Their first single, the ambient house track "Der Erdbeermund", with a spoken vocal in German by Jo van Nelsen, peaked at number 11 on the German singles chart. Versions in English and French were also released (titled "Cherry Lips" and "Les lèvres cerises", respectively). An instrumental version was also a club hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 55.
Shortly afterwards, Culture Beat recruited New Jersey-born rapper Jay Supreme and singer Lana Earl to front the act. While the second single "I Like You" reached number 22 in the Netherlands, their fourth single "No Deeper Meaning" managed to reach as high as number 5 in the Netherlands and number 3 on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart. They released their first album, Horizon, in 1991 which went with only minor success.
Lana was replaced by British singer Tania Evans in 1993, and the act took a harder Eurodance sound. "Mr. Vain" became their biggest hit to date, reaching number-one in 13 countries including Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom. It was also their first mainstream hit in the United States, peaking at No.17 on the Hot 100. The single was certified three times Gold in Germany for selling over 750,000 units, it also managed to reach a Gold status in several other countries including US.
Subsequent singles "Got to Get It" and "Anything" were also pan-European hits, and their second album Serenity was awarded at the ECHO award for being the Best-selling German Act Abroad, with more than two million copies sold. This also got Torsten Fenslau nominated in the same year at the Echo for being the Best Producer of the Year, who also walked away as a winner.
On November 6, 1993, Culture Beat's founder Torsten Fenslau was killed in a car accident in Messel (district of Darmstadt) at age of 29. His brother Frank Fenslau took over the act as producer and manager.
The group returned the act in 1995 with a third album called Inside Out, preceded by a single of the same title "Inside Out" which reached number 5 in Germany and number 32 in the UK.
In 1997, Frank decided to take Culture Beat in a different musical direction diverging the act from the Eurodance sound into a more commercial pop sound. He also replaced Tania with Kim Sanders, who had previously scored a hit with "Impossible" by Captain Hollywood Project. Jay Supreme remained with the act for a short time after Tania's departure, but during recording of the next album he decided to leave the group and the Rap-vocals on the next album (only a few tracks contained Rap) were produced by rapper Next Up. Although, in 1998, the album Metamorphosis managed to reach No.12 at home, it was a minor chart success as it remained in the top-20 of the album chart for only four weeks, and spent overall 10 weeks appearing on the chart.
Three years later, Jacky Sangster replaced Kim as the fourth female lead singer for Culture Beat. The single called "Insanity" was released in 2001 which flopped in Germany; however, reached No. 1 in Israel. In 2003, to commemorate ten years since the release of the group's biggest hit, a new version of "Mr. Vain" was issued in Germany and reached No.7 in the singles chart. In 2004, a Greatest Hits package was released ahead of a planned new album with Jacky as vocalist, but was canceled before "Can't Go on Like This (No No)" was released. This single had minor success as well.
In January 2013, a compilation album was released, "The Loungin' Side of", which contains acoustic and lounge versions of hits taken from Inside Out and Metamorphosis.
Official website: http://www.culture-beat.com
Got to Get It
Culture Beat Lyrics
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Got to get it got to get it out of my head
I think I expected too much of it
Got to get it got to get it out of my head
I know I wanted too much from it
Got to get it got to get it
Who needs to feel like that
Got to get it got to get it
Got to get it got to get it
Who needs to feel like that
Got to get it got to get it
Can't get you out of my head I try
Thoughts of you I just cannot defy
We must have had something real strong
I'm tossing turning all night long
Can't even enjoy a fantasy
Without your face jumping in a scene
Can't escape your grip cause you clutch my mind
Want to dream of other girls but you I find
Thought getting you out of my heart was hard
But now I see that was just the start
Your legacy is trying to drive me mad
To forget I concentrate on all the bad
Can't shake this monkey off my back
Tried drinking everything from beer to jack
No answers in all the books I've read
All I know is I've got to get you out of my head
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah yeah
Out of my thoughts let go my mind [Repeat: x7]
I'm gonna have to change this thing so let's stop it for a second
Okay let's do it
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah yeah
Chorus
Yeah yeah yeah
“Got to Get It” by Culture Beat is a pop dance song about someone struggling to get over a past relationship. The lyrics describe the singer's difficulty in forgetting about their former partner and moving on with their lives. The chorus repetition of “Got to get it got to get it out of my head” emphasizes their desperation to forget their former partner. They acknowledge that they wanted too much from the relationship and now find themselves unable to forget it. The singer speaks to the feeling of being haunted by memories of their past relationship, with the thought of the former partner always being present, even when they try to escape it. The verse "Can't even enjoy a fantasy/Without your face jumping in a scene" shows the extent to which their former partner still plays a role in their life- even in their imagination.
The second verse speaks to the difficulty of detaching from someone you love because you are so accustomed to having them in your daily routine. The singer finds it challenging to move on and forget their former partner. The verse "Your legacy is trying to drive me mad/To forget I concentrate on all the bad" even suggests that the singer is beginning to realize the relationship was not healthy, yet they still find it challenging to untangle themselves from it. The song’s high-energy and constant repetition conveys the exasperation and desperation of the singer, who is having a hard time adjusting to life without their former lover.
Line by Line Meaning
Got to get it got to get it out of my head
Can't get you out of my head I try
I think I expected too much of it
Thoughts of you I just cannot defy
I know I wanted too much from it
We must have had something real strong
Who needs to feel like that
I'm tossing turning all night long
Got to get it got to get it
Can't even enjoy a fantasy
Who needs to feel like that
Without your face jumping in a scene
Got to get it got to get it
Can't escape your grip cause you clutch my mind
Who needs to feel like that
Want to dream of other girls but you I find
Thought getting you out of my heart was hard
But now I see that was just the start
Your legacy is trying to drive me mad
To forget I concentrate on all the bad
Can't shake this monkey off my back
Tried drinking everything from beer to jack
No answers in all the books I've read
All I know is I've got to get you out of my head
Out of my thoughts let go my mind [Repeat: x7]
I'm gonna have to change this thing so let's stop it for a second
Chorus
Yeah yeah yeah
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAY SUPREME, NOSIE KATZMANN, PETER ZWEIER, TORSTEN FENSLAU
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@steffenhaas
THIS Is PURE nostalgia.
@barbarakusio1564
Yes 😢♥️
@hadrakir4098
Yeh but it was rad then and it's still rad now.
Culture beat just did good music.
@LL-ff8zv
Vero purissima nostalgia
@dornishred6033
Time flies…… and seems to get worse/not better. The early 90s is an alien world compared to 2022, so much change. 😞
@LL-ff8zv
@@dornishred6033 nessuno dimenticherà quei anni ❤️🔝🔝🔝🔝
@user-fd9kw4dm1b
Как жаль, что в прошлое не вернуться. Время уходит, а музыка прошлого остается навсегда в твоей памяти.
@KREISSCommunity_K-REISS
Да уж..В 2023 слушаю 🎶
@brandonmoore7497
@@KREISSCommunity_K-REISSCulture Beat Got To Get It is my number one favorite song
@user-gs1rt3cs3n
Может и к лучшему, что прошлое нельзя вернуть.
Что было, то было. И по другому быть не могло.
Морфеус(Матрица).