Song:The Power
Album:The House Of Groove
Snap! scored a couple of top five hits in the early 90s including The Power in 1990. They were a much bigger deal in Europe. The guys behind Snap! were German dance music producers Michael Minzing and Luca Anzilotti. They released an album as 16 Bit in 1987. They had their own label Logic Records with BMG distribution. They started Snap! in 1989 and released the album World Power in 1990. The Power was a hit in Europe and Arista picked it up for US distribution after dance clubs started playing it. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The song was written and produced by Minzing and Anzilotti as Benito Benites and John Garrett III because they didn't want anyone to know they were German. They used a rotation of singers and rappers. For The Power, the singer is Penny Ford who started out as a backup singer for The Gap Band. Chaka Khan was supposed to sing but she couldn't make the recording session. The rapper is Durron "Turbo B" Butler. He was on a European tour with The Fat Boys when he was introduced to Munzing and Anzilotti. Penny had already left Snap! when the video was shot. Jackie Harris appears lip syncing in the video. The US recording had to be redone because of unauthorized sampling. The album was certified Gold in the US but it was more successful in Europe. Snap! scored another top five hit in 1992 with Rhythm Is A Dancer in 1992 sung by Thea Austin. They recorded three albums and disbanded in 1996. Unfortunately there is no Snap! comp available on CD. But you can get The Power on the Arista various artists budget comp. Snap! reformed briefly in 2000. But Minzing and Anzilotti continued to produce and release dance music until they sold logic in 1998. Here's the video for The Power by Snap!.
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