"Musique Non-Stop" is a 1986 single by German techno group Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

, which was featured on the album Electric Café

Electric Café

Electric Café is the ninth studio album by the electronic group Kraftwerk, originally released in 1986. In October 2009 it was re-released under its original working title, Techno Pop.-Background:...

. It was re-released as a remix on their 1991 album The Mix. The single was their first #1 on the Dance charts and was one of two songs to make it to #1. The single peaked at #82 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 and at #13 in their native Germany.

The single is traditionally the final act during Kraftwerk concerts. In the early 1990s, a completely different version of "Musique Non-Stop" – slower and more melodic – was used extensively as a jingle on MTV Europe

MTV Europe

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. Earlier, MTV Europe had already included elements from the original song and the video in the title graphics for MTV's Greatest Hits

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.

Composition

Musique Non Stop's lyrics comprise the title of the song being repeatedly chanted by a generic male and generic female voice in English and a computerized male voice in French.

After Florian Schneider left the band in 2008, the song was altered to accommodate video technician Stefan Pfaffe

Stefan Pfaffe

Stefan Pfaffe is a member of the electronic music band, Kraftwerk. Before being an official member, he worked in Kraftwerk's Kling Klang crew, as an engineer and was credited on the Minimum-Maximum release ....

 during performances. The song is basically the same, except shorter and the percussive/harmonic sequence that occupied Schneider's solo is operated by the other band members.

"The Mix" version (which was used in "Minimum Maximum") incorporates elements from fellow "Electric Cafe" song "Boing Boom Tschak". This was also done in Musique Non Stop's single version and music video.

Music video

The video for "Musique Non-Stop" is notable in itself for showcasing a computer animated representation of the band. Created in 1983, it sat dormant for three years before finally being incorporated as the video for the song. The animation, which was complex for its time, was created by Rebecca Allen

Rebecca Allen

Rebecca Allen is an international artist inspired by a variety of media to create work from 3-D computer graphics, animation, music videos, video games, performance works, artificial life systems, multisensory interfaces, interactive installations, virtual and mixed reality.- Biography :Allen's...

, using state-of-the-art facial animation software developed by the Institute of Technology

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 in New York. The slow rate of the album's progress, combined with rapid changes in software animation, meant that Allen had to archive the animation program developed at the Institute of Technology until Hütter and Schneider were ready in 1986, to travel to New York to edit the images to the final version of "Musique Non-Stop".

The video is payed homage

Homage

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 to in the music video for The Black Eyed Peas

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' 2009 single "Boom Boom Pow

Boom Boom Pow

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", which incorporates elements from "Musique Non-Stop".

Charts

Chart (1986/87)	Peak position
German Media Control Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...  Singles Chart	13
New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	45
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	82
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Single Sales	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	1