| 41st | Top performers on Top of the Pops: 1994 |
Maxx was a German Eurodance act who had major, albeit brief, international success in 1994.
After having already recorded a German cover version of Snow's "Informer", rapper Boris Köhler teamed up with the producer and songwriter Juergen Wind, Frank Hassas (Quickmix), David Brunner (Hitman) and Olaf Jeglitza to produce "Get-A-Way". Jeglitza moved on to other projects, including Real McCoy. Köhler, under the stage name of Gary B, performed the ragamuffin rap, and a female singer Samira Besic recorded the vocals for the chorus. It was a dancefloor hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 11 at their home of Germany,[1] while entering the top-5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands, the single entered the top-10 in Switzerland and Norway.[2][3] "Get-A-Way" eventually reached a Gold status in Germany for selling over 250,000,[4] and in UK, it was certified with a Silver-certification-award for selling over 200,000 units.[5] Samira Besic, who had at the peak of Maxx's career left the act for a solo career, was replaced by Linda Meek.
The second single "No More (I Can't Stand It)" which was as successful as its predecessor, entered the top-10 in Germany, UK, Austria and Norway, while entering the top-5 in The Netherlands and Sweden.[2][6][7] The third single "You Can Get It" followed, as well as the album entitled To the Maxximum, but their success was short-lived. The fourth single "I Can Make You Feel Like" off the same album was a flop charting only in UK at No. 56,[2] and another single released in 1995 called "Move Your Body" managed to chart only in Austria peaking at No. 18 and in Finland at No.16.[8]
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| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| GER | UK [2] |
SUI [9] |
AUT [10] |
SWE [11] |
NETH [12] |
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| 1994 | To the Maxximum
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22 | 66 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 25 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | UK [2] |
SUI [13] |
AUT [14] |
FRA | SWE [15] |
NETH [16] |
NOR [17] |
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| 1994 | "Get-A-Way" | 11[1] | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15[3] | 3 | 4 | 8 | To the Maxximum |
| "No More (I Can't Stand It)" | 10[6] | 8 | 12 | 9 | 16[7] | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| "You Can Get It" | — | 21 | — | 25 | 28[18] | 37 | 35 | — | ||
| 1995 | "I Can Make You Feel Like" | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Move Your Body" | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
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