Let the Beat Control Your Body

Miranda Sawyer from The Guardian wrote, "The result is a hectic fusion of marching techno beat, catchy tune, and marvellously bossy lyrics: {{'}}Speed up the pace./ Take it to the maximum./ Let the beat control your body.{{'}}"Sawyer, Miranda (1 May 1994). "No limit to what 2 can do". The Guardian. Simon Price from Melody Maker commented, "Try listening to the intros to "No Limit" and "Let the Beat Control Your Body" without going at it like a woodpecker on poppers."{{cite magazine|first=Simon|last=Price|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53169297884/|title=Albums|work=Melody Maker|date=4 June 1994|page=36|access-date=7 September 2023|author-link=Simon Price}} James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described the song as a "techno-pop galloper".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-26.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 26 February 1994 |page= 5 |access-date= 16 April 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Stephen Dalton from NME wrote that songs like this "are about clean, controlled fun and strict discipline booted along by stormtrooper hardcore beats designed to encourage Eurokids to work hard and use leisure time constructively."{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53587982818/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=4 November 1995|page=49|access-date=17 March 2024}} Scottish Perthshire Advertiser stated, "You know what to expect and, yes, they deliver it!""2 Unlimited - Let the Beat Control Your Body". Perthshire Advertiser. 22 February 1994. page 16. Mark Frith from Smash Hits described it as "buzzy" in his review of the No Limits album, complimenting it as a song "that stands out individually."{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|title=New Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52546600927/in/album-72177720304262089/|work=Smash Hits|date=12 May 1993|page=50|accessdate=9 December 2022}} Another Smash Hits editor, Tony Cross, gave it two out of five, saying, "It's still techno, techno, techno with a dash of techno for good measure."{{cite magazine|first=Tony|last=Cross|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52591650530/in/album-72177720304798704/|title=New Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=2 February 1994|page=50|access-date=29 December 2022}}

"Let the Beat Control Your Body" entered the European airplay chart Border Breakers at number 16 on 4 February due to crossover airplay in Central-, North West- and North-Europe and peaked at number four on 19 March.{{cite magazine|first=Karen|last=Holt|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf|title=Border Breakers: Monitoring The Impact Of Euro Talent|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=47|date=19 November 1994|page=20|access-date=1 April 2018}}

"Let the Beat Control Your Body" entered the top 10 in Belgian Flanders, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. In the UK, it peaked at number six on 27 February 1994, during its third week on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted on the UK Dance Singles Chart, peaking at number 14. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Let the Beat Control Your Body" reached number five. It also reached number one on the European Dance Radio Chart. Additionally, the song was a top-20 hit in Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Outside Europe, "Let the Beat Control Your Body" peaked at number 29 in New Zealand and number 39 in Australia.

The accompanying music video for "Let the Beat Control Your Body" was directed by Nigel Simpkiss, produced by Swivel Films{{cite web|url=https://www.eurokdj.com/search/video.php?id=604|title=2 Unlimited - Let The Beat Control Your Body music video|publisher=Eurokdj.com|access-date=29 February 2024}} and released in the UK in January 1994. It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe{{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=Station Reports > MTV Europe/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-12.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=11|date=12 March 1994|page=21|accessdate=17 December 2022}} and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA.{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-02-26.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=9|date=26 February 1994|page=22|accessdate=17 December 2022}} In the video, Anita Doth and Ray Slijngaard performs in front of a wall consisting of vibrating speakers. In between, several gymnasts and dancers are performing, mixed with computer generated images. In the rap part, Slijngaard trains bare-chested with weights. Tom Sheehan from Melody Maker felt the 2 Unlimited look in the video was very provocative: "Head-to-toe PVC suffocation gear. It was very S&M. Stephen Milligan would have loved it."{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Sheehan|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53155548679/|title=Double Dutch|work=Melody Maker|date=14 May 1994|page=26|access-date=7 September 2023}}

Dance music artist Chaah (aka Susanne Jark) uses the melody from "Let the Beat Control Your Body" in her 1999 release titled "The Funkiness of You".[http://mp3skyline.com/rid-0x3eb6c-chaah_-_funkiness-of-you--groove-gangstas-mix--mp3-download.html Mp3skyline.com] It also became famous again because of Britain's Got Talent when act DJ John performed the song in the auditions.

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• 7-inch single

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (airplay edit)
2. "Get Ready for No Limits" (Part 2)

• Belgian 12-inch maxi

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Trance) (5:11)
2. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (extended) (5:58)
3. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (extended) (5:58)
4. "Get Ready for No Limits" (Murphy's Megamix Part 2) (6:45)

• Germany 12-inch maxi

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Trance remix) (5:11)
2. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (extended) (5:58)
3. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Rio) (5:06)
4. "Get Ready for No Limits" (Murphy's Megamix Part 2) (6:45)

• UK CD single

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (airplay edit) (3:38)
2. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Rio) (5:06)
3. "Murphy's Megamix Part 1"
4. "Get Ready for no Limits" (Murphy's Megamix Part 2) (6:45)

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• Australian CD maxi

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (airplay edit)
2. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Trance)
3. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (extended)
4. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Rio)
5. "Murphy's Megamix Pt 2"

• Dutch CD maxi

1. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (airplay edit) (3:38)
2. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Trance) (5:11)
3. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (extended) (5:58)
4. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" (X-Out in Rio) (5:06)
5. "Get Ready for no Limits" (Murphy's Megamix Part 2) (6:45)

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