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Infobox musical artist | name = Groove Coverage| image = GrooveCoverage 7Years Album.jpg| caption = Mell & DJ Novus| image_size = 250| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Germany | genre = Euro-trance , Eurodance , Dance-pop , Pop/Rock | years_active = 1999& ndash;present| label = Zeitgeist (Universal) Suprime:Music | associated_acts =| website = http://www.groove-coverage.de/ Official Website| current_members = DJ Novus Melanie Munch Verena Rehm | past_members =| notable_instruments = Groove Coverage is a Germany|German Euro-dance musical ensemble|band . The Groove Coverage project consists of Axel Konrad , DJ Novus , Melanie Munch , better known as Mell (lead singer), and Verena Rehm (former stage performer, backing singer, occasional lead singer). The band has had hit record|hits around the world, especially in Germany , and have had radio play in North America , notably with the song , " Poison (Alice Cooper song)|Poison ". They have produced popular remix es of several songs, including "Love is an Angel" by Sylver , "Come With Me" by Special D , and "Ass Up!" by Baracuda (band)|Baracuda . Producers of the band are Ole Wierk and Lou Bega , who rarely writes lyrics.
Groove Coverage has published three official albums in Germany, Covergirl (Groove Coverage album)|Covergirl (2002), 7 Years and 50 Days (2004) and 21st Century (Groove Coverage album)|21st Century (2006). They have also published a Best Of (Groove Coverage album)|Best Of album (2005), and a special Canadian SPG Music release entitled Groove Coverage , which includes their best of|greatest hits in Canada . In the United States , they released an album called Groove Coverage: Greatest Hits .
Several of the band's songs have been cover version s, or reimagined conversions of other songs. Groove Coverage released a cover version of Mike Oldfield 's " Moonlight Shadow ", as well as a dance music|dance cover of Alice Cooper 's " Poison (Alice Cooper song)|Poison ". " She (Groove Coverage song)|She " is based on the German Christmas song "Stern über Betlehem" (engl.: Star Over Bethlehem) by :de:Alfred Hans Zoller|Alfred Hans Zoller . On their most recent album, 21st Century , they released a version of Bad Religion 's " 21st Century Digital Boy ", titled " 21st Century Digital Girl ". This used the same basic format of the previous version, but changed the lyrics to reflect the difference in the eponymous subject of the song (referring to things like breast implants and botox injections).
The group released three Single (music)|singles prior to their most recent album 21st Century :
" Holy Virgin ", an English language|English cover version of the song " Fata Morgana (song)|Fata Morgana ", originally performed by the Austrian Group Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung in 1986
" On The Radio (Groove Coverage song)|On The Radio ", a cover of " Mann im Mond " by Die Prinzen
"21st Century Digital Girl", a replica to Bad Religion's "21st Century Digital Boy"
Before the release of the first single, another Groove Coverage track named "On the Radio" was leaked to internet file sharing platforms in several different versions. This song was not the track of the same name from the album. This was an attempt to hinder file sharing of the actual single, by "poisoning" the networks with a different song of the same name.Citation needed|date=May 2009 The decoy track appears on the album under the title of "Let it Be".
On the 14 August 2007, the group announced on their website that a new single and album will be released soon. Also, the music video for the new single will be shot on 3 October. On 23 November 2007, Groove Coverage released their first Greatest Hits album in Germany, featuring all their hits, the new single "Because I Love You", two new tracks and bonus remixes.
On 9 June 2008 Groove Coverage announced on their official website that a new single is in production. On 28 March 2010 it was announced that a new Single and Album would be out in the Spring of 2010. http://www.novus-booking.de/
The new Groove Coverage single is entitled "Innocent" which is a cover of the famous Mike Oldfield track. The single was released on 1 October 2010, following club and radio promotion during August and September. http://www.groove-coverage.de/ On 24 March 2011, promotion began for the new single 'Angeline' http://www.bemusterung.de/topic/details/groove-coverage-angeline-extended-version which is set for release on April 29, 2011. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B004S85NRK Angeline reached a peak in DJ Top 100 International. http://www.djtop100.de/charts/current/international? week=16& year=2011& submitSelect=Go
" Poison (Alice Cooper song)#Cover versions|Poison " (2003) - UK Singles Chart|UK No. 32cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 237
" 7 Years and 50 Days (song)|7 Years and 50 Days " (2004)
" She (Groove Coverage song)|She " (2004)
" Runaway (Groove Coverage song)|Runaway " (2004)
" Holy Virgin " (2005)
" On the Radio (Groove Coverage song)|On the Radio " (2006)
