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U.S.U.R.A. was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 electronic dance music
Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music, also commonly abbreviated as EDM, is electronic music that is produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment....
 group active from 1991-1998.

U.R.A. was started by Time Records owner Giacomo Maiolini, producers Walter Cremonini and Alessandro Gilardi (its name is derived from that of Maiolini's mother, Ursula), it is best known for the 1992-93 hit single (and later album) "Open Your Mind", featuring a dialogged sample from the film Total Recall
Total Recall

Total Recall is a United States science fiction film. The film features Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"....
 and incoperating sampled elements from the Simple Minds
Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....
 song "New Gold Dream" from 1982.






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U.S.U.R.A. was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 electronic dance music
Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music, also commonly abbreviated as EDM, is electronic music that is produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment....
 group active from 1991-1998.

History

U.S.U.R.A. was started by Time Records owner Giacomo Maiolini, producers Walter Cremonini and Alessandro Gilardi (its name is derived from that of Maiolini's mother, Ursula), it is best known for the 1992-93 hit single (and later album) "Open Your Mind", featuring a dialogged sample from the film Total Recall
Total Recall

Total Recall is a United States science fiction film. The film features Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"....
 and incoperating sampled elements from the Simple Minds
Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....
 song "New Gold Dream" from 1982. Its video morphs the faces of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
, Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
, Josef Stalin, Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley , styled The Rt Hon. The Revd Ian Paisley and also known as Dr Ian Paisley, is a veteran politician and church minister in Northern Ireland....
, Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990....
, Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
,Mary Whitehouse
Mary Whitehouse

Mary Whitehouse Order of the British Empire was a United Kingdom activist for what she perceived to be values of morality and decency derived from her Christianity faith....
, and Joe McCarthy.

Discography


Albums

  • 1993 - Open Your Mind: The Album


Singles

YearSingleChart Positions
Australia
Aria

An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment....
IRL
Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association by Chart-Track....
U.K.
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
1992 "Open Your Mind" 29 6 7
1993 "Sweat" 48 10 29
"Tear It Up" – – –
1994 "Drive Me Crazy" – – –
1995 "Infinity" – – –
"The Spaceman" – – –
1996 "Flying High" – – –
"In The Bush" – – –
1997 "Open Your Mind '97" – – 21
1998 "Trance Emotions" – – –