# World Power

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{{Infobox album
| name         = World Power
| type         = Studio Album
| artist       = [Snap!](/source/Snap!)
| cover        = WorldPower-Snap.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 15 May 1990
| recorded     =
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[House](/source/House_music)|[Eurodance](/source/Eurodance)|[hip house](/source/hip_house)}}
| length       = 52:53
| label        = Logic
| producer     = Snap!
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [The Madman's Return](/source/The_Madman's_Return)
| next_year    = 1992
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = World Power
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [The Power](/source/The_Power_(Snap!_song))
 | single1date = 3 January 1990
 | single2     = [Ooops Up](/source/Ooops_Up)
 | single2date = 1 May 1990
 | single3     = [Cult of Snap](/source/Cult_of_Snap)
 | single3date = 10 September 1990
 | single4     = [Mary Had a Little Boy](/source/Mary_Had_a_Little_Boy)
 | single4date = 10 December 1990
}}
}}

'''''World Power''''' is the [debut album](/source/Studio_album) by German-American [Eurodance](/source/Eurodance) project [Snap!](/source/Snap!), released in May 1990 by Logic Records.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&dq=snap|title=New Generation|magazine=Billboard|date=27 June 1992|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, as the project's musical style and its vocalists, [Turbo B](/source/Turbo_B) and [Penny Ford](/source/Penny_Ford), were well received. It also achieved considerable commercial success with the help of four international top-ten hits, including its best-selling single "[The Power](/source/The_Power_(Snap!_song))".

== Reception ==

=== Commercial performance ===
The album reached number seven on Germany's [Media Control Charts](/source/Media_Control_Charts),<ref name="GER">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1990&date=19900910&x=18&y=14|title=Top 100 Longplay Official Media Control (10-9-1990)|language=German|publisher=charts.de|accessdate=2010-07-27}}{{dead link|date=May 2026}}</ref> number 25 on Australia's [ARIA Charts](/source/ARIA_Charts),<ref name="AUS">{{cite web |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Interpret: Snap!|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> number four on the [Ö3 Austria Top 40](/source/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40),<ref name="AUT">{{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap!|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> number 20 on the [Topplistan](/source/Sverigetopplistan) chart in Sweden,<ref name="SWE">{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> number four on the [Swiss Music Charts](/source/Swiss_Music_Charts),<ref name="SWI">{{cite web |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> number 10 on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart),<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=UK's Singles/Albums Positions to Snap!|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> and number 30 on the US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) chart.<ref name="US">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the snap|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=US Albums Positions to Snap!|publisher=[Billboard Magazine](/source/Billboard_Magazine)|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> Although it did not chart on the [Dutch MegaCharts](/source/MegaCharts),<ref name="NDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&artist=SNap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artiest: SNap!|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> it earned gold [certification](/source/Music_recording_sales_certification) from the [NVPI](/source/NVPI), for sales in excess of 50,000 copies in the Netherlands.<ref name="NVPI"/> ''World Power'' has also been certified gold in Australia,<ref>{{cite book|first=Gavin|last=Ryan|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> Austria,<ref name="AUScert"/> Sweden,<ref name="GLF"/> the United Kingdom,<ref name="BPI"/> and the United States,<ref name="RIAA"/> while it has received platinum certifications in both Germany and Switzerland.<ref name="GERcert"/><ref name="CHcert"/> Worldwide, the album sold in excess of 5 million copies as of June 1992.<ref name="Billboard, June 27, 1992">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=the+power+single+snap+sold+worldwide&pg=PA50|title=New Generation|date=27 June 1992|publisher=[Billboard Magazine](/source/Billboard_Magazine)|accessdate=2018-08-28}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Hamilton"/>
| rev2      = ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="May"/>
| rev3      = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>Larkin, Colin (2006). ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''. [Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press). p. 578.</ref>
| rev4      = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev4score = A−<ref>[Sandow, Greg](/source/Greg_Sandow). ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''.</ref>
| rev5      = [laut.de](/source/laut.de)
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kabelitz |first1=Sven |title=Bei der Macht von Grayskull - Snap! haben die Kraft. |url=https://laut.de/Snap!/Alben/World-Power-120226 |publisher=[laut.de](/source/laut.de) |access-date=24 March 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)''
| rev6score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Smith|work=[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)|title=Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52099567150/|date=5 May 1990|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))''
| rev7Score = 1/5<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Snap Crackle And Flop|last=Harrison|first=Andrew|date=July 1990|magazine=[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))}}</ref>
| rev8     = ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)''
| rev8score = A−<ref name="Christgau"/>
}}

Upon its release, ''World Power'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'' writer Mitchell May called it "a dance record you can listen to", noting that "pulsating synth chords, slashing guitar riffs, thundering drums and the gospel-like wails of [Penny Ford](/source/Penny_Ford) combine to give Snap a riveting sound".<ref name="May">{{cite web|last=May|first=Mitchell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527133146/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-09/features/9003060711_1_star-snap-raps|title=Snap: ''World Power'' (Arista)|work=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)|date=9 August 1990|access-date=22 August 2010|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/08/09/snapworld-power-arista-starstarstarthe-power-the-lead/|url-status=live|archive-date=27 May 2012}}</ref> [Greg Sandow](/source/Greg_Sandow) of ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' called the album "smart dance/rap, full of surprises", giving it an "A−". [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau) also gave ''World Power'' an A− rating in his consumer guide for ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)''.<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv790-90.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)|date=31 July 1990|accessdate=22 August 2010}}</ref> indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction. Anyone open to its aesthetic will enjoy more than half its tracks".<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php CG Grades 1990– : Key to Icons]. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-02-15.</ref> Christgau noted it as "in the great transcultural [Technotronic](/source/Technotronic) tradition" and described its music as "crazy and radio-ready at the same time. Also funny".<ref name="Christgau"/> In a retrospective review, [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) writer Andrew Hamilton perceived rapper [Turbo B](/source/Turbo_B)'s [enunciation](/source/enunciation) as a flaw, but commended his "energy" and singer Penny Ford's vocals.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-power-mw0000314697|title=''World Power'' – Snap!|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=22 August 2010}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = Benito Benites ([Michael Münzing](/source/Michael_M%C3%BCnzing)), John Virgo Garrett III (Luca Anzilotti) and [Durron Butler](/source/Durron_Butler), unless otherwise specified
| title1          = [The Power](/source/The_Power_(Snap!_song))
| writer1         = B.Benites, J.Garrett, D.Butler
| length1         = 5:44
| title2          = [Ooops Up](/source/Ooops_Up)
| writer2         = Benites, Garrett, Butler, Penny Ford, [Lonnie Simmons](/source/Lonnie_Simmons), Rudy Taylor, [Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson](/source/The_Gap_Band)
| length2         = 6:42
| title3          = [Cult of Snap](/source/Cult_of_Snap)
| length3         = 5:21
| title4          = Believe the Hype
| length4         = 4:50
| title5          = I'm Gonna Get You (To Whom It May Concern)
| length5         = 5:20
| title6          = Witness the Strength
| length6         = 4:57
| title7          = [Mary Had a Little Boy](/source/Mary_Had_a_Little_Boy)
| writer7         = Benites, Garrett, Butler, [Penny Ford](/source/Penny_Ford)
| length7         = 4:53
| title8          = Blasé Blasé
| length8         = 4:30
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Reissue bonus tracks
| title9          = Only Human
| writer9         = Butler
| length9         = 3:11
| title10         = The Power (Jungle Fever Mix)
| writer10        = Benites, C., Garrett
| length10        = 7:23
}}

== Personnel ==
* Artwork – Ariola-Studios, Tom
* Lyrics – Durron Butler (tracks: 3 to 10)
* Lyrics – Penny Ford (tracks: 2 and 7, and the single version of track 3)
* Music – Benito Benites, John "Virgo" Garrett III
* Original sound – Master Musikproduktion GmbH
* Photography – Markus Löffel
* Producer – Snap!

== Charts ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1990)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|25|artist=Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Australia|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|4|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Austria|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|12|chartid=1313|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 4, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|11|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Netherlands|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
!scope="row"|Finnish Albums ([Suomen virallinen lista](/source/Suomen_virallinen_lista))<ref name="Finland">{{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=239|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Snap!|page=239|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=1 June 2026}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
{{album chart|Germany|7|id=1056|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Germany|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=New Zealand|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|20|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Sweden|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|4|artist= Snap!|album=World Power|refname=Switzerland|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|10|artist=Snap!|album=World Power|refname=ukpeak|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 January 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|30|artist=Snap!|refname="billboard1"|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2015}}
|}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1990)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1990|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1990|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
{{album chart|Canada|54|chartid=9145|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 4, 2025|refname=CA_YE90}}
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1990|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|52
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1990|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=[GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|30
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1990/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1990|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=23 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035744/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/the-billboard-200|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|80
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1991)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1991|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=[GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|68
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1991-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1991|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|}
{{col-end}}

'''Singles''' — ''Billboard'' (United States)<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the snap|chart=all}} Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Snap! – Singles]</ref>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="500px"
!Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan="8"|1990
|rowspan="4"|"[The Power](/source/The_Power_(Snap!_song))"
|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|2
|-
|Hot Rap Singles
|align="center"|1
|-
|Hot R&B Singles
|align="center"|4
|-
|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="center"|1
|-
|rowspan="3"|"Ooops Up"
|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|35
|-
|Hot Rap Singles
|align="center"|3
|-
|Hot R&B Singles
|align="center"|18
|-
|"Ooops Up"/"Believe the Hype"
|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="center"|4
|-
|rowspan="2"|1991
|rowspan="2"|"Mary Had a Little Boy"
|Hot R&B Singles
|align="center"|56
|-
|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="center"|4
|-
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''World Power''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|refname="AUScert"|accessdate=23 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1994|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref name="GERcert">{{cite book|author=Wolfgang Spahr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney+houston+japan+bodyguard&pg=PA64|title=Grammy's Two Way Street|publisher=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=13 May 2000|access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|refname="NVPI"|accessdate=23 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|id=1991-03-29|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1990}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Spain|artist=Snap|title=World power|award=Platinum|certyear=1990|relyear=1990|certref=<ref>{{Citation | title = Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 | year=2005 | url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8 | publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales | language=Spanish | isbn=8480486392| accessdate = 25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|refname="GLF"|position=549|accessdate=23 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|refname="CHcert"|accessdate=23 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|refname="BPI"|id=8352-667-2|accessdate=23 September 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|accessdate=20 August 2016|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.snap-world.com/}}
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Snap-World-Power/master/70499 World Power]'' at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

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