The Power (Snap! song)

"The Power"
"The Power"
Single by Snap!
from the album World Power
Released	3 January 1990
Genre	Eurodance; hip house; techno;
Length	5:45 (album version); 3:47 (single version);
Label	Logic
Songwriter(s)	Benito Benites; John "Virgo" Garrett III; Toni C.;
Producer(s)	Snap!
Snap! singles chronology
Music video
	"The Power" on YouTube

"The Power" is a song by German Eurodance group Snap! featuring American rapper Turbo B and American singer Penny Ford, and released as the group's debut single. It was released on 3 January 1990 by Logic Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, World Power (1990). The song reached number one in Greece, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, as well as on the US Billboard Dance Club Play and Hot Rap Singles charts. On the Billboard Hot 100, "The Power" managed to reach number two for one week. In 2022, Rolling Stone featured it in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".^[5]

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^ Amter, Charlie (9 November 2010). "'Euro-hop' music invades America". CNN. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ Henderson, Alex. "Hip-House". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010.
^ Rolling Stone Staff (8 February 2024). "The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time: Staff List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2024. Definitive early '90s techno-rap, digestible as an iconic four-word soundbite.
^ Dolan, Jon; Lopez, Julyssa; Matos, Michaelangelo; Shaffer, Claire (22 July 2022). "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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[2] Amter, Charlie (9 November 2010). "'Euro-hop' music invades America". CNN. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[3] Henderson, Alex. "Hip-House". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010.

[RS_Staff_2024-4] Rolling Stone Staff (8 February 2024). "The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time: Staff List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2024. Definitive early '90s techno-rap, digestible as an iconic four-word soundbite.

[rollingstone-5] Dolan, Jon; Lopez, Julyssa; Matos, Michaelangelo; Shaffer, Claire (22 July 2022). "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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