Megamix (Technotronic song)

"Megamix"
Single by Technotronic
from the album Trip on This: The Remixes
B-side	"Raw Update" (remix)
Released	24 September 1990 (1990-09-24) [1]
Length	4:18
Label	SBK EMI
Songwriter(s)	Manuela Kamosi Jo Bogaert Thomas de Quincey J. Mallory B. Veuleman
Producer(s)	Jo Bogaert
Technotronic singles chronology
"Rockin' Over the Beat" (1990) "Megamix" (1990) "Turn It Up" (1990)
Music video
"Megamix" on YouTube

"Megamix" is a song by Belgian Eurodance group Technotronic. It was released as a single in September 1990 by SBK and EMI Records and comprises the four previous singles taken from their first studio album, Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989). The songs featured in the megamix, in order, are "This Beat Is Technotronic", "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)", "Rockin' Over the Beat", "Pump Up the Jam", "Special Unity Break", "Move This" (in the club mix only), "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)", "This Beat Is Technotronic", and "Pump Up the Jam (US Mix)".

"Megamix" peaked within the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. The song is included on European release of their 1990 remix album Trip on This: The Remixes, and their 1993 compilation album The Greatest Hits.

Track listings

• 7-inch single

A. Megamix (radio version) - 4:18

B. Raw Update (remix) – 3:20

• CD maxi (BCM Records [20475])

1. Megamix (club version) – 7:22
2. Megamix (radio version) - 4:18
3. Raw Update (remix) – 5:09
4. Come On (remix) – 3:12

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [2] 13 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 8 Denmark (IFPI) [4] 5 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [5] 5 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 11 France (SNEP) [7] 10 Ireland (IRMA) [8] 4 Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg) [9] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [10] 26 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 18 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 7 UK Singles (OCC) [13] 6 UK Dance ( Music Week ) [14] 11 West Germany (GfK) [15] 9

Year end charts Chart (1990) Position Australia (ARIA) [16] 84 Belgium (Ultratop) [17] 79 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [18] 75 Germany (Media Control) [19] 61

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 22 September 1990. p. 31.
2. "Technotronic – Megamix". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
3. "Technotronic – Megamix" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
4. Danish Singles Chart. 21 September 1990.
5. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 42. 20 October 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
6. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
7. "Technotronic – Megamix" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Megamix". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
9. Radio Luxembourg Singles. 14 October 1990.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 34, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
11. "Technotronic – Megamix" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
12. "Technotronic – Megamix". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
14. "Top Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 13 October 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 6 September 2023– via World Radio History.
15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Technotronic – Megamix" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
16. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 50)". ARIA . Retrieved 10 October 2016– via Imgur.
17. "Jaaroverzichten 1990" (in Dutch). Ultratop . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
18. "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 15 January 2020– via World Radio History.
19. "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 14 November 2020.