Members of Mayday | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Techno |
| Years active | 1991–2014 |
| Labels | Data Records (2003-2005) Destined Records (2008) |
| Past members | Klaus Jankuhn WestBam |
Members of Mayday was a German techno project by Klaus Jankuhn and WestBam. From 1991 until 2013 the Members of Mayday created the official hymn of the annual Mayday Rave, which at the time was Germany's largest indoor rave. In February 2014 WestBam left the group. [1]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [2] | BEL [3] | FIN [4] | FRA [5] | GER [6] | NED [7] | SUI [8] | SWE [9] | UK | |||
| 1992 | "The MAYDAY Anthem" (as WestBam) | — | 19 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | Singles only |
| "Forward Ever Backward Never" (as WestBam) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Judgement Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Religion" | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | Members Only | |
| 1994 | "Rave Olympia (Enter The Arena)" | — | 29 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 14 | — | |
| "We Are Different" | — | — | 2 | — | 13 | 48 | 35 | 19 | — | ||
| 1995 | "The Bells of Reformation" | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | 35 | 35 | — | |
| "Great" | — | — | 13 | — | 49 | — | — | 58 | — | Singles only | |
| 1996 | "The Day X" | — | — | 13 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Live from Mars" (as Members from Mars) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Sonic Empire" | 15 | — | — | — | 1 | 44 | 7 | — | 59 | |
| "Live at the Sonic Empire" | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Save the Robots" | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | "Soundtropolis" | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | "Datapop" | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | 99 | — | — | |
| 2001 | "10IN01" | — | 58 | — | — | 16 | — | 98 | — | 31 | |
| 2002 | "Culture Flash" | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Troopa of Tomorrow" | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "Team X-Treme" | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Prototypes" | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | "Worldclub" | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | "New Euphoria" | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Reflect Yourself" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Massive Moments" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Make My Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Ravemobil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | "The Perfect Machine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | "Never Stop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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