart success in many European countries topping the charts in Finland and Spain. The UK release was the first UK single to maintain all the rap lyrics from Ray used in the European release.

Track listings

Netherlands CD maxi
  1. "Maximum Overdrive" (Radio Edit) (3:21)
  2. "Maximum Overdrive" (Extended) (5:18)
  3. "Maximum Overdrive" (Album Version) (3:58)
  4. "Maximum Overdrive" (Speedaumatic Remix) (5:45)
  5. "Maximum Overdrive" (X-Out In Trance) (4:53)
Australian CD maxi
  1. "Maximum Overdrive" (Radio Edit) (3:43)
  2. "Maximum Overdrive" (Extended) (5:18)
  3. "Maximum Overdrive" (Speedaumatic Remix) (5:46)
  4. "Maximum Overdrive" (X-Out In Trance (4:55)
UK CD single
  1. "Maximum Overdrive" (Radio Edit) (3:28)
  2. "Maximum Overdrive" (Extended) (5:20)
  3. "Maximum Overdrive" (Speedaumatic Remix) (5:45)
  4. "Maximum Overdrive" (X-Out In-Trance) (4:51)
7" single
  1. "Maximum Overdrive" (Radio Edit) (3:21)
  2. "Maximum Overdrive" (X-Out In-Trance) (4:53)
Belgian 12" maxi
  1. "Maximum Overdrive" (Extended) (5:18)
  2. "Maximum Overdrive" (Album Version) (3:58)
  3. "Maximum Overdrive" (Speedaumatic Remix) (5:45)
  4. "Maximum Overdrive" (X-Out In Trance) (4:53)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 32
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] 1
France (SNEP)[1] 35
Germany (Media Control Charts)[4] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] 5
Spain (AFYVE) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 23
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[6] 15

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993) Position
Dutch Top 40[7] 85

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Maximum Overdrive", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – 2 Unlimited – Maximum Overdrive" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  3. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World, January 15, 1994
  4. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  6. ↑ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  7. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1993" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

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