The story behind Twenty 4 Seven's "Slave To The Music" by Stacey Seedorf | Muzikxpress 164

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Stacey Seedorf is a Dutch singer and songwriter, who’s active in the music scene for more than 30 years. He’s mostly known for his releases with Eurodance act Twenty 4 Seven, for which Stacey wrote most of the lyrics. Twenty 4 Seven sold over 20 million records worldwide and some of their most well known tracks are “Is It Love”, “Take Me Away”, “Keep On Trying” and of course the 1993 classic “Slave To The Music”. That one peaked within the Top 10 in at least 8 countries. Furthermore it was a number 1 hit in Zimbabwe and peaked at number 2 in Australia where it did also reach the Platinum status!
Because of the upcoming 30th anniversary of “Slave To The Music”, I recently sat down with Stacey, to ask him about the story behind this classic, but we also spoke about his State Of Mind Network and much more!
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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[@muzikxpress]

What is your favorite Twenty 4 Seven track?

[@andypaul999]

'Are you dreaming' not only a great track but the first ever cassette single i bought

[@rolandvandenbeld5050]

Keep on 'Tryin! Not the biggest hit because they already split, but to me in so many ways this was T4S best track! It also helped me when i changed work and the beginning was very difficult....

[@petertakacs3180]

"Is it love", Slave to the music is close second.

[@frankiewilde7791]

'Take Me Away', saw it first on MTV and couldn't stop playing it. Got me into the whole Eurodance scene back then. Good times.

[@hanstenwolde]

We Are The World If U want My Love Leave Them Alone

[@rudboels3205]

„Is it Love“ when i remember back then…

[@maraboshi]

You have some magic, everyone is glowing with happiness when they are being interviewed by you :-D

[@muzikxpress]

Haha thank you for the nice words!

[@durbancraig]

As a teen of the 90's and a big fan of Twenty 4 Seven, thank you for this interview with Stacey. His story is wonderful to hear, loved the images of the two young artists on tour. A positive and optimistic guy, it's sad to hear the original artists are not touch but it explains to some degree the two current acts. Favourite track? Paradise. Thank you Twan, have a good weekend!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!!

[@MFC4LIFE123]

Coming from England. I feel like the u.k charts largely ignored the eurodance scene except for the odd song- no limits, scatman-amongst only a few that made the charts to any success. I actually went over to Holland in 1994 and 1995 purely to buy eurodance CD’s😳🤣🤣 because you just couldn’t get them over here!! Twenty4seven we’re my original favourites-and I still listen to their songs now.

[@musicgr4309]

2 Unlimited isnt Eurodance! is 100% Techno....

[@sascha_van_der_blondhorst]

Thank you, Twan, for another great interview! As a Russian I'm though very proud of the Netherlands and Dutch people who've given so many musical talents to the world so far! And...I think that all of us are slaves to the music (no matter what style it is) as sometimes it simply makes us come alive, get up after falling and move on!✊😉

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot for your kind works Alex!

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

He barely aged.

[@previewdancemusic]

That’s what Nance is probably upset about😅

[@manuelmontenegromanjarres7374]

Thank you for this very nice interview. Stacey is a very charismatic guy. Greetings from Colombia.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!!

[@riversedge64]

Awesome interview, thanx so much! Stay-C and Nance are my heroes from the youth. I grew up on their music. So sad that they don't perform together anymore. I've learned a lot from this interview, especially that Stay-C is so positive guy and he is spreading positive energy all around the world. That's awesome. Slave to the music is a great track, I love whole album. :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!!

[@DJMadmanCook]

Great interview as usual with one of my legend from 90´s I had posters of Twenty 4 Seven on the wall :))) Keep the good vibe Stacey and Twan.

[@MichaelOglesby]

Yet another amazing interview! Thank you Twan!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much Michael!!

[@mysteriousd.1124]

Please let Nance and Stay C talk it out, great interview!

[@bombsquid6436]

Great interview!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@awsdj01]

Thank you for this insight. I never would had though I will watch an interview with the people involved in this great song that marked my youth. wonderful video lots of good memories.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it! BTW, did you see the 2 vlogs / interviews I did with Nance and Twenty 4 Seven producer Ruud van Rijen as well? You can find both on my channel :)

[@larsrittinghaus1979]

Thank you, really interesting interview

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Lars! Did you see my interviews with Nance and Ruud van Rijen as well?

[@larsrittinghaus1979]

@@muzikxpress I saw the Nance video months ago... And the other... mmmh I don't know

What a cool and nice person Stacey is. I love how enthusiastically he talks about his carrier, made me happier while listening. :) I wonder if a video with some "still active / moved on to other styles" producers would make sense discussing if Eurodance was really a one of a kind period in music or it can make a come back in mainstream one day? I would be interested in such meta stuff here and there.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And I only focus on classics / hits from the past in my interviews. Of course I do ask people what they’re up to these days and what their future plans are, but the main focus is always the story behind one of their classics. Hope this helps! I have some more Eurodance related interviews in the works for later this year / next year BTW! 😉

@@muzikxpress that's okay, your channel is still filling a very specific gap, and thanks for doing it!

[@muzikxpress]

@ thanks a lot! More to come soon! ☺️

[@torsten23]

„I can‘t stand it“ is one of the first tracks on the soundtrack of my life. And I think it was their greatest hit in Germany wasn‘t it?

[@zulfiqardurrani3483]

Great interview, one of mg favourite bands 24seven.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! :) Did you see the interviews I did with Nance and Ruud van Rijen as well? :)

[@musicgr4309]

the third album had extremely bad marketing! it's unbelievable that they weren't chosen for singles tracks like ''Gimme More'' , ''Breakin' Up'' , ''You Gotta Be Safe'' & ''Keep On Tryin'' single with video clip 😏 anyway super interview again i like Stay-C & Twenty 4 Seven

[@muzikxpress]

I guess (not sure though!) there were alread some troubles in the group around the release of the album. Which is most likely the reason they only did 2 singles from the album and hardly and promotion or video clips etc. "Breaking Up" and "Gimme More" would have been 2 great singles for sure!! Glad you enjoyed the interview! Did you see my interview with Nance and Ruud van Rijen as well BTW?

[@wannabeactuary01]

I did enjoy this. I can only suppose that people who are young and driven will upset others along the way.

[@markymark8685]

He seems like such a nice guy. Would probably be great fun to hang out with. Great interview mate ❤

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Mark!

[@estebantia2413]

Great to listen to Stay-C! Such a great guy! 20 4 7 didn't have success in France unfortunately apart maybe from Slave to the music and Take me away (minor successes), there was I guess very little promo unlike many other successful acts at the time here. Great interview, only thing missing for me is the question: "What are your fav 20 4 7 tracks?"! Thanks!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And he told me when I did ask him for these interview that “Slave To The Music” is one of his favorite Twenty 4 Seven tracks ☺️

[@ady2416]

I spent so much money on ZYX imports living here in the UK we got nothing it was a struggle no internet didn't help. I would see probably 1 single by them in one odd store in like a 5 month period dam gold dust singles. The 1994 mix of I can't stand it was great.

[@muzikxpress]

Ahhh I was lucky then living in The Netherlands. Most stuff was available here but every once I a while I had to get something via import.

[@ady2416]

@@muzikxpress Oh......it was all the time my friend my collection is made up of German, Netherlands and Italy CD releases I could have done with your help a few year ago buying Dutch and Netherlands CDs lol as well as Holland ,Amsterdam etc Some CDs only had a release in Netherlands i was buying happycore , trance and eurodance etc

[@rakazt]

Please interview Andy Moor and Adam White Story Behind Whiteroom, Thanks

[@muzikxpress]

On the (ver long!) wish list, but unfortunately I don’t have a travel budget for these vlogs. Please check the pinned post on the Muzikxpress Facebook page. There I explain what I can do and can’t do regarding interviews. Thank you!

[@guuizaa86]

Definitely "Leave Them Alone" 🤩

[@rcs2003]

Hm. I grew up in the 90s but never heard this song till today.

[@muzikxpress]

Where are you from if I may ask? It was a hit in lots of counties, but not everywhere, so it might be possible you don’t know this one.

[@rcs2003]

@@muzikxpress Im from Hungary. On the internet always possible find new stuff of the 90s :) I found countless great tracks of the past since got internet at home.

[@petertakacs3180]

@@rcs2003 Wooow. 1993 őszén a legelső "válogatás" kazettámra rákerült, pedig egy vidéki (bár pest megyei) gimibe járó falusi fiatal voltam akkor, érdekes hogy még sose hallottad. Az tény hogy a különböző retró bulikon se tolják túl magát a Twenty 7 Seven-t se, ezt a számot pláne nem. A videóklipjét meg most láttam először ahogy megnéztem ehhez a hozzászóláshoz. Szóval értem is meg nem is :)

[@sascha_van_der_blondhorst]

The same story with me (I'm from Russia), but I just fell in love with the song and singers (Stay-c and Nance) performing it in the video from the very first seconds and tones. 😉👍

[@OProject.]

@@rcs2003 There is some nice Hungarian Eurodance form 90's I really like 😃I can say its best non-english eurodance I think, Polish eurodance (when I come from) was never that good xD Internet gives new life for many 80-00's tracks, a that time u couldnt know many tracks because they play only in radio or at events at that time ;)

[@satish8299]

Maar de manier waarop hij Engels praat hoor je duidelijk dat hij liever vier keer Nederlands praat. Maar ik heb diverse optreden gezien en a) hij kan goed zingen en b) nog steeds op deze leeftijd zeer energie en hij maakt het publiek enthousiast. En ik denk in de tijd van Nancy had hij gehoopt op een echte relatie met alles erop maar dat is niet wat Nancy denk ik wou en het feit dat hij meer wil en en zij niet dat kon zij niet rijmen, immers zij moest blijven optreden met de partner die in werkelijkheid eigenlijk meer wil. Maar goed ik vul het aan. Verder is hij een erg aardige gast en ik denk ook niet dat Nancy zou kwaad moet spreke4n over hem.

[@muzikxpress]

Nou dat eerste wat je zegt daar klopt niet echt veel van hehe.... Stacey schreef al zijn teksten voor Twenty 4 Seven etc in het Engels, plus ik gok dat hij jaarlijks zo'n 100 interviews en promo spots in het Engels deed / doet, dus geen idee waarom je denkt dat hij liever Nederlands praat. Sowieso vraag ik iedere (Nederlandse/Belgische) artiest als ik een interview aanvraag stuur, of het in het Engels kan. Zo niet, dan kan het in het Nederlands. Voor Stacey was Engels geen enkel probleem ;-)