The Power (Snap! song)

"The Power"
Single by Snap!
from the album World Power
Released3 January 1990 (1990-01-03)
Genre
Length
  • 5:45 (album version)
  • 3:47 (single version)
LabelLogic
Songwriters
  • Benito Benites
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
  • Toni C.
ProducerSnap!
Snap! singles chronology
"The Power"
(1990)
"Ooops Up"
(1990)
Music video
"The Power" on YouTube

"The Power" is a song by German Eurodance group Snap! featuring American rapper Turbo B and American singer Penny Ford, and released as the group's debut single. It was released on 3 January 1990 by Logic Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, World Power (1990). The song was both written and produced by the group and reached number one in Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, as well as on the US Billboard Dance Club Play and Hot Rap Singles charts. On the Billboard Hot 100, "The Power" managed to reach number two for one week. The accompanying music video was directed by The Molotov Brothers. In 2022, Rolling Stone magazine featured it in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".