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| Single by Culture Beat | |||||||||||||||
| from the album Serenity | |||||||||||||||
| B-side | Remix | ||||||||||||||
| Released | April 16, 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi | ||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Eurodance | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 5:37 | ||||||||||||||
| Label | Dance Pool (BMG) | ||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Steven Lewis, Nosie Katzmann and Jay Supreme | ||||||||||||||
| Producer | Torsten Fenslau | ||||||||||||||
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"Mr. Vain" is the title of a song by German Eurodance group Culture Beat. It was released in April 1993 as the lead single from the album Serenity. The song achieved huge success worldwide, reaching number-one in Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It also spent ten weeks at number-one on the RPM Dance chart in Canada.
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Background and chart performances [link]
Written by Steven Levis, Nosie Katzmann and Jay Supreme and produced by Torsten Fenslau and Peter Zweier, Mr. Vain was 1993's best-selling single across Europe. Typical of the Eurodance style of the time, the song first broke in Germany before breaking more widely through the summer, eventually topping the chart in twelve countries. It reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a gold disc. "Mr. Vain also peaked at number two for two weeks on the American dance charts.[1] Tania Evans was the female singer in Mr. Vain.
It first entered the charts in the United Kingdom in late July 1993 at number 24 climbing to number one for the week ending 28 August 1993, at times it was selling twice as much its nearest challenger It Keeps Rainin' by Bitty McLean during its 4 week reign at the top.[2] It spent a total of 15 weeks on the chart and was the 9th biggest selling single in Britain in 1993.
It is notable in the United Kingdom as it was the first number one single not to be available as a 7" since the 1950s and heralded the demise of the 7" single as a mass market medium.
Covers and samples [link]
- One of the song's original writers, Nosie Katzmann, recorded a new country version of the tune.
- A lounge version was recorded by Axel Boys Quartet.
- Ray Hamilton recorded an instrumental version of the track.
- Premiere & Co. released a cover featuring Marquise in 1993.[3]
- Australian rapper Nathan Jolly released a cover version in 1998 on his second studio album, Who Dat?
- The Pet Shop Boys covered the song during a live performance in Rio de Janeiro, as part of their 1994 "Discovery" Tour.[4] The cover was performed middle of "One in a million".
- Culture Beat released a new version of the song in 2003 which was renamed "Mr. Vain Recall".
- In 2011 Katerina Graham posted a cover of the track on her YouTube page.
- A cover version named Vain Killer exists on the 2011 album Clockwork Udder of german Grindcore band Milking the Goatmachine.
Track listings [link]
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Charts and sales [link]
Peak positions [link]
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End of year charts [link]
Certifications [link]
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Chart successions [link]
References [link]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 67.
- ^ Music Week, 4th September
- ^ https://www.music-db.org/misc/b410a40f.html
- ^ Pet shop boys sing CULTURE BEAT
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mr. Vain", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ Belgian peak
- ^ Canadian Top Singles peak
- ^ Canadian Dance chart peak
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006) (in Finnish). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
- ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1993" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. https://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201993.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Mr. Vain - Remix", in Swiss Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ a b c d Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ 1993 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ 1993 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ Canadian Dance Top Tracks of 1993
- ^ 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ 1993 UK Singles Chart [1] (Retrieved March 3, 2008)
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". https://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1994. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Austrian certifications, database ifpi.at (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ French certifications, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved APril 15, 2010)
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Mr+Vain')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. https://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Mr%2BVain&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved September 11, 2008)
- ^ UK certifications, database Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
- ^ U.S. certifications, database riaa.com (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
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The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for "place of" or "country". It appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central and South Asia, but also in the Caucasus and Russia; areas where significant amounts of Persian culture were spread or adopted. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian and Urdu rigestân (ریگستان) "place of sand, desert", Pakistan "land of the pure", Hindustan "land of the Hindus", golestan (گلستان) "place of flowers, garden", etc.
Etymology and cognates
The suffix, originally an independent noun, but evolving into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds, is of Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European origin: It is cognate with Sanskrit sthā́na (Devanagari: स्थान [st̪ʰaːna]), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location", and ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna-.
The Proto-Indo-European root from which this noun is derived is *steh₂- (older reconstruction *stā-) "to stand" (or "to stand up, to step (somewhere), to position (oneself)"), which is also the source of English to stand, Latin stāre, and Ancient Greek histamai (ἵσταμαι), all meaning "to stand" and Russian стан (stan, meaning "settlement" or "semi-permanent camp"). In Polish and Ukrainian, stan means "state" or "condition", while in Serbo-Croatian it translates as "apartment" (a Slovenian word "stanovanje" means apartment or other closed space of living is an obvious derivative of stan) in its modern usage, while its original meaning was "habitat". In Czech and Slovak, it means "tent" or, in military terms, "headquarters". Also in Germanic languages, the root can be found in Stand ("place, location"), and in Stadt (German), stad/sted (Dutch/Scandinavian), stêd (West Frisian) and stead (English), all meaning either "place" or "city". The suffix -stan is analogous to the suffix -land, present in many country and location names.
Stan!
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Biography
Brown was born and grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!." He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons. He has served as a graphic designer and line editor for West End Games; an editor and game designer for TSR, Inc.; and an author, senior game designer, and creative director for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. He has also been the creative content manager at Upper Deck Entertainment.
In 2007, R. Hyrum Savage formed a subsidiary of his OtherWorld Creations with Brown called Super Genius Games. He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc. Brown is the Creative Director for Super Genius Games. He co-founded The Game Mechanics with JD Wiker, Marc Schmalz, and Rich Redman.
Stan (fan)
A stan is an avid fan and supporter of a celebrity, franchise, or group, often a rock/pop musician. The object of the stan's affection is often called their fave. Based on the song "Stan" by American rapper Eminem, the term has frequently been used to describe artist devotees whose fanaticism matches the severity of the obsessive character named Stan in the 2000 Eminem song. The word has been described as a portmanteau of "stalker" and "fan".
Behavior
A website known as "Stan Wars" or "stanipedia" sprouted up to host discussions and flame wars between rival fanbases. In a response to stan culture, David Monger, an amateur cartoonist developed a web series on YouTube titled The Nekci Menij Show. The show strives to satirize public perceptions of female pop stars, simultaneously parodying it. The series features numerous pop stars including Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Kesha, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Lana Del Rey, Rihanna, and Adele. The series employs an artistic style reminiscent of the Dolan Duck Internet meme.
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- Porter le monde
- Poupée
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Mr. Vain
by: Culture BeatCall him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him Mr. Vain (Vain
Vain).
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him insane
(insane
insane) insane.
He'd say:
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
(Mr. Vain
Vain
Vain
Vain)
Call me Mr. Raider call me Mr. Wrong
call me insane
call me Mr. Vain.
Call me what ya like
As long as you call me time and again
Feel the presence of the aura
Of the man none to compare
Loveless dying
For a just to touch a hand
Or a moment to share
Can't deny the urge that makes them
Want to lose themselves to the debonair one
Hold me back the simple fact is
That I'm all that and I'm always near
One sexy can't perplex me now
You know who's raw
As if you didn't didn't know before
I know what I want and I want it now
I want you then I want a little more.
Solo
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him Mr. Vain (Vain
Vain).
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him insane
(insane
insane) insane.
He'd say:
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
(Mr. Vain
Vain
Vain
Vain)
Solo (Mr. Wrong - Mr. Wrong - Mr. Raider)
Girls are all over the world
They hope and pray and die for men
Like me cause I'm the one
Begotten son that breaks the mold
Get a look at male epitome
Style has never seen
That makes you want to grab and hold
And squeeze real tight
Whose gonna be the one to save
You from yourself
When you wanna take a bite
Please oh baby please
You beg you want to say
You got to get some caught
Up in the charm that I laid on thick
And now there's nowhere
To run on the hook of my line
Yeah I keep many females
Longing for a chance to win my heart
With sex and pienty
Solo
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him Mr. Vain (Vain
Vain).
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him insane
(insane
insane) insane.
He'd say:
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
(Mr. Vain
Vain
Vain
Vain)
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him Mr. Vain (Vain
Vain).
Call him Mr. Raider
call him Mr. Wrong
call him insane
(insane
insane) insane.
He'd say:
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
I know what I want
and I want it now!
I want you
'cause I'm Mr. Vain.
(Mr. Vain
Vain
Vain