Celebration (Fun Factory song)

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"Celebration"
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Single by Fun Factory
from the album Fun-Tastic
ReleasedAugust 17, 1995
Genre
Length3:26
Label
  • Scorpio Music
  • Regular Records
  • Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Team 33
Fun Factory singles chronology
"I Wanna B with U"
(1995)		"Celebration"
(1995)		"Do Wah Diddy"
(1996)
Music video
"Celebration" on YouTube

"Celebration" is a song by German Eurodance band Fun Factory, released in August 1995 by various labels as the second single from the band's second album, Fun-Tastic (1995). It features female vocals by Marie-Anett Mey and the rap parts is performed by Smooth T (a.k.a. Toni Cottura), who also co-wrote the song with Bülent Aris. A sizeable hit in Europe, it was a top-10 hit in Spain (10), and a top-20 hit in France (19) and Germany (12). Outside Europe, the single reached number nine on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada and number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The accompanying music video for "Celebration" was directed by Marcus Adams. In 1996, the remix of the song done by Mousse T. was sampled by French electronic music duo Daft Punk on their song "Revolution 909".

Contents

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Speaking of musical calls for peace and unity, this red-hot Euro-dance act drops its standard rapid pace down to a per-cussive pop/reggae groove for this engaging plea for racial harmony. The result is the act's most appealing single to date. Do not be surprised if this is also Fun Factory's biggest hit, too. You are likely to be humming the chorus for hours after the first time you hear it." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Celebration" (Radio Party Rap) — 3:26
  2. "Celebration" (Radio Party Vocal) — 4:03
  1. "Celebration" (Radio Party Vocal) — 4:03
  2. "Celebration" (Radio Party Rap) — 3:26
  3. "Celebration" (Slam Rap Extended) — 4:28
  4. "Celebration" (Mousse T's Back To The Old School) — 4:32
  5. "Celebration" (Black Zone Remix) — 5:09
  1. "Celebration" (Radio Party Rap) — 3:29
  2. "Celebration" (Radio Party Vocal) — 4:05
  3. "Celebration" (Slam Rap Extended) — 4:30
  4. "Celebration" (Black Zone Remix) — 5:06

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Flick, Larry (2 December 1995). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . p. 82. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 13, no. 5. 3 February 1996. p. 11. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fun Factory – Celebration" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fun Factory – Celebration" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Nr. 144 vikuna 18.11 '95 - 24.11. '95". Dagblaðið Vísir . 15 July 1995. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 2 December 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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