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| type = single

| artist = Cappella

| album = U Got 2 Know

| B-side = Remix

| released = 1993

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| studio =

| genre = Hi-NRG

| length = 3:32

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Gianfranco Bortolotti

| prev_title = U Got 2 Know

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Move on Baby

| next_year = 1994

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"'U Got 2 Let the Music'" is a song by Italian Eurodance group Cappella, released in 1993 as the fourth single from their second studio album, 'U Got 2 Know' (1994). The song had a great success in many countries including the UK, where it reached number two on the singles chart, becoming the 36th best-selling single of 1993 in the UK. It was held off from the top spot only by Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". In Austria, Finland and Switzerland, "U Got 2 Let the Music" peaked at number one. The song did also chart in Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia.

"U Got 2 Let the Music" was re-released in 1998, 2004 and 2006, in remixed versions.

Background



Cappella started as a studio project with Italian producer and manager Gianfranco Bortolotti and his record company Media Record's team of DJs and producers ganging together, striving for the perfect commercial dance formula. The band had some minor hits in the late 80s and early 90s with singles like "Bauhaus (Push the Beat)" (1987), "Helyom Halib" (1989) and "Take Me Away" (1992). After Cappella became progressively more commercial, and received sustained success Bortolotti chose British singer/dancer Kelly Overett and American rapper Rodney Bishop as a regular public face of the band. "U Got 2 Let the Music" would be the first release with Overett and Bishop. In an 1993 interview with 'Music & Media', Bortolotti said, "We have given Capella a new image with Anglo-Italian Kelly and American Rodney as the groups singers and public image. Capella's sound is also less techno and more pop-oriented now."



Critical reception



John Bush from AllMusic described "U Got 2 Let the Music" as a "continent-wide Hi-NRG hit". Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' wrote, "Harold Faltermeyer meets the Italo house scene on a melody line not unlike Let's All Chant by the Michael Zager Band and ends up at the top of the UK dance chart." Dario Usuelli, PD at EHR Radio Deejay Network/Milan said, "It is a fast danceable pop song without pretention and has a good strong dance rhythm for the clubs." James Hamilton from 'Music Week's 'RM' Dance Update called it a "typical breezy synth buzzed chanting italo techno-pop scamperer". Another editor, Tim Jeffery viewed it as a "typically big, bold and brash Euro stomper that's pretty much in the same vein as their last hit single", stating that "this is basically in-yer-face pop techno."

Chart performance



"U Got 2 Let the Music" went on to become a major hit on the charts in Europe. To date, it remains the most successful release by the group, peaking at number-one in Austria, Finland and Switzerland, as well as reaching number two in the United Kingdom. In the latter, the single peaked in its second week in the UK Singles Chart, on October 24, 1993. It was held off reaching the top spot by Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". "U Got 2 Let the Music" was the 36th best-selling single of 1993 in the UK. It also made it to the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway, plus on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it entered at number 46 in October, 1993 and peaked at number four on 15 January 1994. Additionally, it reached the top 20 in France, Iceland and Sweden. Outside Europe, it charted in Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia, where the song peaked at number 169. It earned a gold record in Austria, with a sale of 25,000 units, a silver record in the UK, after 200,000 singles were sold, and a platinum record in Germany, with 500,000 units sold there.

Airplay



"U Got 2 Let the Music" rolled out at number 17 when the first European airplay chart Border Breakers was compiled on 30 October 1993 due to crossover airplay in Central- and Northwest-Europe. It peaked at number three on 11 December.

Track listings



Official mixes and remixes



*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Brescia Edit) 3:42

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Brescia Mix) 5:40

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Pierre Mix) 6:00

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Pierre Edit) 3:10

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Pierre Trance Mix) 6:00

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Professor Mix) 6:01

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Professor Trans X Cut) 11:30

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Shog Remix) 7:34

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Shog Radio Edit) 3:27

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Mars Plastic Mix) 6:00

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Original Version) 5:23

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Pagany Tribalism Mix) 5:38

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Pagany KM 1972 Mix) 5:20

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Plus Staples Mix) 5:20

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Pulsedriver vs. Bass-T Remix) 5:40

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Radio Version) 3:32

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (R.A.F. Zone Mix) 5:33

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (R.A.F. Zone Edit) 4:00

*"U Got 2 Let the Music" (Unreleased Mix) 5:40

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications and sales



See also



*List of number-one hits of 1994 (Austria)

*List of number-one singles of the 1990s (Switzerland)

References



Category:1993 songs

Category:1993 singles

Category:Cappella (band) songs

Category:Music Week number-one dance singles

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Number-one singles in Finland

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland

Category:Songs written by Gianfranco Bortolotti

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