No Deeper Meaning

"No Deeper Meaning"
Single by Culture Beat
from the album Horizon
B-side"Remix"
Released10 June 1991
GenreEurodance
Length4:00
LabelDance Pool
Songwriter(s)Jay Supreme
Nosie Katzmann
Producer(s)Jens Zimmermann
Torsten Fenslau
Culture Beat singles chronology
"Der Erdbeermund"
(1989) 		"No Deeper Meaning"
(1991) 		"Mr. Vain"
(1993)

"No Deeper Meaning" is a song written by Jay Supreme and Nosie Katzmann, and recorded by German Eurodance band Culture Beat. It was released in June 1991 as the fourth and final single from their first studio album, Horizon (1991). The female vocals are performed by Lana Earl. A CD maxi with new remixes was also available, but it was marketed at the same time as the other media. The song reached number four in the Netherlands and number nine in Portugal. Outside Europe, it charted at number three on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada.

The song is about a woman who goes to a nightclub and doesn't want to start a relationship, she just wants to dance. The chorus samples the 1983 song "Change" by British rock group Tears for Fears.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that here, the German act "returns to the festive hip-house sound of earlier hits." He called it "spirited"[1] and added that A-side mixes "should entice mainstreamers, while more adventurous, acid-splashed versions on the flip could generate alternative buzz."[2] Mitchell May from Chicago Tribune named the song a "highlight" of the Horizon album.[3]

Track listings

  • CD maxi-single (Europe, 1991)
  1. "No Deeper Meaning" (Club Mix) – 6:40
  2. "No Deeper Meaning" (Airplay Mix) – 4:00
  3. "No Deeper Meaning" (House Mix) – 7:00
  • CD maxi-single remix (Germany, 1991)
  1. "No Depper Meaning" (51 West 52 Street Mix) – 6:55
  2. "No Depper Meaning" (Technology Mix) – 4:04
  3. "No Depper Meaning" (Departure Mix) – 1:58

Charts

References

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (22 June 1991). "Dance Trax: Hi-NRG Awards Set; Waters Flowing; Princely Track" (PDF). Billboard. p. 31. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ Flick, Larry (29 June 1991). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 77. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ May, Mitchell (16 May 1991). "Home Entertainment: Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 4 November 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Culture Beat – No Deeper Meaning" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ Canada peak chart position
  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. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 40, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Culture Beat – No Deeper Meaning" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. 21 September 1991. p. 23. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1991". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2021.