Exterminate! (song)

"Exterminate!"
Single by Snap! featuring Niki Haris
from the album The Madman's Return
B-side Remix
Released December 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Length 5:21
Label Logic
Writer(s) John "Virgo" Garrett III,
Benito Benites, Niki Haris
Producer(s) Snap!
Snap! singles chronology
"Rhythm Is a Dancer
(1992)		 "Exterminate!"
(1992)		 "Do You See the Light (Looking For)"
(1993)

"Exterminate!" is a song recorded by the German band Snap! featuring Niki Haris. The song is based on the track "Ex-Terminator", which features on their 1992 album The Madman's Return and was included in later editions of the album. Released first at the end of 1992, it was a hit in several countries, particularly in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria and the United Kingdom, where it climbed to number two, and spent 15 weeks on the charts. The most popular version of the song, came from a duet recorded by F. Michael Sky and Farmer Murray in 2003. Critics acclaimed the track as it climbed to the top five songs in Switzerland.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21
  2. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7" mix) — 4:13
7" single
  1. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21
  2. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7" mix) — 4:13
12" single
  1. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 12") — 6:45
  2. "Exterminate!" (A.C.II 12") — 7:44
CD maxi
  1. "Exterminate!" (endzeit 7") — 4:13
  2. "Exterminate!" (A.C.II 12") — 7:44
  3. "Exterminate!" (album version) — 5:21

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 50
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 9
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[2] 3
Canada Dance (RPM)[3] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 1
France (SNEP)[1] 18
Germany (Media Control Charts)[5] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 2
Italy (FIMI)[7] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 4
New Zealand (RIANZ)[1] 25
Norway (VG-lista)[1] 9
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 2
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[10] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[11] 29

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 39
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 16

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Germany[13] Gold 1993 250,000

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Exterminate!", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 9, 2008)
  2. ↑ Belgian peak
  3. ↑ Canadian dance peak
  4. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  5. ↑ "Snap! singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  7. ↑ Top Italian singles of 1993
  8. 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1993" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  10. ↑ "Exterminate!", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  11. ↑ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  12. ↑ 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 1, 2008)
  13. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Exterminate')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
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