Get-A-Way

"Get-A-Way"
Single by Maxx
from the album To the Maxximum
B-side Remix
Released October 27, 1993
Format CD single
CD maxi
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:45
Producer(s) The Movement
Maxx singles chronology
"Get-A-Way"
(1993)		 "No More (I Can't Stand It)"
(1994)

"Get-A-Way" is a famous Top-10 European hit single recorded by the popular 90's eurodance duo act known as MAXX. The single was released in October 1993 as MAXX's debut single. "Get-A-Way" became an instant dancefloor hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 11 in Germany,[1] and at No. 5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands. The single also became a Top-10 hit in Switzerland and Norway.[2] "Get-A-Way" was later certified Gold in Germany for selling over 250,000,[3] and Silver in the UK for selling over 200,000 units.[4] By mid-1994, the single reached a total of 1.1 million in European commercial sales.[5]

Background

"Get-A-Way" originally featured vocals by rapper Gary Bokoe and singer Samira Besic. When the single became a Top-10 European hit, Besic was not re-hired by the producers to participate further in the act beyond recording vocals for the single. As a result, model-dancer Alice Montana was hired to lip-sync Besic's vocals for the accompanying music video.[6] Montana was also falsely promoted as the voice behind the single and was featured prominently on all of MAXX's early promotional material for the single.[7] Singer-songwriter Linda Meek was later discovered and brought into the act as Besic's official replacement early in 1994. Even though Meek did not originally sing "Get-A-Way" or appear in the music video for that song, many still associate her with it due to her powerful live covers of the song for MAXX's live TV appearances and MAXX concerts in the mid-'90s.

Track listings

CD Maxi-single (Europe, 1993)
  1. "Get-A-Way" (Airplay Mix) - 3:45
  2. "Get-A-Way" (Club Mix) - 5:35
  3. "Get-A-Way" (Twilight Mix) - 5:33
  4. "Get-A-Way" (Get In Trance Mix) - 4:49
CD Maxi-single - Remix (Europe, 1994)
  1. "Get-A-Way" (2AM Club Mix) - 5:21
  2. "Get-A-Way" (Piano Remix) - 4:59
  3. "Get-A-Way" (Naked Eye Radio Mix) - 4:01

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1993-1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 196
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[10] 8
Canada Dance (RPM)[11] 3
Denmark (Tracklisten)[12] 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 5
France (SNEP)[9] 15
Germany (Media Control Charts)[14] 11
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[9] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 8
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company) 4

Certifications

Country Certification Date Dales certified
Germany[3] Gold 1994 250,000
UK[4] Silver August 1, 1994 200,000

References

  1. ↑ "Charts.de: Top 100 Single (February 28, 1994)". Media Control. Charts.at. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Maxx: Get-A-Away". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  3. 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Maxx)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  4. 1 2 "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Germany: Hitmakers '94". Billboard Magazine. 1994-12-03. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Eliz Yavuz". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "SAMIRA (GERMANY)". eurokdj.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Get-A-Way", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  10. ↑ Belgian peak
  11. ↑ Canadian dance peak
  12. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World Section, April 16, 1994
  13. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World Section, April 9, 1994
  14. ↑ "Charts.de: Maxx (Singles)" (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  15. ↑ Search for Ireland peak positions
  16. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40: Maxx". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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