Chart entered : 24 March 1990
Chart peak : 1
Number of hits : 12
The first German act to feature here for a while, Snap! were essentially a duo of producers Michael Munzing and Luca Anziloti from Frankfurt. They started out as a sort of Teutonic Pet Shop Boys called 16 Bit. They enjoyed a big hit in Germany with "Where Are You?" a moody synth-pop chugger with theatrical vocals rcalling Yello. Their other singles were "Changing Minds" a Buggles-meets-KLF stomper and "In A Gadda Da Vida" which you suspect is a cover of the Boney M version rather than Iron Butterfly's prog-rock classic.
None of these broke out internationally so the duo took a leaf out of Coldcut's book and became a production duo using guest vocalists re-branded as Snap ! For their first single they recuited rapper Durron "Turbo B" Butler, an American GI stationed in Germany who'd previously toured with The Fat Boys. They arranged with Chaka Khan that she'd record the female part but she couldn't make the session and recommended one of her recent backing vocalists Penny Ford for the task. Penny was an experienced singer who'd worked with The Gap Band, S.O.S. Band and Klymaxx as well as scoring a minor solo hit ( number 43 ) with the robotic electrodance number "Dangerous" in 1985.
They were immediately rewarded with an international smash. The Popular link ishere
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