United (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song)

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"United"
MarkyMarkPrinceItal - United single.jpg
One of cover arts mainly for German releases
Single by Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark
from the album Life in the Streets
ReleasedApril 1994
Recorded1993
StudioNemo Studios, Hamburg
GenreEurodance
Length4:02
LabelUltraphonic / EastWest Records GmbH
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alex Christensen
  • Frank Peterson
Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark singles chronology
"Happy People"
(1993) 		"United"
(1994) 		"Babylon"
(1995)

"United" is a song recorded by Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark. It was released in April 1994 as the third single from their debut album, Life in the Streets. It reached number one in Germany and the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Critical reception[]

Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song four out of five. He wrote, "Number one in Germany, this catchy confection combines Ital Joe's Haddaway and Dr. Alban influences with Marky Mark's streetwise rapping. A substantial hit."[1] He later added, "This is an anthemic German production pairing the patois of Prince Ital and a more conventional Marky Mark rap with a big chorus. Don't underestimate the potential of a record which has now been huge all over Europe, and consequently exposed to million of British holidaymakers."[2] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update deemed it a "Boney M-ish chant-along cheesy German smash".[3]

Music video[]

The music video for the song features Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark being chauffeured around predominantly rough neighborhoods of New York City in a Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullmann limousine. This footage is interspersed with a second storyline showing a mixed-race couple reuniting after the female partner has apparently moved out of their apartment.

Track listings[]

  • CD maxi - Europe (1994)
  1. "United" (Radio Edit) - 4:02
  2. "United" (Extended Version) - 5:59
  3. "United" (United Mix) - 5:29
  4. "In The 90's" - 3:17

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (June 25, 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 18. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Jones, Alan (September 10, 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 20. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Hamilton, James (July 2, 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 7. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ Billboard - July 16, 1994 Google Books
  7. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  8. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  9. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  10. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United". Singles Top 100.
  13. ^ "Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark – United". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "The RM on a Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 4 February 1995. p. 13. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  16. ^ "1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 24 December 1994. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1994". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1994". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 1994" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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