Get-A-Way

"Get-A-Way"
Single by MAXX
from the album To the Maxximum
B-side "Remix"
Released October 27, 1993
Format CD single
CD maxi
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:45
Songwriter(s) Dakota O'Neill, Dawhite, Gary Bokoe, George Torpey, The Hitman
Producer(s) The Movement
MAXX singles chronology
"Get-A-Way"
(1993)		 "No More (I Can't Stand It)"
(1994)

"Get-A-Way"
(1993)		 "No More (I Can't Stand It)"
(1994)
Music video
"Get-A-Way" on YouTube

"Get-A-Way" is a Top-10 European hit single recorded by the '90s eurodance duo act MAXX. The single was released in October 1993 as MAXX's debut single. "Get-A-Way" became a dancefloor hit in Europe, peaking at No. 11 in Germany,[1] and at No. 5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands. The single also became a Top-10 hit in Switzerland and Norway.[2] "Get-A-Way" was later certified Gold in Germany for selling over 250,000,[3] and Silver in the UK for selling over 200,000 units.[4] By mid-1994, the single reached a total of 1.1 million in European commercial sales.[5]

Background

"Get-A-Way" originally featured vocals by rapper Gary B. and singer Samira Besic. The single became a Top-10 European hit upon release in October 1993. Besic did not participate further in MAXX beyond recording vocals for "Get-A-Way" and model-dancer Alice Montana was hired to lip-sync Besic's vocals for the accompanying music video.[6] Singer-songwriter Linda Meek (now known as Elyse) was later discovered and brought into the act early in 1994.

Track listings

CD Maxi-single (Europe, 1993)
  1. "Get-A-Way" (Airplay Mix) - 3:45
  2. "Get-A-Way" (Club Mix) - 5:35
  3. "Get-A-Way" (Twilight Mix) - 5:33
  4. "Get-A-Way" (Get In Trance Mix) - 4:49
CD Maxi-single - Remix (Europe, 1994)
  1. "Get-A-Way" (2AM Club Mix) - 5:21
  2. "Get-A-Way" (Piano Remix) - 4:59
  3. "Get-A-Way" (Naked Eye Radio Mix) - 4:01

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Charts.de: Top 100 Single (February 28, 1994)". Media Control. Charts.at. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Maxx: Get-A-Away". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  3. 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Maxx)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  4. 1 2 "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Germany: Hitmakers '94". Billboard Magazine. 1994-12-03. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Eliz Yavuz". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Get-A-Way", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  8. ↑ Belgian peak
  9. ↑ Canadian dance peak
  10. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World Section, April 16, 1994
  11. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World Section, April 9, 1994
  12. ↑ "Charts.de: Maxx (Singles)" (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  13. ↑ Search for Ireland peak positions Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40: Maxx". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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