World in Your Hands

"World in Your Hands" is a song recorded by the German eurodance band Culture Beat. It was released in March 1994 as the fourth single and the last one marketed in almost all countries in Europe from their second album, Serenity. As for other Culture Beat's singles, a CD maxi entirely composed of remixes was added among the available media a short time after. The song was a Top 10 hit in Finland and the Netherlands.

"World in Your Hands"
Single by Culture Beat
from the album Serenity
Released28 March 1994
Recorded1993
Genre
Length5:33
LabelDance Pool
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Torsten Fenslau
Culture Beat singles chronology
"Anything"
(1993)		 "World in Your Hands"
(1994)		 "Inside Out"
(1995)
Music video
"World in Your Hands" on YouTube

Critical reception

AllMusic editor William Cooper called the song "competent and entertaining" in his review of Serenity.[1]

Chart performance

"World in Your Hands" was a hit in most of the European countries where it was released, but it didn't reach the same level of success as the previous singles of the band. However, it managed to peak within the Top 10 in Finland and the Netherlands. Additionally, the single was a Top 20 hit in Ireland, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it reached number 20 in its first week at the UK Singles Chart, on 27 March 1994.[2] On the Eurochart Hot 100, "World in Your Hands" peaked at number 25 in May 1994. Outside Europe, it peaked at number 37 in New Zealand and number 57 in Australia.

Music video

The music video of "World in Your Hands" was directed by Swedish director Matt Broadley.[3] He had also directed the videos for "Mr. Vain" and "Anything".

Track listings
CD maxi-single (Europe, 1994)
  1. "World in Your Hands" (Radio Edit) - 4:11
  2. "World in Your Hands" (Tribal Mix) - 6:56
    • Remixed By: Peter Zweier, Alexander Abraham
  3. "World in Your Hands" (Extended Version) - 7:32
  4. "World in Your Hands" (Extended Album Version) - 7:23
CD maxi_single - Remix (Europe, 1994)
  1. "World in Your Hands" (MKM's Danish Flex Mix) - 6:23
    • Remixed By: MKM(Michael Gammelgaard,DJ Kenneth Bager, Michael Pfundheller)
  2. "World in Your Hands" (M.S. Dance-Mix) - 6:11
    • Remixed By: Michael Schendel
  3. "World in Your Hands" (Club In Trance-Mix) - 7:08
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  4. "World in Your Hands" (Not Normal Mix) - 7:35
    • Remixed By: Frank Bülow, Peter Gräber
CD maxi-single (Australia, 1994)
  1. "World In Your Hands" (Radio Edit) - 4:10
  2. "World In Your Hands" (Tribal Mix) - 6:52
    • Remixed By: Peter Zweier, Alexander Abraham
  3. "World In Your Hands" (Groovy Mix) - 7:27
  4. "World In Your Hands" (Extended Version) - 7:32
  5. "World In Your Hands" (Extended Album Version) - 7:23

Charts

References
  1. Cooper, William. "Culture Beat – Serenity". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 27 March 1994 - 02 April 1994". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. "Credits - Matt Broadley". mattbroadley.com. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  4. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Jun 1994". ARIA. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. "World in Your Hands", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  7. "Ultratop.be – Culture Beat – World in Your Hands" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. Danish Singles Chart 1 April 1994
  9. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  10. Finnish peak
  11. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Culture Beat" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Culture Beat – World In Your Hands" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. "World in Your Hands", UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  15. "Jaarlijsten 1994" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2019-11-30.


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