{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Win the Race | cover = Winrace.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Modern Talking]] | album = [[America (Modern Talking album)|America]] | released = 26 February 2001 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | length = 3:35 | label = * [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] * [[Ariola]] | writer = [[Dieter Bohlen]] | producer = *Dieter Bohlen *Axel Breitung | prev_title = [[Don't Take Away My Heart]] | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = [[Last Exit to Brooklyn (song)|Last Exit to Brooklyn]] | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Jxz48jvpTMQ|"Win the Race"}}}} }}
"'''Win the Race'''" is a song by German [[Pop music|pop]] duo [[Modern Talking]]. It was released in February 2001 as the first single from the tenth album ''[[America (Modern Talking album)|America]]''. "Win the Race", released in Germany and in other European territories on 26 February 2001, was composed by [[Dieter Bohlen]] and became the anthem for [[Formula One]] in Germany in 2001.<ref name="Modern Talking: Biography (Sony Music Germany)">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.de/Modern-Talking/Biographie|title=Modern Talking: Biography (Sony Music Germany)|publisher=[[Sony Music]] Germany|accessdate=21 December 2009|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606223038/http://www.sonymusic.de/Modern-Talking/Biographie|archive-date=6 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The single peaked at number 5 in Germany on 26 March 2001, exactly one month after its release.<ref name="CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Single Top 100 (26 February 2001)">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2001&date=20010326&country=de|title=CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Single Top 100 (26 February 2001)|publisher=charts.de|accessdate=21 December 2009|language=German|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323185525/http://www.officialcharts.de/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2001&date=20010326&country=de|url-status=dead}}</ref> While the single was successful enough in Germany to spend total of 13 weeks on the singles-chart,<ref name="Chartverfolgung/MODERN TALKING/Single">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/MODERN+TALKING/single|title=Chartverfolgung/MODERN TALKING/Single|publisher=Musicline.com|accessdate=21 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928231835/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/MODERN+TALKING/single|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> it only managed to peak at number 14 in Austria, meanwhile entering the top-40 in Switzerland and Sweden.<ref name="Modern Talking: Win the Race">{{cite web |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Modern+Talking&titel=Win+The+Race&cat=s|title= Modern Talking: Win the Race|publisher=Swisscharts.com|accessdate=21 December 2009}}</ref>
==Track listing== * '''CD maxi single (Hansa 74321 84311 2 (BMG)''' / EAN 0743218431128 26 February 2001 # "Win the Race" (radio edit) – 3:35 # "Win the Race" (instrumental version) – 3:39 # "Win the Race" ([[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] remix) – 4:43 # "Cinderella Girl" – 3:34 # "Cinderella Girl" (instrumental version) – 3:34
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Win the Race" ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Austria|14|artist=Modern Talking|song=Win the Race|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Germany|5|artist=Modern Talking|song=Win the Race|songid=4623|rowheader=true}} |- ! scope="row"| Poland (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-03-31.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay - Week 14/2001|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=31|date=31 March 2001|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> | 13 |- ! scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/2001.html |title=Romanian Top 100 Singles Airplay Chart - Top of the Year 2001 |accessdate=9 December 2002 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021209050311/http://www.rt100.ro/2001.html |archivedate=9 December 2002 }}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|Sweden|36|artist=Modern Talking|song=Win the Race|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|31|artist=Modern Talking|song=Win the Race|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for "Win the Race" ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2001|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref> | 64 |} {{col-end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|24004|type=single}}
{{Modern Talking}}
[[Category:Modern Talking songs]] [[Category:2001 songs]] [[Category:2001 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Dieter Bohlen]] [[Category:Ariola Records singles]]
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