Exterminate! (song)

"Exterminate!"
Single by Snap! featuring Niki Haris
from the album The Madman's Return
B-side "Remix"
Released December 1992
Format
Genre Eurodance
Length 5:21
Label Logic Records
Songwriter(s)
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
  • Benito Benites
  • Niki Haris
Producer(s) Snap!
Snap! singles chronology
"Rhythm Is a Dancer"
(1992)		 "Exterminate!"
(1992)		 "Do You See the Light (Looking For)"
(1993)

"Rhythm Is a Dancer"
(1992)		 "Exterminate!"
(1992)		 "Do You See the Light (Looking For)"
(1993)
Music video
"Exterminate!" on YouTube

"Exterminate!" is a song recorded by the German band Snap! featuring Niki Haris. It is taken from their second album The Madman's Return. The song peaked atop the charts of Finland and Spain and became a top 10 hit in many other European countries.

Release

The song is based on the track "Ex-Terminator" from their 1992 album The Madman's Return and was included in later editions of the album. Released first at the end of 1992, it was a hit in several countries, particularly in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria and the United Kingdom, where it climbed to number two, and spent 15 weeks on the charts.

A popular version of the song, came from a duet recorded by F. Michael Sky and Farmer Murray in 2003. Critics acclaimed the track as it climbed to the top five songs in Switzerland.

Critical reception

Billboard wrote about the song: "Former Madonna backing singer steps into the spotlight as the German act's new (at least for the moment) front woman. Electronic hip-hop beats are doused with ambient sound effects, while Haris offers an appropriately ominous and forceful vocal. Not as radio-friendly as the previous "Rhythm Is A Dancer," but a savvy club entry that should glide onto playlists."[1]

Music & Media wrote: "The follow-up to the year end number 1 single Rhythm Is a Dancer might not be as accessible on first hearing, but it's actually a killer dance song which chokes you with its chorus with built-in snappy piano riff."[2]

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21
  2. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7" mix) — 4:13
7" single
  1. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21
  2. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7" mix) — 4:13
12" single
  1. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 12") — 6:45
  2. "Exterminate!" (A.C.II 12") — 7:44
CD maxi
  1. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7") — 4:13
  2. "Exterminate!" (A.C.II 12") — 7:44
  3. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21

Charts and sales

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  2. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media (1993-01-16, page 8). Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Exterminate!", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 9, 2008)
  4. ↑ Belgian peak Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 1779." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Top 10 Denmark" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 13 February 1993. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  9. ↑ "Snap! singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Top 10 Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  11. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (05.03.1993 - 11.03.1993)" (PDF). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  12. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  13. ↑ Top Italian singles of 1993
  14. 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1993" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  15. ↑ "Top 10 Portugal" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  16. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  17. ↑ "Exterminate!", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  18. ↑ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  19. ↑ 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved August 1, 2008)
  20. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Exterminate')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
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