"Time to Burn" is a song by German

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duo Storm, also known as Jam & Spoon. It was released as the fourth single from Storm's only studio album, ''Stormjunkie'', in May 2000. A

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and dark trance song, the track was written and produced by Storm members

Rolf Ellmer Rolf Johannes Ellmer (born 3 December 1960) is a classically trained musician and composer (concert-guitarist) and has become one of Germany's most well known producers in the techno and trance scene. Together with Markus Löffel (alias Mark Spo ...

and Markus Löffel under the pseudonyms Trancy Spacer and Spacy Trancer. "Time to Burn" became the duo's highest-charting single on the

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when it peaked at number three in August 2000, and it also became a top-40 hit in Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The song is certified silver in the United Kingdom for shipping over 200,000 copies.

Release and reception

In Germany, "Time to Burn" was released in May 2000 through Zeitgeist Records. On 29 May, it debuted at its peak of number 58 on the

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, spending three more weeks in the top 100 before dropping out. Before its official UK release, the song appeared on the

as an import single, reaching number 77. On 31 July 2000,

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released "Time to Burn" in the UK across three formats: CD,

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, and

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. Six days later, the song rose 74 places to number three on the

, making it

Jam & Spoon Jam & Spoon were a German electronic music duo formed in 1991 in Frankfurt. The group consisted of composers and record producer, producers Rolf Ellmer (a.k.a. Jam El Mar, classically trained composer) and Markus Löffel (a.k.a. Mark Spoon, DJ). ...

's highest-charting UK single under any of their aliases. "Time to Burn" spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks within the UK top 100 and ended the year as the country's 65th-best-selling single, receiving a silver sales certification from the

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(BPI) for shipping over 200,000 units in August 2000. In Ireland, "Time to Burn" debuted at number 17 on the

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on 10 August 2000. Three weeks later, it ascended to its peak of number 11. It spent 11 weeks within the Irish top 50 and ranked in at number 68 on the Irish year-end chart for 2000. Elsewhere in Europe, the song charted in the Netherlands and the

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region of Belgium. In the latter territory, the single charted for nine weeks, peaking at number 26 in November 2000. In the Netherlands, it reached number 20 on the

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and number 18 on the

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. On the

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, "Time to Burn" debuted at number 15, its peak, and remained on the chart for nine weeks.

Track listings

German maxi-CD single # "Time to Burn" (video edit) – 3:55 # "Time to Burn" (12-inch long version) – 6:40 # "Time to Burn" ( Mauro Picotto mix) – 7:27 # "Time to Burn" (Happy People in the Morning mix) – 6:54 # "Time to Burn" (F.E.O.S. Treatment) – 6:21 German 12-inch single 1 :A. "Time to Burn" (12-inch long version) – 6:40 :B. "Time to Burn" (Happy People in the Morning mix) – 6:54 German 12-inch single 2 :A. "Time to Burn" (Mauro Picotto mix) – 7:27 :B. "Time to Burn" (F.E.O.S. Treatment) – 6:21

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CD single # "Time to Burn" (video edit) – 3:55 # "Time to Burn" (12-inch long version) – 6:40 UK CD single # "Time to Burn" (radio edit) – 2:55 # "Time to Burn" (original 12-inch mix) – 6:43 # "Time to Burn" (

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remix) – 6:25 UK 12-inch single :A1. "Time to Burn" (original mix) :B1. "Time to Burn" ( Nick Sentience remix) :B2. "Time to Burn" (Mauro Picotto remix) UK cassette single # "Time to Burn" (radio edit) – 2:55 # "Time to Burn" (original 12-inch mix) – 6:43 Australian CD single # "Time to Burn" (radio edit) # "Time to Burn" (original 12-inch mix) # "Time to Burn" (Mauro Picotto remix) # "Time to Burn" (Pascal F.E.O.S. Treatment)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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