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One more song till the top 40...
Oh, was that a hint?
#41. Real McCoy - One More Time - 7.086
After 5: #40
After 10: #55
After 15: #36
After 20: #32
After 25: #42
After 30: #38
Final: #41
Highest: 10 x 2 (@iheartpoptarts, @Aester) 9.5 x 1 (@OspreyQueen) 9.3 x 1 (@berserkboi)
Lowest: 1 x 1 (@CasuallyCrazed) 4 x 3 (@soratami, @Sprockrooster, @Ray)
Album: One More Time (1997)
Best Charts: #27 (US), #3 (Australia), #8 (Canada), #25 (Iceland)
Producers: Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza (of Real McCoy), Juergen Wind (Maxx)
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy was born in 1989 when German label ZYX Records decided to cash in on the success of Technotronic's 'Pump Up the Jam' by throwing together a rap cover as fast as possible.
Somehow this mess led to Eurodance amazingness. Eventually.
The Real McCoy referred to Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza, the male voice behind the group and only constant member. M.C. Sar was not in fact real and they hired a guy to play him in the videos. Who's up for a hip house party?
That's 'It's On You', their Europe-wide breakthrough and first legitimately great song. In case anyone's interested (you should be), they re-recorded it almost a decade later with the most Vengaboys-sounding remix ever.
After some financial troubles at the label and a few singles that went nowhere, Real McCoy moved to BMG and 'Another Night' conquered the world. Let's skip that whole era for now because it deserves its own post and it's getting two of them. Oh, and they stopped pretending M.C. Sar was a thing.
'One More Time' kicked off their next album campaign, and here we have a rare Eurodance hit that wasn't actually big in Europe. Canada? Yes. Australia? Platinum. America? Kind of. But as for their home continent? Well, it was #25 in Iceland.
Still, it's got a huge euphoric chorus and it deserved much better, so your resident Canadian (*waves*) has forced you all to listen to it. Really. I think @DJHazey tried to take it off the list but I put it back on. Ha.
(No shade from him, though, he gave it a 9.)
Afterwards came 'I Wanna Come With You', which appears to have flopped everywhere except Canada, so at least I got to live happily ever after.
Because we're on Popjustice, I should probably mention that a Xenomania remix totally exists.
One More Time:
@WowWowWowWow (8) - Well, they tried it! Sophomore slump was definitely a thing for some Eurodance artists, and while I think everyone knew that they weren't ever going to reach the days of Another Night and Run Away again, they seemed like they were at least on the right track with "One More Time." Then it stalled at #27 on the Hot 100 and we pretty much never heard from them again on these shores. Apparently they also released that infernal Shania Twain cover as a single, thankfully it didn't go anywhere. Later it would crack me up when I would see "Real McCoy - Greatest Hits!" compilations on the shelves. Like.... they had two albums. Either put all the songs from both albums onto one CD, or buy both albums. It's not like there was exclusive new material on there either! Clive Davis cashgrab alert!!!
My old iPod has one of those Greatest Hits albums and I'm forever bothered that they didn't just throw on some of the early Europe singles for fun!
P.S. Let's not post the Shania cover because I hate it.
@ThisIsRogue (8) - Ooohhh that long floaty synth during the rap is a mood.
@ohnoitisnathan (8) - Neat.
@31entrance (9) - I swear the beat is similiar to Gunther's Goldiggers...??
True, and I think I like it. Maybe we should've let him in the rate?
@berserkboi (9.3) - Good number!
@Seventeen Days (6) - From a music lovers’ POV, this is actually a pretty solid track. But from a personal POV, I was already more into the Spice Girls and Britpop by the time this came out, so it didn’t really catch me. The “Play me! Play me BA-BEH!” part is pretty catchy.
And the comparisons were bound to happen...
@Cutlery (8) - Similar enough in energy to Another Night, but still has its identity.
@Empty Shoebox (7) - It's not quite as memorable as 'Another Night', but it's perfectly serviceable.
Never Again:
@Sprockrooster (4) - For a song that is supposed to make me dance this is quite boring.
@One Stop Candy Shop (6) - It's rather bland. I don't need to hear this one more time.
@Ray (4) - I never heard this before, and I can’t say I missed out on a lot.
@phily693 (5) - It’s slightly grating, I wish it was better.
@CasuallyCrazed (1) - The Real McCoy without Karin Kasar is like christmas without presents. All the magic is gone in this one -- its just a joyless slog with the flattest vocal possible.
And with this, Karin has won.
---
I leave you with something called the UK Radio Mix. If that's what they were playing, no wonder it didn't chart there!
(...Okay, so it's not that bad. But they took all the Eurodance out of it.)
Oh, was that a hint?
After 5: #40
After 10: #55
After 15: #36
After 20: #32
After 25: #42
After 30: #38
Final: #41
Highest: 10 x 2 (@iheartpoptarts, @Aester) 9.5 x 1 (@OspreyQueen) 9.3 x 1 (@berserkboi)
Lowest: 1 x 1 (@CasuallyCrazed) 4 x 3 (@soratami, @Sprockrooster, @Ray)
Album: One More Time (1997)
Best Charts: #27 (US), #3 (Australia), #8 (Canada), #25 (Iceland)
Producers: Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza (of Real McCoy), Juergen Wind (Maxx)
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy was born in 1989 when German label ZYX Records decided to cash in on the success of Technotronic's 'Pump Up the Jam' by throwing together a rap cover as fast as possible.
Somehow this mess led to Eurodance amazingness. Eventually.
The Real McCoy referred to Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza, the male voice behind the group and only constant member. M.C. Sar was not in fact real and they hired a guy to play him in the videos. Who's up for a hip house party?
That's 'It's On You', their Europe-wide breakthrough and first legitimately great song. In case anyone's interested (you should be), they re-recorded it almost a decade later with the most Vengaboys-sounding remix ever.
After some financial troubles at the label and a few singles that went nowhere, Real McCoy moved to BMG and 'Another Night' conquered the world. Let's skip that whole era for now because it deserves its own post and it's getting two of them. Oh, and they stopped pretending M.C. Sar was a thing.
'One More Time' kicked off their next album campaign, and here we have a rare Eurodance hit that wasn't actually big in Europe. Canada? Yes. Australia? Platinum. America? Kind of. But as for their home continent? Well, it was #25 in Iceland.
Still, it's got a huge euphoric chorus and it deserved much better, so your resident Canadian (*waves*) has forced you all to listen to it. Really. I think @DJHazey tried to take it off the list but I put it back on. Ha.
(No shade from him, though, he gave it a 9.)
Afterwards came 'I Wanna Come With You', which appears to have flopped everywhere except Canada, so at least I got to live happily ever after.
Because we're on Popjustice, I should probably mention that a Xenomania remix totally exists.
One More Time:
@WowWowWowWow (8) - Well, they tried it! Sophomore slump was definitely a thing for some Eurodance artists, and while I think everyone knew that they weren't ever going to reach the days of Another Night and Run Away again, they seemed like they were at least on the right track with "One More Time." Then it stalled at #27 on the Hot 100 and we pretty much never heard from them again on these shores. Apparently they also released that infernal Shania Twain cover as a single, thankfully it didn't go anywhere. Later it would crack me up when I would see "Real McCoy - Greatest Hits!" compilations on the shelves. Like.... they had two albums. Either put all the songs from both albums onto one CD, or buy both albums. It's not like there was exclusive new material on there either! Clive Davis cashgrab alert!!!
My old iPod has one of those Greatest Hits albums and I'm forever bothered that they didn't just throw on some of the early Europe singles for fun!
P.S. Let's not post the Shania cover because I hate it.
@ThisIsRogue (8) - Ooohhh that long floaty synth during the rap is a mood.
@ohnoitisnathan (8) - Neat.
@31entrance (9) - I swear the beat is similiar to Gunther's Goldiggers...??
True, and I think I like it. Maybe we should've let him in the rate?
@berserkboi (9.3) - Good number!
@Seventeen Days (6) - From a music lovers’ POV, this is actually a pretty solid track. But from a personal POV, I was already more into the Spice Girls and Britpop by the time this came out, so it didn’t really catch me. The “Play me! Play me BA-BEH!” part is pretty catchy.
And the comparisons were bound to happen...
@Cutlery (8) - Similar enough in energy to Another Night, but still has its identity.
@Empty Shoebox (7) - It's not quite as memorable as 'Another Night', but it's perfectly serviceable.
Never Again:
@Sprockrooster (4) - For a song that is supposed to make me dance this is quite boring.
@One Stop Candy Shop (6) - It's rather bland. I don't need to hear this one more time.
@Ray (4) - I never heard this before, and I can’t say I missed out on a lot.
@phily693 (5) - It’s slightly grating, I wish it was better.
@CasuallyCrazed (1) - The Real McCoy without Karin Kasar is like christmas without presents. All the magic is gone in this one -- its just a joyless slog with the flattest vocal possible.
And with this, Karin has won.
---
I leave you with something called the UK Radio Mix. If that's what they were playing, no wonder it didn't chart there!
(...Okay, so it's not that bad. But they took all the Eurodance out of it.)
