STEREO MC's – "Connected"
Label: 4th & Broadway – 74321 11228 1, Gee Street – 74321 11228
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Released: 1992
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Acid Jazz, Garage House
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"Connected" is a hit song by British hip hop/electronic music group Stereo MC's. It is the title track of their third studio album, and was released in September 1992 as the album's lead single. The song samples "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne and peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Internationally, "Connected" peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland, and peaked within the top 20 of the charts in Belgium, Finland and the United States. Its music video was directed by Matthew Amos. The song later appeared in the 1995 movie Hackers, and it was the theme to the Rob Lowe programme Dr. Vegas (2004).
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