Hypnotic Tango Explained

Hypnotic Tango
Cover:	My Mine - Hypnotic Tango.jpg
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	My Mine
Album:	Stone
B-Side:	Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental Version)
Released:	1983
Genre:	Italo disco
Length:	3:44
Label:	Progress
Producer:	Lemon
Next Title:	Zorro
Next Year:	1984

"Hypnotic Tango" is the debut single by Italian Italo disco band My Mine, released in 1983.

Commercial performance

Across Europe, the song reached the top-ten in Germany and Switzerland, while reaching the top 40 charts of Belgium.

Track listings

• Italian 7-inch single^[1]

A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 3:44

B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 4:01

• Italian 12-inch single^[2]

A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 6:10

B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 5:20

• German / Austrian / Swiss 7-inch single^[3]

A. "Hypnotic Tango" – 3:45

B. "Hypnotic Tango" (Instrumental Version) – 4:02

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)!scope="col"

Position
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[4]	38

Sampling

In 2005, English girl group Bananarama interpolated the song in "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" which reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart^[5] and No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Notes and References

1. Hypnotic Tango . . 1983 . Italian 7-inch single liner notes . Progress Record . CIV 47001.
2. Hypnotic Tango . . 1983 . Italian 12-inch single liner notes . Progress Record . CIV 47501.
3. Hypnotic Tango . . 1983 . German 7-inch single liner notes . Blow Up . INT 110.543.
4. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . German . 28 May 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403134511/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1984 . 3 April 2023.
5. Web site: Look on the floor (Hypnotic tango) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company . .