# Take Over Control

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"**Take Over Control**" is a song by [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) producer and DJ [Afrojack](/source/Afrojack), featuring vocals from Dutch singer [Eva Simons](/source/Eva_Simons). The song was written by Afrojack, [Mike Hamilton](/source/Mike_Hamilton_(guitarist)), Simons and Ingrid Simons. It was released as a [single](/source/Single_(music)) in the Netherlands on 12 August 2010. The song was a number-one single for six weeks on [*Billboard*](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'s [Dance/Mix Show Airplay](/source/Dance/Mix_Show_Airplay). The song is also Afrojack's first single ever to enter the [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), peaking at number 41.

## Music video

The [music video](/source/Music_video), directed by Alex Herron, was shot on 14 September 2010 in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and [Death Valley](/source/Death_Valley), [California](/source/California).[1][2] The video premiered on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) on 12 October 2010 through the [Spinnin' Records](/source/Spinnin'_Records) account, and later shown to the British public on 20 October 2010 through the [Data Records](/source/Data_Records) account.[3][4]

The video starts with Afrojack driving an [Audi R8](/source/Audi_R8_(road_car)) in a desert. Simons, depicted as a robotic dancer in a quite stereotypical yellow American school bus, is accompanied by four robotic background dancers. They step out of the bus and perform a high-energy dance routine in a desert [aircraft boneyard](/source/Aircraft_boneyard), with Simons framed in an [L-1011](/source/L-1011) [Rolls-Royce RB211](/source/Rolls-Royce_RB211) engine cowling. The girls take control of the field, but fall out of energy, and Afrojack arrives and plugs them in so that they can continue performing.

## Track listings and formats

- **Digital download**

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
1. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56

- **Digital maxi single**

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
1. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
1. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Instrumental) – 6:56

- **UK digital EP**

1. "Take Over Control" (UK Radio Edit) – 2:57
1. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Vocal Edit) – 2:53
1. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
1. "Take Over Control" (Ian Carey Remix) – 6:47
1. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Remix) – 3:37
1. "Take Over Control" (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix) – 3:46

- **UK single**

1. "Take Over Control" (UK Radio Edit) – 2:57
1. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Vocal Edit) – 2:53

- **US CD maxi single**[5]

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:38
1. "Take Over Control" (Dutch Radio Edit) – 3:28
1. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
1. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Mix) – 3:34
1. "Take Over Control" (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix) – 3:44
1. "Take Over Control" (Spencer & Hill Mix) – 6:10
1. "Take Over Control" (Apster Mix) – 5:34
1. "Take Over Control" (Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano Mix) – 6:08
1. "Take Over Control" (Ian Carey Mix) – 6:45
1. "Take Over Control" (Dj Fuel Mix) – 3:57

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak position Brazil (Hot 100 Airplay)[6] 21 Brazil (Hot Pop Songs)[7] 10 Poland (Polish Airplay TV)[8] 4 Poland (Dance Top 50)[9] 1

### Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 92 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 81 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[12] 33 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[13] 74 Chart (2011) Position Australia (ARIA)[14] 96 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[15] 7 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[16] 72 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[17] 2

## Release history

Region Date Format Label Netherlands[18] 12 August 2010 Digital download Spinnin' Records Belgium 10 September 2010[19] United States 5 October 2010[20] Robbins Entertainment Germany 5 November 2010[21] CD single Tiger Records United States 16 November 2010[22] Robbins Entertainment United Kingdom 28 November 2010[23] Digital download Ministry of Sound 29 November 2010[24] CD single

## References

1. ["Behind the scenes - TAKE OVER CONTROL"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_O_fi_6WA). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 26 September 2010. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Vp_O_fi_6WA) 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. Akshay Bhansali. ["Afrojack Says Eva Simons Shines In 'Take Over Control' Video"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110123191319/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651865/afrojack-eva-simons-shines-take-over-control-video.jhtml). *[MTV](/source/MTV)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651865/afrojack-eva-simons-shines-take-over-control-video.jhtml) on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-25.

1. ["Afrojack ft. Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Official Video HD)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVjcLL9WwU8). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 12 October 2010. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rVjcLL9WwU8) 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. ["Afrojack feat Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Out 28th November)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUoOcDGMgT4). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-24.

1. ["Best Buy CD maxi single"](http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Take+Over+Control+%5BSingle%5D+-+CD/18902406.p?id=2167851&skuId=18902406&st=single&lp=5&cp=1). Retrieved June 9, 2011.

1. "Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil (Brazil: bpp).

1. "Brazil Hot Pop & Popular" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil, 85. (Brazil: bpp).

1. ["Top 5 Airplay TV"](http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/pozostale/archiwum.php?year=2011&typ=tv&idlisty=285#title). *[Polish Video Chart](/source/Polish_Video_Chart)*. [ZPAV](/source/ZPAV). Retrieved 2017-02-08.

1. ["Dance Chart :: Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120513130130/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/dyskoteki/index.php?idlisty=336) (in Polish). [ZPAV](/source/ZPAV). 2011-04-01. Archived from [the original](http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/dyskoteki/index.php?idlisty=336) on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-10-14.

1. ["Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2010"](https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2010). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. ["Jaaroverzichten – Single 2010"](https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2010&cat=s) (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. ["Dance Top 100 - 2010"](http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2010). Mahasz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. ["MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2011"](https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/radios/2011) (in hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

1. ["ARIA Top 100 Singles 2011"](http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2011.htm). ARIA. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

1. ["Dance Top 100 - 2011"](http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2011). Mahasz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. ["Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2011"](https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/russia/annual/2011-01-01) (in Russian). [TopHit](/source/TopHit). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230310144359/https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/russia/annual/2011-01-01) 10 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

1. ["Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2011"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/dance-mix-show-airplay-songs). *Billboard*. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. ["Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons - Take Over Control on iTunes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121110065806/https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/take-over-control-single/id386768244). *[iTunes](/source/ITunes)*. Archived from [the original](https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/take-over-control-single/id386768244) on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. ["Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons - Take Over Control on iTunes"](https://music.apple.com/be/album/take-over-control-feat-eva-simons-ep/1444394230). *[iTunes](/source/ITunes)*. January 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com). ["Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)"](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045E7RNK). *Amazon*. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. ["Take over Control"](https://www.amazon.de/Take-Over-Control-Afrojack-Feat-Simons/dp/B0047XGIK2/ref=sr_1_33?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288451372&sr=1-33). *Amazon Germany*

1. [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com). ["Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)"](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048NUC4E). *Amazon*. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

1. [Ministry of Sound](/source/Ministry_of_Sound) (20 October 2010). ["Afrojack feat Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Out 28th November)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUoOcDGMgT4). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

1. ["Afrojack: Eva Simons - Takeover Control CD single"](http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=0&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=afrojack). Retrieved 2010-10-21.

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