Straight Ahead is name of a 2004 Electronica/Dance

Electronic dance music

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/Synth-Pop single from the German

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 Electronica duo Tube & Berger

Tube & Berger

Tube & Berger is the alias of Dance/Electronica producers Arndt Rörig and Marco Vidovic from Germany. The duo is best known in the United States for their 2004 #1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay hit "Straight Ahead", featuring Chrissie Hynde on vocals....

, featuring vocals by American

United States

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 singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

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. The track was co-written by Liz Winstanley, Marko Vidovic and Arndt Rörig and produced by King Brain.

"Straight Ahead" is best known for its tweeky synthesizer melodic sound and a computerized female vocal (provided by Winstanley) chanting the chourus "...Straight Ahead...In All Direction..." throughout the entire song. The single also gave Hynde her first ever number one single in Billboard

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 magazine, where it reached the top spot on the magazine's Hot Dance Airplay

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 chart.

Although the track charted in English, the duo also recorded a German-language version.

Singles

US CD Maxi-single

• 1 Straight Ahead (Radio Edit) (2:45)
• 2 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus Mix (Radio Edit)) (3:31)
• 3 Straight Ahead (Extended Version) (6:04)
• 4 Straight Ahead (Robbie Rivera
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   Juicy Dub) (7:27)
• 5 Straight Ahead (Tom Neville Remix) (7:19)
• 6 Straight Ahead (Tom Neville Dub) (6:40)
• 7 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus Mix (Extended Version)) (7:25)
• 8 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus Mix (Instrumental)) (7:25)
• 9 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus Mix (Padapella)) (5:59)
• 10 Straight Ahead (Chrissie's Acapella) (0:42)
• 11 Straight Ahead (Computer Girl Acapella) (0:27)
• 12 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus Mix (Acapella Edit)) (0:28)

UK 12" single

• A1 Straight Ahead (Extended Vocal Mix)
• A2 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus) (Robbie Rivera's Juicy Dub Mix)
• B1 Straight Ahead (Tom Neville Remix)
• B2 Straight Ahead (Geradeaus) (12" English Edit)