Open Your Mind (song)

"Open Your Mind"
Deconstruction Records cover
Single by U.S.U.R.A.
from the album Open Your Mind
Released1993
Genre
Length
  • 5:16 (classic mix)
  • 3:40 (radio mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Walter Cremonini (original)
  • Giacomo Maiolini ("Open Your Mind '97")
U.S.U.R.A. singles chronology
"Open Your Mind"
(1993) 		"Sweat"
(1993)
"In the Bush"
(1996)
"Open Your Mind '97"
(1997)
"Trance Emotions"
(1998)
Music video
"Open Your Mind" on YouTube

"Open Your Mind" is a song by Italian electronic music group U.S.U.R.A., released as the debut single and title track from the group's only album, Open Your Mind (1993). Released in 1993 through Italian Style in Italy and through Deconstruction Records across the rest of Europe and Australia, it samples the song "New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)" by Scottish band Simple Minds.[3]

Following a period of underground popularity,[4] "Open Your Mind" became a mainstream hit in early 1993, reaching the top five in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland and the top 10 in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. A 1997 remix by DJ Quicksilver failed to replicate the success of the original.

  1. ^ "Groove Mix – New Grooves" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 5. 30 January 1993. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ Flick, Larry (10 April 1993). "Single Reviews – Dance" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 13. p. 72. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference aus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Flick, Larry (16 January 1993). "Anderson At 'Work'; Pop Tarts Toast New Release" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 3. p. 25. Retrieved 2 September 2020.