Take a Chance on Me
~ Recording by Erasure
Appears on releases
# | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Abba-esque | Erasure | EP |
| Mute | CD Mute 144 |
1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Abba-esque | Erasure | EP |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | CD 61386 |
1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Now That’s What I Call Music! 22 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | 0777 7 80228 2 4, CDNOW 22 |
1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Now That’s What I Call Music! 22 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | NOW 22 |
1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Now That’s What I Call Music! 22 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC NOW 22 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | CD Mute L2 |
2.9 | Take a Chance On Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | Mute L2 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Sire Records | 9 45153-2 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits (BMG club release) | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records, Sire Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 45153-2, D 100328 |
1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Abba-esque | Erasure | EP |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Mute | 9 61386-2 |
1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Abba-esque | Erasure | EP |
| Mute | CDMUT 2023 |
1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Abba‐esque | Erasure | EP |
| Mute, Intercord | CDMUTE144, INT 826.730 |
1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Formel Eins: Movin’ On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 515 633-2 |
1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Hit News 93, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | CD 330049-2 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | Mute INT 879.800 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | CTMUT2024 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | 79166 5 Club-Edition, CDMUTEL2 |
1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Radio City Hits, 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 515786-2 |
1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:44 | Erasure | The Best Dance Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 17 |
2.3 | Take a Chance | 3:44 | Erasure | Nights in Heaven | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | SONYTV3CD |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits Plus | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | TOCP-50558-9 |
1.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:43 | Erasure | Nineties - The Hits 1990 - 2000, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | 9548 37162-2 |
1.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | ABBA: A Tribute: The 25th Anniversary Celebration | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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1.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:39 | Erasure | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1992: The Millennium Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | 7243 5 20289 2 4, NOWMIL 1992 |
2.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | The All Time Greatest Pop Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | SONYTV68CD |
2.10 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Fetenhits: The Real 90's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
5.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | EBX 4 | Erasure | Single + Compilation |
| Mute | ebx 4 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | CDVIR(WFL)553 |
2.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:39 | Erasure | Absolute Number One 1990–1994 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4023 |
3.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Simply the Best of the 90’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321936992 |
2.10 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Girls Night Out | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 724353849429 |
1.17 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:48 | Erasure | The Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Парк-Рекордз | PR-10-2 |
2.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:38 | Erasure | Now That’s What I Call Music! Decades: The Deluxe Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV | VTDCD 580 |
1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute, Sire Records | R2 73991 |
1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | 0724359411828, LCDMutel10 |
1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | 0724359410821, CDMutel10 |
1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Sire Records | R2 73991 |
1.5 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Mandril Hits | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | ABBA Forever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
2.18 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:37 | Erasure | The Very Best of Now Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 753 |
2.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:39 | Erasure | Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 750 |
1.8 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:43 | Erasure | ABBA Mania | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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3.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:43 | Erasure | Complete Nineties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 09646 333478 2 3, 09646 333479 2 2, 09646 333480 2 8, 09646 333481 2 7, 09646 333482 2 6 |
1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | Girls Night Out | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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2.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:39 | Erasure | Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 750 |
1.14 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:44 | Erasure | Fetenkult: Hüttenzauber 2007 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 82876 81017 2 |
1.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | The No.1 DJ Collection: 90's, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CD200 |
4.16 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:38 | Erasure | The Best Disco… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Poland, Pomaton EMI (Polish division of EMI) | 02-823 |
2.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:40 | Erasure | Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!) | CDEMCJD (SWFD) 6401 |
1.19 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:38 | Erasure | Housework Songs (EMI Music Australia not Virgin) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 0946030694760204 |
1.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | This Is… 1992 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5099922795328 |
4.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:38 | Erasure | 101 90s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 5099923532328, VTDCDX916 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | lcdmutel16 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | cdmutel16 |
2.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:38 | Erasure | 101 Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 949 |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me (2009 remaster) | 3:46 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits (Deluxe Box) | Erasure | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | ||
2.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:40 | Erasure | 101 90s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 966751 2 0, 9667512 |
1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Musical-Hits aller Zeiten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 0600753320303 |
2.14 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:40 | Erasure | Parasta ennen! Timanttista jyystöä, vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| AXR Music | AXR136 |
1.14 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | Always: The Very Best of Erasure (deluxe edition) | Erasure | Album + Compilation | Mute | LCDMUTEL26 | |
1.14 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Always: The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | CDMUTEL26 |
1.14 | Take a Chance on Me (2009 – remaster) | 3:46 | Erasure | Always: The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | |
2.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | From Moscow to Mars: An Erasure Anthology | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present), Mute | EBX5 |
2.3 | Take a Chance on Me | ?:?? | Erasure | 100% 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | |
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me (Pop! version) | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | ||
3.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:45 | Erasure | The No.1 DJ Collection: 90s (Digital Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | SET480 |
1.10 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:47 | Erasure | The Real 90's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
2.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:44 | Erasure | Tjejfest, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
1.20 | Take a Chance On Me (2009 Remaster) | 3:45 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
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Promotion | |||||||||
1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Mute | CD MUTEL 10 |
Bootleg | |||||||||
1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | ABBA-esque | Erasure | Album + Compilation | |||
(unknown) | |||||||||
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Pop! The First 20 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
| Paradoxx Music | |
1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Discomagia #3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
1.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:46 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits | Erasure | Album + Compilation |
Relationships
assistant recording engineer: | Dave Eringa |
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engineer and producer: | David Bascombe |
assistant mixer: | Ben Darlow |
additional other vocals [rap]: | MC Kinky |
recording of: | Take a Chance on Me (cover) |
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Related works
Take a Chance on Me
writer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
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publisher: | Bocu Music Ltd. EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Union Songs Music Universal Music Publishing Group Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB |
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referred to in medleys: | ABBA Cappella (order: 1) |
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later translated versions: | Hãy đền với em một lần Komm und wag's mit mir |
part of: | Mamma Mia! (1999 musical) |
is the basis for: | Kies Kip! |