{{Short description|1993 single by Urban Cookie Collective}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = The Key the Secret | cover = The Key The Secret.jpg | alt = | caption = Standard artwork for original 1993 release | type = single | artist = Urban Cookie Collective | album = High on a Happy Vibe | released = {{start date|1993|6|28|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Eurodance<ref name="andybeevers">{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Beevers |title= Market Preview: Dance |magazine= Music Week |date= 26 June 1993 |page= 10 |accessdate= 28 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-26.pdf}}</ref> | length = 3:40 | label = Pulse 8 | writer = Rohan Heath | producer = Chapter | prev_title = Lucky Stars | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Feels Like Heaven | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|2wyv52Ahry0|"The Key the Secret"}}}} }}
"'''The Key the Secret'''" is a song by British group Urban Cookie Collective, released in June 1993 by Pulse 8 from the group's debut album, ''High on a Happy Vibe'' (1994). The song features vocals by British singer Diane Charlemagne and peaked at number one in the Netherlands. It was a top-5 hit also in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and the UK, where it reached number two. Its music video was directed by Lindy Heymann, featuring the group in an indoor botanical garden. The song has been remixed several times.
==Background and release== "The Key the Secret" was originally a track written at home by group member Rohan Heath in a soul and hip hop vein. It was released on the tiny Unheard Records label. After a subsequent re-mix provoked a massive club response it was picked up by the Pulse 8 record label and released on 28 June 1993.<ref name="ukrel">{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=26 June 1993}}</ref>
Italian Bologna-based Expanded Records gets credit for the hook on the track as they discovered that one of their own tracks had the same riff. MD Giovanni Natale of Expanded Records told ''Billboard'' magazine in October 1994, "When we pointed out to their U.K. record label, Pulse-8, that the Urban Cookie Collective's riff was the same as the one from out project Glam's release 'House Party', we came to an amicable agreement on rights with their publisher, peermusic, who behaved like gentlemen over the matter."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Dezzani|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-10-29-N.pdf#page=67|title=Italian Team Makes Arresting European Smash|magazine=Billboard|date=29 October 1994|page=52|access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Quote box|width=27%|align=left|quote="It pretty much came off the top of my head. I've always had a real interest in songwriting and it just happened to be at the better end of a million ideas I had. I tend to put one hand on my keyboard, play a chord and see what comes out of my mouth. 'The Key The Secret' was actually about taking magic mushrooms, which a lot of people never really realised at the time."|source=—Rohan Heath talking about how the song was made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a162233/whatever-happened-to-urban-cookie-collective/|title=Whatever happened to... Urban Cookie Collective?|publisher=digitalspy.com|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> }} British DJ Graham Gold named "The Key the Secret" one of his favourites in 1995, saying, "I don't care who dissed it – or if it crossed over into the charts. The vocal was so up and positive it made me feel how music should make you feel – ''good''."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= Jock On His Box |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 7 January 1995 |page= 5 |accessdate= 4 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-01-07.pdf}}</ref> In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton viewed it as "a rather weak-kneed piece of girlie dance".<ref>{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending July 24th 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-july-24th-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=18 July 1993|accessdate=15 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton}}</ref> David Bennun from ''Melody Maker'' complimented it as a "mellifluous delight".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Bennun|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53102907251|title=Albums|work=Melody Maker|date=12 March 1994|page=40|access-date=13 August 2023|author-link=David Bennun}}</ref> Andy Beevers from ''Music Week'' rated it three out of five, describing it as a "poppy house tune with catchy female vocals".<ref name="andybeevers"/>
Upon the release of the 1996 remix, a reviewer of the magazine gave it a score of four out of five, commenting, "A seemingly superfluous reissue remix of the 1993 number two hit. Nevertheless, the song maintains its effervescent hook of housey piano and celebratory vocal, and could well be a hit again."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-07-27.pdf|first=|last=|title=Reviews: Singles|work=Music Week|date=27 July 1996|page=10|accessdate=6 September 2021}}</ref> James Hamilton from the ''Record Mirror'' Dance Update declared it as a "Charlemagne cooed raving galloper" in his weekly dance column.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Djdirectory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 3 July 1993 |page= 2 |accessdate= 30 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-03.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}</ref> Mark Frith from ''Smash Hits'' complimented it as a "corking" single in his review of the ''High on a Happy Vibe'' album.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52591671531/in/album-72177720304791051/|title=New Albums|magazine=Smash Hits|date=16 March 1994|page=54|access-date=29 December 2022|author-link=Mark Frith (journalist)}}</ref> In 2012, Australian music channel Max included "The Key the Secret" in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 1000 Greatest Songs Of All Time – 2012 |publisher= Max |date= 2012 |accessdate= 26 April 2020 |url= https://www.maxtv.com.au/top-1000-greatest-songs-of-all-time-2}}</ref>
==Chart performance== In Europe, "The Key the Secret" peaked at number one in the Netherlands for a week.<ref name="netherlands"/> It entered the top 10 in Austria,<ref name="austria"/> Belgium,<ref name="belgium"/> Germany,<ref name="germany"/> Ireland,<ref name="ireland"/> Switzerland,<ref name="switzerland"/> and the United Kingdom, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100 and European Dance Radio Chart.<ref name="europeandanceradio">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-09-25.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=39|date=25 September 1993|page=28|access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> On the Eurochart Hot 100, "The Key the Secret" debuted at number 100 on 24 July, after charting in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-07-24.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=30|date=24 July 1993|page=19|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> It peaked at number 10 six weeks later.<ref name="eurocharthot100">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-08-28.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=35|date=28 August 1993|page=23|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> In the UK, "The Key the Secret" peaked at number two during its sixth week on the UK Singles Chart; it spent two weeks as number two and 16 consecutive weeks inside the UK top 75.<ref name="uk"/> The song also peaked at numbers one and 11 on ''Music Week''{{'}}s Dance Singles and Airplay charts, respectively,<ref name="UKdance">{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-10.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 10 July 1993 |page= 22 |accessdate= 9 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="UKairplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-18-I.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=18 September 1993|page=30|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> as well as number five on the ''Record Mirror'' Club Chart.<ref name="UKclub">{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=26 June 1993|page=4|accessdate=9 May 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-26.pdf}}</ref> Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Finland, Italy, and Spain while peaking within the top 30 in Sweden.
Outside Europe, the single reached number three on Canada's ''RPM'' Dance chart,<ref name="canadadance"/> number four in Australia,<ref name="australia"/> number 10 in Zimbabwe,<ref name="zimbabwe">* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref> number 26 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart,<ref name="billboarddanceclubplay">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277661/urban-cookie-collective/chart|title=Urban Cookie Collective|magazine=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207120322/http://www.billboard.com/artist/277661/urban-cookie-collective/chart|archive-date=7 February 2017|access-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> and number 31 in New Zealand.<ref name="newzealand"/> In 1996, the track was remixed and again entered the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 52. It was remixed again in 2004, this time peaking at number 31.<ref>British Hit Singles and Albums 19th Edition</ref>
==Music video== The accompanying music video of "The Key the Secret" was directed by British director and assistant director Lindy Heymann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C1014|title=Lindy Heymann|accessdate=31 January 2017|publisher=mvdbase.com}}</ref> It features the band performing the song in what appears to be an indoor botanical garden. Singer Diane Charlemagne sings between the plants. Several dancers also appear in the video, with body painting in gold. The colours of the video repeatedly fade out into black-and-white or the opposite. Some scenes also show the dancers looking into or they are seen through a glass sphere. "The Key the Secret" received heavy rotation on MTV Europe in November 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > MTV Europe/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-06.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=45|date=6 November 1993|page=26|accessdate=17 December 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Quote box|width=22%|align=right|quote="We picked up the remix of this single which we thought had enormous crossover potential. The Key: The Secret was a great success initially in the clubs and when a chart position followed, the popularity spread to younger record buyers. We ended up with a very wide spectrum of record buyers from very young kids to people in their late '20s and this is now being reflected in Europe. (...) Because the first single is very much a one liner, there was a lot of resistance from radio at first. We had to get a Top 40 position to get airplay. We only made a video for the single when we achieved a Top 20 position-we turned it over in five days and got a terrific reaction from TV, which made the single shoot up the charts."|source=—Pulse-8 MD Frank Sansom talking to ''Music & Media'' about the song.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Watson|first=Miranda|title=Urban Cookie Collective Find Key To Europe|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-26.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=13|date=26 March 1994|page=1/28|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>}}
* '''7-inch single, Belgium (1993)''' #"The Key the Secret" (Glamourously Developed Edit) – 3:41 #"The Key the Secret" (Kamoflage Club Edit) – 4:24
* '''12-inch single, UK (1993)''' #"The Key the Secret" (Glamourously Developed Mix) – 6:16 #"The Key the Secret" (Regressive Mix) – 6:01 #"The Key the Secret" (Kamoflage Club Mix) – 6:40 #"The Key the Secret" (Kamoflage Dub) – 7:30
* '''CD single, UK (1993)''' #"The Key the Secret" (Glamourously Developed Edit) – 3:40 #"The Key the Secret" (Glamourously Developed Mix) – 6:16 #"The Key the Secret" (Regressive Mix) – 6:01 #"The Key the Secret" (Kamoflage Club Mix) – 6:40 #"The Key the Secret" (Hungarian Deli Mix) – 5:16 #"The Key the Secret" (Shute The Flute Mix) – 5:45
* '''CD single, Scandinavia (1993)''' #"The Key the Secret" (Glamourously Developed Edit) – 3:42 #"The Key the Secret" (Glamorously Developed Mix) – 6:16
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== ====Original version==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1993–1994) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="australia"}} |- {{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="austria"}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="belgium"}} |- {{single chart|Canadadance|3|chartid=2338|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="canadadance"}} |- ! scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref name="eurocharthot100"/> | 10 |- ! scope="row"|Europe (European Dance Radio)<ref name="europeandanceradio"/> | 8 |- ! scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-09.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=41|date=9 October 1993|page=22|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row"|Finland (IFPI)<ref>Week 41, 1993.</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Germany|5|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|songid=2681|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="germany"}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|4|song=The Key the Secret|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 September 2018|refname="ireland"}} |- ! scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=30 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Urban Cookie Collective".</ref> | 16 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=1993|week=44|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 September 2018|refname="netherlands"}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|31|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="newzealand"}} |- ! scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE)<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 13 |- {{single chart|Sweden|23|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Urban Cookie Collective|song=The Key: The Secret|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="switzerland"}} |- {{single chart|UK|2|date=19930814|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2021|refname="uk"}} |- ! scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref name="UKairplay"/> | 11 |- ! scope="row"|UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref name="UKdance"/> | 1 |- ! scope="row"|UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref name="UKclub"/> | 5 |- ! scope="row"|UK Indie (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-31.pdf|title=Independent Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=31 July 1993|page=28|issn=0265-1548|via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"|US Hot Dance Club Play (''Billboard'')<ref name="billboarddanceclubplay"/> | 26 |- ! scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref name="zimbabwe"/> | 10 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1996) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"|Scotland (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960818/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart 18 August 1996 - 24 August 1996|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 38 |- ! scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19960818/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart 18 August 1996 - 24 August 1996|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 52 |- ! scope="row"|UK Dance (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19960818/104/|title=Official Dance Singles Chart 18 August 1996 - 24 August 1996|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 23 |- ! scope="row"|UK Pop Tip Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-07-27.pdf#page=32|title=On a Pop Tip Club Chart|department=''Record Mirror''|magazine=Music Week|page=8|date=27 July 1996|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 2 |}
===="The Key the Secret 2004" version==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Hungarydance|40|year=2004|week=44|rowheader=true|access-date=26 June 2025}} |- ! scope="row"|UK Dance (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20040725/104/|title=Official Dance Singles Chart 25 July 2004 - 31 July 2004|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 14 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2005) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"|Scotland (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20050109/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart 9 January 2005 - 15 January 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 29 |- ! scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20050109/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart 9 January 2005 - 15 January 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 31 |- ! scope="row"|UK Dance (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20050109/104/|title=Official Dance Singles Chart 9 January 2005 - 15 January 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 40 |- ! scope="row"|UK Independent Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20050814/130/|title=Official Independent Singles Chart 14 August 2005 - 20 August 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 41 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2006) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"|UK Independent Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20050101/130/|title=Official Independent Singles Chart 1 January 2006 - 7 January 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> | 35 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1993) !scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1993/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1993|publisher=ARIA|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref> | 35 |- ! scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1993|title=Jaaroverzichten 1993|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref> | 36 |- ! scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-18.pdf|title=1993 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=51/52|date=18 December 1993|page=15|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref> | 46 |- ! scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1993|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1993|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref> | 46 |- ! scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr1993.html|title=Jaarlijsten 1993|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|language=nl|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> | 15 |- ! scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref> | 33 |- ! scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216105631/http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm|archive-date=16 February 2001|access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> | 76 |- ! scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1993|magazine=Music Week|page=24|date=15 January 1994}}</ref> | 22 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1994) !scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2684&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2684.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2684|title=Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1994|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 42 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|source=book|id=289}} {{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Germany|artist=Urban Cookie Colletive|title=The Key the Secret|award=Gold|relyear=1993|certyear=1994}} {{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Urban Cookie Colletive|title=The Key the Secret|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|id=7059-311-1|access-date=24 September 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |28 June 1993 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |Pulse 8 |<ref name="ukrel"/> |- !scope="row"|Australia |2 August 1993 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |Liberation |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 02/08/93: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=182|page=19|date=August 1, 1993}}</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan |21 January 1994 |rowspan="2"|Mini-CD |rowspan="2"|Avex Trax |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/31717/products/45948/1/|title=アーバン・クッキー・コレクティブ {{!}} キー,ザ・シークレット|trans-title=Urban Cookie Collection {{!}} Key, the Secret|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref> |- |22 June 1994 |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/31717/products/45961/1/|title=アーバン・クッキー・コレクティブ {{!}} キー,ザ・シークレット,ザ|trans-title=Urban Cookie Collection {{!}} Key, the Secret, The|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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