2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Come Take My Hand (1995)

What this video is

Released in October 1995 as the second single from the group's second album '2' (1996), 'Come Take My Hand' arrived at the commercial zenith of European Eurodance. Produced by Dutch brothers Bobby and Martin Boer — who built their studio practice from a Utrecht apartment bedroom — the track typified the era's formula of uplifting female vocal hooks layered over a male rapper, targeting pan-European pop charts. The…

Why it matters

A key artefact of the Dutch Eurodance-to-happy-hardcore transitional moment, 'Come Take My Hand' exemplifies the MC-plus-vocalist format central to mid-90s European dance pop. Its black-and-white surrealist video is a rare counter-aesthetic move within the typically hyper-coloured Eurodance visual…