Maxx (band)
Maxx | |
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Origin | Berlin, Germany |
Genres | Eurodance |
Years active | 1993–1995 |
Labels | BMG Berlin (Hansa Records), Blow Up Records, Pulse-8 Records, Intercord |
Associated acts | Real McCoy |
Past members |
Linda Meek Gary Bokoe Samira Besic Alice Montana George Torpey David "The Hitman" Brunner Dakota O'niel Dawhite |
Maxx was a mid-'90s German Eurodance project that had major, albeit brief, international success in 1993-1994.[1]
Biography
After having already recorded a German cover version of Snow's "Informer", rapper Gary Bokoe teamed up with the producers George Torpey, Dakota O'niel, David Brunner (Hitman) to found the project Maxx (short for MAX-imum and X-tasy).[1] The first single produced was "Get-A-Way." Bokoe, performed the ragamuffin style rap, and a female singer Samira Besic produced the vocals for the chorus. It was a dancefloor hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 11 at their native Germany,[2] while entering the top-5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands, the single entered the top-10 in Switzerland and Norway.[3][4] "Get-A-Way" eventually reached a Gold status in Germany for selling over 250,000,[5] and in the UK, it was certified with a Silver-certification-award for selling over 200,000 units.[6] Samira Besic, who had at the peak of Maxx's career left the act for a solo career, was replaced by Linda Meek.
The second single "No More (I Can't Stand It)" which was as successful as its predecessor, entered the top-10 in Germany, UK, Austria and Norway, while entering the top-5 in The Netherlands and Sweden.[2][3][7] The third single "You Can Get It" followed, as well as the album entitled To the Maxximum, but their success was short-lived. The fourth single "I Can Make You Feel Like" off the same album was a commercial failure charting only in UK at No. 56,[3] and another single released in 1995 called "Move Your Body" managed to chart only in Austria peaking at No. 18 and in Finland at No.16.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
FIN [11] |
NETH [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
UK [3] | ||
To the Maxximum |
|
22 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 29 | 66 |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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GER [2] |
AUT [10] |
FIN [11] |
FRA [15] |
IRE [16] |
NETH [17] |
NOR [18] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [19] |
UK [3] | ||||
"Get-A-Way" | 1993 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | To the Maxximum | |
"No More (I Can't Stand It)" | 1994 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | ||
"You Can Get It" | — | 25 | 13 | 28 | — | 32 | — | 37 | — | 21 | |||
"I Can Make You Feel Like" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | ||
"Move Your Body" | — | 18 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
References
- 1 2 "Germany: Hitmakers '94". Billboard Magazine. 1994-12-03. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- 1 2 3 "Charts.de: Maxx (Singles)" (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Charts > Maxx". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ↑ "Maxx: Get-A-Away". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Maxx)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- 1 2 "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
- ↑ "Maxx: No More (I Can't Stand It)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ "Austrian and Finnish positions on the Single Move Your Body". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ↑ "Charts.de: Maxx (Albums)" (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
- 1 2 "austriancharts.at: Maxx". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- 1 2 Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
- ↑ "GfK Dutch Charts: Maxx (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- 1 2 "swedishcharts.com: Maxx". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ "swisscharts.com: Maxx (Albums)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ "lescharts.com: Maxx (Singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ Search for Ireland peak positions
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40: Maxx". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ ": Maxx (Singles)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ "swisscharts.com: Maxx (Singes)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-07-23.