You wait over 30 years for a Belgian number 40 and then 2 come along at once. Following Quadrophonia's number 40, the next one to peak there came from fellow Belgians Technotronic.
They are of course best remembered for their debut hit "Pump Up The Jam" in late 1989. They were seemingly never out of the Top 40 in the year that followed clocking up 6 Top 40 hits by the end of 1990 including "Spin That Wheel" by Hi-Tek 3 which was an alias of theirs. To put that into perspective, there had only been 5 Top 40 hits by Belgian acts prior to "Pump Up The Jam".
In 1991 it was onto the 2nd album "Body to Body". Ya Kid K who had been their main vocalist was gone and in came new vocalist Reggie. She's a Congolese-American singer who had previously had a taste of the Top 40 as vocalist on "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by Indeep.
This was the 2nd Top 40 hit from that album, the first "Move That Body" had made number 12. By this point other Belgians had made their way into the Top 40, but much of it was linked. The main man in Technotronic was Jo Bogaert and the co-writer of this record alongside Jo Bogaert and Reggie was Patrick De Meyer who was a member of T99 who had a couple of Top 40 hits in 1991.
The other member of T99 was Olivier Abbeloos who was also a member of Quadrophonia alongside Lucien Foort, both of whom co-wrote a couple of tracks on the "Body to Body" album.
This is the final original Top 40 hit to date for Technotronic. With 8 Top 40 hits to their name including a remix of "Pump Up The Jam" vs The Dons or 9 including "Spin That Wheel", whatever way you look at it they've had more UK Top 40 hits than any other Belgian act.
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