Hypnotic Tango

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"Hypnotic Tango"
My Mine - Hypnotic Tango.jpg
Single by My Mine
from the album Stone
B-side "Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental Version)"
Released1983
Genre Italo disco
Length3:44
Label Progress
Songwriter(s)
  • Ginko
  • Tayx
Producer(s) Lemon
My Mine singles chronology
"Hypnotic Tango"
(1983)
"Zorro"
(1984)

"Hypnotic Tango" is the debut single by Italian Italo disco band My Mine, released in 1983.

Contents

Commercial performance

Across Europe, the song reached the top-ten in Germany and Switzerland, [1] while reaching the top 40 charts of Belgium. [2]

Track listing and formats

A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 3:44
B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 4:01
A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 6:10
B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 5:20
A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 3:45
B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 4:02

Charts

Sampling

In 2005, English girl group Bananarama interpolated the song in "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" which reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart [8] and No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

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References

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