The Power (Snap! song)
| "The Power" | ||||
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| Single by Snap! | ||||
| from the album World Power | ||||
| Released | 3 January 1990 | |||
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| Label | Logic | |||
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| Producer | Snap! | |||
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| "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".