I Can't Stand It!

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"I Can't Stand It!"
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Single by Twenty 4 Seven featuring MC Fixx It or Captain Hollywood
from the album Street Moves
Released1990
Genre Hip house
Length4:05 (radio version)
Label Freaky
Songwriter(s)
  • Ruud van Rijen
  • Tony Dawson-Harrison
Producer(s)
  • Ruud van Rijen
  • Tony Dawson-Harrison
Twenty 4 Seven singles chronology
"I Can't Stand It!"
(1990)		"Are You Dreaming?"
(1990)
Music video
"I Can't Stand It" on YouTube
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"I Can't Stand It"
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"I Can't Stand It!" is a song by Dutch-American musical group Twenty 4 Seven, released as their debut single from their first album, Street Moves (1991). The song was produced by Dutch producer Ruud van Rijen and American musician Tony Dawson-Harrison (Captain Hollywood). The first version of the single featured rap vocals from rapper Ricardo Overman (MC Fixx It). After Overman's quick departure from the act, a new version of the single was recorded with Harrison. Both versions of the single featured singing vocals from Dutch singer Nancy Coolen. The single reached number one in Italy and the top five in several European countries, including Austria, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany.

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Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine described the song as a "light and catchy hip-houser". [1] A reviewer from Music & Media wrote, "I Can't Stand It will never be regarded as innovative: the Martin Luther King [actually is a sample from Khalid Muhammad] "Robbed Of Our Nation..!' speech, the Kraftwerk-like synth, the ooh's and yeah' s have all been heard before, but seldom in such a strong pop context. The chorus, sung by Dutch Wendy James look-alike Nancy, is extremely catchy." [2] The magazine also stated, "Without doubt one of the strongest hip house records for some time, one that really stands out from the crowd." [3]

Music video

Nancy Coolen in the official video of "I Can't Stand It". I Can't Stand It.png
Nancy Coolen in the official video of "I Can't Stand It".

There were two different music videos for the single albeit had the same setting (set outside a church with a Cadillac parked in front of it). The original hip-house version features Fixxit, Coolen and the dancers along with additional female dancers. When it later released internationally as a single it was redone with Hollywood as the featured rapper in place of Fixxit. Even the scene where the Cadillac's owner pushed aside the rappers was altered; Fixxit riding off in a bike, Hollywood in a car in need of gasoline. The video's song and message also featured the image and quotes of Nelson Mandela flashing in the song break.

Track listings

  1. "I Can't Stand It!" (original single version) — 4:09
  2. "I Can't Stand It!" (Hip House single version) — 3:59
  3. "I Can't Stand It!" (12-inch club nix) — 6:33
  4. "I Can't Stand It!" (12-inch Hip House remix) — 6:02
  1. "I Can't Stand It!" (radio version) — 4:05
  2. "I Can't Stand It!" (Hip House remix) — 6:10
  3. "I Can't Stand It!" (long instrumental) — 6:10
  1. "I Can't Stand It!" (radio remix) — 3:35
  2. "I Can't Stand It!" (club remix) — 9:35
  3. "I Can't Stand It!" (dub mix) — 6:40
  1. "I Can't Stand It!" (club mix) — 9:35
  2. "I Can't Stand It!" (Hip House mix) — 6:10

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [31] Gold25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Flick, Larry (13 April 1991). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . p. 67. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "A Brief Spin Around The European Dance Floor" (PDF). Music & Media . 12 May 1990. p. S4. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Talent: Promising Acts" (PDF). Music & Media . 9 June 1990. p. 14. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Top 3 Singles in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 30. 28 July 1990. p. VII. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 41. 13 October 1990. p. IV.
  8. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 52. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Twenty 4 Seven".
  11. ↑ Radio Luxembourg Singles. 30 September 1990.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 7, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 11. 16 March 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  17. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  20. ↑ "Top Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 13 October 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 6 September 2023– via World Radio History.
  21. ↑ "Indie Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 27 October 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "Dance Club Songs" . Billboard . 15 June 1991. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  23. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood – I Can't Stand It!" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  24. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  25. ↑ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1990" (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  26. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1990" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 15 January 2020– via World Radio History.
  27. ↑ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  28. ↑ "Årstopplistan 1990, Singlar" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Archived from the original on 16 February 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  29. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990" (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  30. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  31. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Twenty 47 – I Can't Stand It" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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