Impossible (Captain Hollywood Project song)

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"Impossible"
Impossible.jpg
Single by Captain Hollywood Project
from the album Love Is Not Sex
Released1 October 1993
Recorded1992
GenreEurodance
Length4:14
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cyborg
  • DMP
Captain Hollywood Project singles chronology
"All I Want"
(1993) 		"Impossible"
(1993) 		"Flying High"
(1995)
Music video
"Impossible" on YouTube

"Impossible" is a song recorded by the German musician known under the pseudonym of Captain Hollywood Project. It was released in October 1993 as the fourth single from his debut album, Love Is Not Sex and features vocals by singer Kim Sanders. The song was a big hit in several countries, but like "All I Want" it achieved moderate success in comparison with the two previous Captain Hollywood Project's singles ("More and More" and "Only with You"). A music video was also made, but it did not feature Sanders.

Critical reception[]

Larry Flick from Billboard commented in his review of the Love Is Not Sex album, that "Impossible" "is another study in contrasts, as [Captain] Hollywood ponders the darkness of greed and power, amid a flurry of active, rave-flavored synth-beats. It is during this particular track that he best exhibits the poise and command of rhyme needed to resurrect the dormant hip-house movement."[1] Music writer James Masterton described it as "Euro-disco in the Culture Beat mould" in his weekly UK chart commentary.[2] James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update noted it as a "girl wailed gruffy rapped cheesy typical German techno-pop bounder".[3]

Chart performance[]

"Impossible" was successful on the charts in Europe, becoming one of the project's biggest hits to date. It made it to the Top 10 in Denmark, Finland (number six), Portugal (number three), Spain and Sweden (number four), as well as on MTV's European Top 20. Additionally, the single peaked within the Top 20 in Austria, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Impossible" also was a Top 20 hit, peaking at number 20 in December 1993, but on the European Dance Radio Chart, it hit number three. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number 29 in its first week at the UK Singles Chart, on February 6,[4] but was even more successful on the UK Dance Singles Chart, reaching number 14. Outside Europe, the single was a Top 10 hit in Israel, peaking at number nine.

Music video[]

A music video was made to accompany the song, directed by Apollon.[5] The video did for unknown reasons not feature Kim Sanders and was later published on YouTube in March 2017. It has amassed over 4 million views as of September 2021.[6]

Track listings[]

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (July 3, 1993). "Dance Trax: Captain Hollywood Transcends Singles Format" (PDF). Billboard. p. 29. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Masterton, James (January 30, 1994). "Week Ending February 5th 1994". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Hamilton, James (February 5, 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 7. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 06 February 1994 - 12 February 1994". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project - Impossible". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project - Impossible (Official Video)". YouTube. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Impossible", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 9, 2008)
  8. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project – Impossible" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ Belgian peak Archived April 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. March 5, 1994. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. December 18, 1993. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "Charts-Surfer: Search through the Music-Charts". charts-surfer.de. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. February 5, 1994. p. 28. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  14. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  15. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  16. ^ "M-1 TOP 40". M-1.fm. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  17. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project – Impossible" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  18. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. December 11, 1993. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  19. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  20. ^ "Impossible", UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved June 25, 2009)
  21. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. February 5, 1994. p. 30. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  22. ^ "Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  23. ^ "1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. December 24, 1994. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  24. ^ "Årslista Singlar, 1994" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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