"The Launch" | ||||||||||
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File:DJ Jean - The Launch.jpg United Kingdom cover art |
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Single by DJ Jean | ||||||||||
B-side | Remix | |||||||||
Released | February 2, 1999 (Netherlands) August 30, 1999 (UK) |
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Format | CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi | |||||||||
Genre | Euro house | |||||||||
Length | 6:46 (original) 3:38 (radio edit) | |||||||||
Label | Mo'Bizz Recordings | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Koen Groeneveld Addy van der Zwan Jan Voermans Jan Engelaar |
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Producer | Klubbheads DJ Jean |
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DJ Jean singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"The Launch" is the title of a Euro house song produced by Dutch disc jockey, DJ Jean and Klubbheads. The vocals are performed by Natasja Morales. It was released in the Netherlands on February 2, 1999 and released in the United Kingdom on August 30, 1999. The song was considered a big hit in Europe, it was number one on the Netherlands pop charts and was number two in the United Kingdom. The song receives constant airplay at many hockey games in Canada and the United States.
Contents |
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] | 14 |
Canada Dance (RPM) | 4 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | 11 |
France (SNEP)[3] | 28 |
Germany (Media Control AG)[4] | 92 |
Ireland (IRMA) | 2 |
Italy (FIMI)[5] | 43 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] | 1 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 40 |
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company) | 2 |
Preceded by "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears |
Dutch Top 40 number one single March 20, 1999 - March 27, 1999 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears |
Imaani Saleem (born Melanie Crosdale, Born 1972, Derby, England) is an English singer and is best known for representing the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998.
In 1998, she entered the A Song For Europe competition to find the UK's song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her track "Where Are You" was a runaway winner with the British public and was selected to represent the UK. Imaani finished seven points behind the winner Dana International, in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. Britain has never been so close to winning ever since.
After its success in the contest, "Where Are You" entered the UK Singles Chart in May 1998, peaking at #15. The track spent more than two months in the chart. Despite this success, her record label EMI decided to cancel the release of her follow-up single "You Got A Way" and parted company with Saleem.
In 2000, she supplied the lead vocals on Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy's UK garage cover of Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me". "Freak Like Me" reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. Saleem went on to record with the jazz-funk band, Incognito.
All of his life he has dreamt of this moment
Through all the blood and the work and the sweat
Focused or blinked just so single minded
Nothing could stop him when his course was set
To conquer each fear and to push every boundary
Never accepting the limits they set
What doesn't kill you can make you feel stronger
What makes you stronger gets you though each test
Oh, god speed to you
He looks to heaven and feels it surround him
Unknown unknowable foreverness
What lies at the end of this historic journey
No one can know you just take your best guess
Each thing he faces just seems to uncertain
He is strapped in for the ride of his life
Life in the hands of a hundred computers
12 million horsepower rocket to die