"Keep Control" is a song by the German group Sono. It was released in 2000 as the lead single from their debut album "Solid State," produced by Martin Weiland and Florian Sikorski, with lyrics witten by Weiland and vocals performed by Lennart Salomon. Despite being a modest club hit in Europe and a dismal showing on the German Pop Chart (peaking at number 93), the single and its recognizable melody would help fuel the trio to success in the United States, where the single reached #1 on the ''Billboard''

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Chart the week of July 14, 2001, where it held that position for four weeks, and eventually become the number-one Dance Club Play Song for 2001. It would also be the first of two number ones on the Dance Club Play Chart for the trio, as their followup "

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" also reached that position in 2002. The single would later be released in 2009 as "Keep Control Plus" through

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(and

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in the United States), featuring new mixes by

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and

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. This version got as far as #77 on the German Pop Chart. In 2020, 20 years after its original release, a remix was published through

by the Ukrainian group ARTBAT.

Official versions

;CD Maxi (U.S.) (2001) * "Keep Control (Original Radio Edit)" - 3:40 * "Keep Control (Terry Lee Brown Jr's Radio Edit)" - 3:40 * "Keep Control (Extended Mix)" - 7:14 * "Keep Control (Terry Lee Brown Jr's Vocal Mix)" - 6:49 * "Keep Control (

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Remix)" - 9:57 ;CD (Germany) (2001) * "Keep Control (Original Radio Edit)" - 3:40 * "Keep Control (Extended Mix)" - 7:29 * "Keep Control (Terry Lee Brown Jr's Vocal Mix)" - 6:49 * "Keep Control (Sono's Paperback Remix)" - 8:30 * "Keep Control (Miller & Floyd Remote Control Remix)" - 7:29 ;CD "New Edition" (Canada) (2001) * "Keep Control (Original Radio Edit)" - 3:40 * "Keep Control (Acoustic Version)" - 3:54 * "Keep Control (Extended Mix)" - 7:29 * "Keep Control (

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Remix)" - 7:07 * "Keep Control (Hydrogen Rockers Dub Mix)" - 6:41 * "Keep Control (Terry Lee Brown Jr's Vocal Mix)" - 6:49 * "Keep Control (Victor Calderone Remix)" - 9:57 ;CD (Italy) (2009) * "Keep Control Plus (Gregor Salto Edit)" - 3:39 * "Keep Control Plus (Nu Edit)" - 3:36 * "Keep Control Plus (Gregor Salto Mix)" - 7:02 * "Keep Control Plus (Nu Club Mix)" - 7:42 * "Keep Control Plus (Fedde Le Grand Mix)" - 7:44 * "Keep Control Plus (Original Extended Mix)" - 7:30 ;MP3, Single (Germany) (2013) * "Keep Control (H.O.S.H. Remix)" - 8:30 * "Keep Control (Chopstick & Johnjon Remix)" - 8:15 * "Keep Control (Marc Romboy's Moog Journey)" - 7:18 * "Keep Control (Chopstick & Johnjon Remix Dub)" - 7:27 * "Keep Control (Marc Romboy's Space Echo Trip)" - 7:18 ;MP3, Single (Germany) (2020)Sono – Keep Control (ARTBAT Remix)
at Beatport * "Keep Control (ARTBAT Remix)" - 8:03

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References

External links

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