Up'n Away

"Up'N Away" is a song by German Eurodance group Mr. President. It was the first song ever that received a golden record without charting in the German Top Ten.[1] And this was the last single to receive participation from rapper George "Sir Prophet" Jones, as Delroy "Layzee Dee" Rennalls replaced him soon after the release. To avoid confusion after Jones left the group, the song was rerecorded for the album, Up'n Away - The Album, with Rennalls providing the lead vocals as he did for the rest of the album's songs. In the year 2000, the song was again remixed and released under the title "Up'N Away 2K" featuring the vocals of Delroy Rennalls, but the remix failed to chart. In 2014, the song was sampled by German dance act ItaloBrothers on the song "Up 'N Away".[2]

"Up'n Away"
Single by Mr. President
from the album Up'n Away - The Album
ReleasedApril 1994 (Germany)
Recorded1994
Genre
Length3:52
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
  • Kai Matthiesen
  • George Jones
Producer(s)
  • Kai Matthiesen
  • Rainer Gaffrey
Mr. President singles chronology
"MM"
(1993)		 "Up'n Away"
(1994)		 "I'll Follow the Sun"
(1995)
Music video
"Up'n Away" on YouTube

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "This is a bit of an oddity, as it employs virtually all styles currently hip in the dance arena. It could be considered the German answer to the UK's current jungle craze."[3]

Track listings
CD maxi - Europe (1994)
  1. "Up'n Away" (Radio Mix)- 3:52
  2. "Up'n Away" (Extended Mix) - 5:55
  3. "Up'n Away" (Club Mix) - 6:33
CD single, 12" maxi - Remixes (1994)
  1. "Up'n Away" (Peter's Groove Away Mix)- 5:58
  2. "Up'n Away" (Peter's Dub Mix) - 7:15

Music video

The music video for "Up'n Away" was directed by Hubert Bodner.[4] It features the band's lineup singing and dancing at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany.[5]

Charts

References
  1. Mr. President at Last.FM German article
  2. "ItaloBrothers ||".
  3. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. October 15, 1994. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  4. "mr. president - up n away". YouTube. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  5. Mr. President at Backstage7
  6. Up'n Away at Austriancharts.com
  7. Danish Singles Chart 20 January 1995
  8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. February 4, 1995. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  9. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 217. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  11. Up'n Away at Swedishcharts.com
  12. Up'n Away at Swisscharts.com
  13. "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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