| "Up and Down" | ||||
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| Single by Vengaboys | ||||
| from the album Up & Down – The Party Album and The Party Album | ||||
| Released | 27 February 1998 [1] | |||
| Genre | Eurodance [2] | |||
| Length | 4:02 | |||
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| Producer | Vengaboys | |||
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| "Up and Down" on YouTube | ||||
"Up and Down" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. Originally released in the Netherlands in February 1998, it reached number four in the United Kingdom in November 1998. It also reached number one on the US Dance Club Play chart in 1999. The Tin Tin Out remix of the song was sampled in DMC's remix of Cher's "Believe". The "Wooo!" voice in the song is sampled from "Crash Goes Love" by Loleatta Holloway. [3] The accompanying music video was directed by Wendelien van Diepen and produced by Zapruder films. The scenario is by Hilde Pat. [4]
Larry Flick from Billboard magazine described the song as a "sweat-soaked" debut. [5] Pop Rescue wrote in their review, "It's simple – 'up and down, up and down, up…. and down' – not much to remember when you're dancing to it in a club at 3am. Again the thumping beat and bouncy little synth riffs are there, and aside from that simple almost-aerobic exercise set of lyrics, there's not much more to it. This probably played to its benefit, helping to keep it un-cluttered and catchy." [6]
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) [43] | Platinum | 785,000 [44] |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| Netherlands | 27 February 1998 | CD | Jive | [1] |
| United Kingdom | 16 November 1998 |
| Positiva | [45] |
Der Vengaboys-Fan Friebe hat den Eurodance-Klassiker der Niederländer gecovert.