Song · Culture Beat
“Mr Vain” by Culture Beat
Released 1994
“Mr Vain” by Culture Beat appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1993. It was first released in 1994. Its best result is #68 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #212 alternative song of 1993.
Culture Beat, the German Eurodance outfit, opened the campaign for their second album, Serenity, with "Mr. Vain" in April 1993, a Dance Pool single produced by Torsten Fenslau and written by Steven Levis, Nosie Katzmann and Jay Supreme. It's a two-sided character sketch: Tania Evans sings about the preening narcissist of the title, and Supreme's rap gives voice to the man and everything he wants.
It went to number one in at least 19 countries, Germany, Denmark and Finland among them, and in America it reached 17 on the Hot 100, 15 on Cash Box's Top 100 and 2 on the Dance Club Play chart. Matt Broadley shot the video in Sweden, and MTV Europe played it hard. In 1994 it collected an Echo Award for Best International Dance Single and a WMC award for Best Hi-NRG 12-inch.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 68 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
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