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Infobox musical artist | name = Maxx| image =| caption =| image_size = 250| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Germany | instrument =| genre = Eurodance | occupation =| years_active = 1993–1995| label = Blow Up Records| associated_acts =| website =| past_members = David Brunner Frank Hassas Jürgen Wind Olaf Jeglitza Eliz Yavuz (Alice Montana) Samira Besic Boris Köhler Linda Meek Maxx was a Germany|German Eurodance act who had major, albeit brief, international success in 1993-1994.
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After having already sound recording and reproduction|recorded a German language|German cover version of Snow (musician)|Snow 's " Informer (song)|Informer ", Rapping|rapper Boris Köhler teamed up with the record producer|producer and songwriter Juergen Wind, Frank Hassas (Quickmix), David Brunner (Hitman) and Jeglitza to produce "Get-A-Way". Jeglitza moved on to other projects. Köhler, under the stage name of Gary B, performed the ragamuffin Rapping|rap , and a female singing|singer Samira Besic produced the human voice|vocals for the refrain|chorus . It was a dancefloor hit record|hit all over Europe , peaking at No. 11 at their home of Germany,cite web|url= http://www.charts.de/charts.asp? cat=s& country=de& year=1994& date=19940228& x=18& y=12|title=Charts.de: Top 100 Single (February 28, 1994)|publisher=Charts.at|work= Media Control Charts|Media Control |accessdate=2011-07-23 while entering the top-5 in the UK Singles Chart|UK , Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands, the single entered the top-10 in Switzerland and Norway.cite web |url= http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=Maxx& titel=Get%2DA%2DWay& cat=s|title= Maxx: Get-A-Away|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-02 "Get-A-Way" eventually reached a Gold status in Germany for selling over 250,000,cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Maxx|accessdate=2011-07-23 and in the UK, it was certified with a Silver-certification-award for selling over 200,000 units.cite web|url= http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title= Certified Awards Search|publisher= British Phonographic Industry|BPI |accessdate=2009-12-27 Samira Besic, who had at the peak of Maxx's career left the act for a solo (music)|solo career, was replaced by Linda Meek.
The second single "No More (I Can't Stand It)" which was as successful as its predecessor, entered the top-10 in Germany, UK, Austria and Norway, while entering the top-5 in The Netherlands and Sweden.cite web|url= http://www.charts.de/charts.asp? cat=s& country=de& year=1994& date=19940620& x=27& y=12|title=Charts.de: Top 100 Single (June 20, 1994)|publisher=Charts.at|work= Media Control Charts|Media Control |accessdate=2011-07-23cite web |url= http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=Maxx& titel=No+More+%28I+Can%27t+Stand+It%29& cat=s|title= Maxx: No More (I Can't Stand It)|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-02 The third single "You Can Get It" followed, as well as the album entitled To the Maxximum , but their success was short-lived. The fourth single "I Can Make You Feel Like" off the same album was a flop charting only in UK at No. 56, and another single (music)|single released in 1995 called "Move Your Body" managed to chart only in Austria peaking at No. 18 and in Finland at No.16.cite web|url= http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp? interpret=Maxx& titel=Move+Your+Body& cat=s|title=Austrian and Finnish positions on the Single Move Your Body|publisher=austriancharts.at|accessdate=2009-12-27
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