Greece 2000

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"Greece 2000"
Single by Three Drives
Released25 November 1997
Genre Progressive Trance [1]
Length8:03
Label Massive Drive Recordings
Songwriter(s) Erik de Koning, Ton van Empel [2]
Producer(s) Three Drives
Three Drivessingles chronology
"Greece 2000"
(1997)
"Turkey 2000"
(1998)

"Greece 2000" is a song by Dutch progressive trance duo Three Drives. It peaked at number 12 in the United Kingdom and number-one on the UK Dance chart.

Contents

Track listing

12" maxi single (1997)

  1. "Greece 2000" – 8:03
  2. "Not Overdrive" – 7:06
  3. "Piano Freq." – 6:10

Whitenoise Remix (2019)

  1. "Greece 2000" (Whitenoise Extended Remix) – 4:13

Charts

Chart performance for "Greece 2000"
Chart (1997–1999)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 81
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 66
Scotland (OCC) [5] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 12
UK Dance (OCC) [7] 1
2008 chart performance for "Greece 2000"
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [8] 8

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