No Limit (song)

"No Limit"
Single by 2 Unlimited
from the album No Limits!
Released January 1993
Format
Recorded 1992
Genre Eurodance[1][2]
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Phil Wilde
  • Jean-Paul De Coster
2 Unlimited singles chronology
"The Magic Friend"
(1992)		 "No Limit"
(1993)		 "Tribal Dance"
(1993)
Audio sample
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"No Limit" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.

Release and reception

"No Limit" was 2 Unlimited's fourth single released in January 1993. It was the first single released from their second album No Limits!.

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.

To this day, "No Limit" is one of the most well known Eurodance songs and was a worldwide hit, selling 2.8 million copies. It topped many European charts including the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Spain. It peaked at number 25 in the American Dance charts. It was Europe's biggest-selling song for 1993.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit No Rap) (3:08)
  2. "No Limit" (Radio Edit Rap) (3:30)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit) (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Mix) (5:40)
  3. "No Limit" (Automatic Remix) (4:54)
  4. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) (3:53)
  5. "No Limit" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:45)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Radio Edit No Rap) (3:08)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended No Rap) (5:44)
  3. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  4. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Version) (3:57)
7" single
  1. "No Limit" (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) (3:53)
UK 7" single
  1. "No Limit" (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:45)
12" maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Extended) (5:44)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) (4:56)
12" maxi Italy
  1. "No Limit" (Extended No Rap 2) (5:55)
  2. "No Limit" (Extended Rap) (5:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) (4:56)
  4. "No Limit" (Automatic Remix) (4:54)
  5. "No Limit" (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (4:45)
  6. "No Limit" (Radio Rap Edit) (3:30)

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[6] 1
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[7] 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 1
France (SNEP)[10] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[13] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 40
Norway (VG-lista)[17] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[8] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[21] 21
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[21] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Position
Australia (ARIA)[22] 30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[23] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[24] 7
Italy (FIMI)[25] 42
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[27] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 4

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[29] Gold 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[30] Gold 25,000
France (SNEP)[31] Gold 357,000[32]
Germany (BVMI)[33] Gold 250,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[34] Platinum 75,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35] Platinum 50,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Alison (C'est ma copine à moi)" by Jordy
"Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits		 French number-one single
1 May 1993 – 22 May 1993 (4 weeks)
10 July 1993 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits
"What Is Love" by Haddaway
Preceded by
"It's OK It's All Right" by Def Dames Dope		 Belgian Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one single
13 March 1993 – 17 April 1993 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Open Sesame" by Leila K
Belgian VRT Top 30 Flanders number-one single
13 March 1993 – 17 April 1993 (6 weeks)
Preceded by
"Somebody Dance with Me" by DJ BoBo		 Swiss number-one single
21 March 1993 – 18 April 1993 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"All That She Wants" by Ace of Base
Preceded by
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston		 Austrian number-one single
7 March 1993 – 21 March 1993 (3 weeks)
Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
6 March 1993 – 1 May 1993 (9 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Informer" by Snow
Norwegian number-one single
9/1993 – 15/1993 (7 weeks)
Swedish number-one single
24 February 1993 – 7 April 1993 (4 weeks)
UK Singles Chart number-one single
13 February 1993 – 13 March 1993 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Oh Carolina" by Shaggy
Preceded by
"This Time" by Christy Moore		 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
26 February 1993 – 26 March 1993 (5 weeks)
Preceded by
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston		 Single Top 100 number-one single (first run)
13 February 1993 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate
Preceded by
"Mockin' Bird Hill" by Roots Syndicate		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
6 March 1993 – 3 April 1993 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Mr. Blue" by René Klijn
Single Top 100 number-one single (second run)
27 February 1993 – 27 March 1993 (5 weeks)
Preceded by
"I Feel You" by Depeche Mode		 Spanish number-one single
6 March 1993 – 20 March 1993 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"I Feel You" by Depeche Mode

Millennium remixes

"Millennium remixes"
Single by 2 Unlimited
Released 2000
Label Byte

Track listings

CD single
  1. "No Limit" (Moon Project Edit) (3:50)
  2. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix Edit) (3:15)
  2. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
  3. "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Rmx) (8:26)
  4. "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)
  5. "No Limit" (Razzor and Guido Remix Dub) (10:38)
12" single
  1. "No Limit" (Starfighter Remix) (7:55)
  2. "No Limit" (Razor and Guido Dub) (10:38)
  3. "No Limit" (Push's Trancendental Remix) (8:26)
  4. "No Limit" (Moon Project Remix) (7:43)

No Limit 2.3

"2.3 remixes"
Single by 2 Unlimited
Released 2003
Label Byte
2 Unlimited singles chronology
"Never Surrender"
(1998)		 "No Limit 2.3"
(2003)		 "Tribal Dance 2.4"
(2004)

Track listing

CD single
  1. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Radio Edit) (3:12)
  2. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
  3. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:23)
  4. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Sputnik Remix) (6:54)
  5. "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:42)
12" single
  1. "No Limit 2.3" (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
  2. "No Limit 2.3" (Marco De Jonge Club Mix) (5:38)
  3. "No Limit 2.3" (DJ Digress Hamburg Style Remix) (7:25)
  4. "No Limit 2.3" (Original Extended Mix) (5:40)

Charts

"No Limit 2.3" charted at no. 41 in Germany.[36]

Irene Moors and de Smurfen cover

A Dutch cover version by Irene Moors en de Smurfen topped the Dutch charts for six weeks in 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[37] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[38] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[39] 1

Chart (1995) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[40] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[41] 4

beFour cover

"No Limit"
Single by beFour
from the album Friends 4 Ever
Released January 2009
Format CD single
Recorded 2009
Genre Eurodance
Label Universal
beFour singles chronology
"Live Your Dream
(2008)		 "No Limit"
(2009)		 "Ding-A-Dong"
(2009)

"No Limit" was covered by German band beFour on their fourth studio album Friends 4 Ever, and as a single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The song entered the German Singles Chart in January 2009.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "No Limit" (Single version) (3:25)
  2. "No Limit" (Remix) (3:41)
  3. "All Around The Planet" (3:53)
  4. "No Limit" (Video) (3:25)
Digital download
  1. "No Limit" (Single version) (3:25)
  2. "No Limit" (Remix) (3:41)
  3. "All Around The Planet" (3:53)

Charts

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[42] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[43] 21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 29

References

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  2. ↑ "Pump up the Jam revives the 90s". Meath Chronicle. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2014. the eurodance cheese of 2 Unlimited's "No Limit"
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 20 maart 1993" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 1751." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Hits of the World". Billboard 105 (19): 41. 8 May 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
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  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – No Limit". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 105 (11): 60. 13 March 1993. ISSN 0006-2510.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2 Unlimited - No Limit search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". VG-lista. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – 2 Unlimited – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1993-02-13" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  21. 1 2 "2 Unlimited – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1993". ARIA Charts. ARIA. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "Jahreshitparade 1993" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  24. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1993" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  25. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1993" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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  27. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  29. ↑ "Australian Fun Countdowns – Accreditation Awards". Australian Fun Countdowns. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter 2 Unlimited in the field Interpret. Enter No Limit in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  31. ↑ "French single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in French). InfoDisc. Select 2 UNLIMITED and click OK
  32. ↑ "Les Singles en Or" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  33. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (2 Unlimited; 'No Limit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  34. ↑ "Dutch single certifications – 2 Unlimited – No Limit" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
  35. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (2 Unlimited; 'No Limit')". Hung Medien.
  36. ↑ "Single – 2 Unlimited, No Limit 2.3". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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  40. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1995" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  41. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  42. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – beFour – No Limit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  43. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – beFour – No Limit". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  44. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – beFour – No Limit". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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