History
Like previous releases, the UK version of the single removed all of the raps from Raymond Slijngaard, leaving just Anita Dels' vocals. One word from the rap was kept, the word 'Techno' (from the line "I'm making techno and I am proud") which was looped and repeated during the middle of the song, turning the line into "Techno! Techno! Techno! Techno!" and giving the song an extra vocal hook.
Like many artists in 2000, 2 Unlimited released the Millennium editions of their more popular tracks. It featured underground sounding trance remixes by some well-known producers from Belgium, Japan & the U.K. It had little success in the charts due its non-commercial approach.
It became notable outside its usual fanbase for its repetitive lyrics. The word "no" appears in the UK radio edit of the track 72 times and hence it was thus parodied by Spitting Image as "No Lyrics". Nonetheless, in 1993 in an NME interview, Mark E Smith of The Fall claimed it was one of his favourite songs. This is perhaps because part of the melody is similar to that of The Fall song Squid Lord, recorded in 1988.
In 2011, this song become one of the song available for dancing in the video game Just Dance 3.
In 2012, the tune to the song was borrowed by Manchester City fans to create a chant for brothers Kolo and Yaya Touré.
The music video featured the singers inside a Pinball machine.
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