Take Over Control

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title: "Take Over Control" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2010-singles", "afrojack-songs", "eva-simons-songs", "house-music-songs", "songs-written-by-afrojack", "ministry-of-sound-singles", "songs-written-by-eva-simons", "2010-songs", "spinnin'-records-singles"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Over_Control" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Take Over Control
cover	Afrojack Take Over Control.jpg
caption	US cover
type	single
artist	Afrojack featuring Eva Simons
released	12 August 2010
recorded	2010
genre
label
writer
producer	Afrojack
chronology	Afrojack
prev_title	A Msterdamn
prev_year	2010
next_title	Give Me Everything
next_year	2011
misc	{{Extra chronology
artist	Eva Simons
type	singles
prev_title	Silly Boy
prev_year	2009
title	Take Over Control
year	2010
next_title	I Don't Like You
next_year	2012
header	Alternative cover
type	single
cover	Take Over Control (British cover).png
caption	UK cover
header	Wall Recordings cover
type	single
cover	Afrojack ft. Eva Simons - Take Over Control.jpg
type	single
file	Afrojack - Take Over Control.ogg
description	"Take Over Control"
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"Take Over Control" is a song by Dutch producer and DJ Afrojack, featuring vocals from Dutch singer Eva Simons. The song was written by Afrojack, Mike Hamilton, Simons and Ingrid Simons. It was released as a single in the Netherlands on 12 August 2010. The song was a number-one single for six weeks on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The song is also Afrojack's first single ever to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 41.

Music video

The music video, directed by Alex Herron, was shot on 14 September 2010 in Los Angeles and Death Valley, California. The video premiered on YouTube on 12 October 2010 through the Spinnin' Records account, and later shown to the British public on 20 October 2010 through the Data Records account.

The video starts with Afrojack driving an Audi R8 in a desert. Simons, depicted as a robotic dancer in a quite stereotypical yellow American school bus, is accompanied by four robotic background dancers. They step out of the bus and perform a high-energy dance routine in a desert aircraft boneyard, with Simons framed in an L-1011 Rolls-Royce RB211 engine cowling. The girls take control of the field, but fall out of energy, and Afrojack arrives and plugs them in so that they can continue performing.

Track listings and formats

• Digital download

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
2. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56

• Digital maxi single

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
2. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
3. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Instrumental) – 6:56

• UK digital EP

1. "Take Over Control" (UK Radio Edit) – 2:57
2. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Vocal Edit) – 2:53
3. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
4. "Take Over Control" (Ian Carey Remix) – 6:47
5. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Remix) – 3:37
6. "Take Over Control" (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix) – 3:46

• UK single

1. "Take Over Control" (UK Radio Edit) – 2:57
2. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Vocal Edit) – 2:53

• US CD maxi single

1. "Take Over Control" (Radio Edit) – 3:38
2. "Take Over Control" (Dutch Radio Edit) – 3:28
3. "Take Over Control" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:56
4. "Take Over Control" (Adam F. Mix) – 3:34
5. "Take Over Control" (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix) – 3:44
6. "Take Over Control" (Spencer & Hill Mix) – 6:10
7. "Take Over Control" (Apster Mix) – 5:34
8. "Take Over Control" (Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano Mix) – 6:08
9. "Take Over Control" (Ian Carey Mix) – 6:45
10. "Take Over Control" (Dj Fuel Mix) – 3:57

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2010–11) | Peak position | |---|---| | Brazil (Hot 100 Airplay) | 21 | | Brazil (Hot Pop Songs) | 10 | | Poland (Polish Airplay TV) | 4 | | Poland (Dance Top 50) | 1 | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2010)	Position	Chart (2011)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	92
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	81
Hungary (Dance Top 40)	33
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)	74
Australia (ARIA)	96
Hungary (Dance Top 40)	7
Russia Airplay (TopHit)	72
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)	2
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Certifications

Release history

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Region	Date	Format	Label
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Belgium	author =	title = Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons - Take Over Control on iTunes	website = iTunes
United States	author = Amazon.com	title = Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)	website = Amazon
Germany	5 November 2010	CD single	Tiger Records
United States	author = Amazon.com	title = Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)	website = Amazon
United Kingdom	author = Ministry of Sound	title = Afrojack feat Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Out 28th November)	website = YouTube
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References

References

1. (26 September 2010). "Behind the scenes - TAKE OVER CONTROL".
2. Akshay Bhansali. "Afrojack Says Eva Simons Shines In 'Take Over Control' Video".
3. (12 October 2010). "Afrojack ft. Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Official Video HD)".
4. (20 October 2010). "Afrojack feat Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Out 28th November)".
5. "Best Buy CD maxi single".
6. "Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil (Brazil: bpp).
7. "Brazil Hot Pop & Popular" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil, 85. (Brazil: bpp).
8. "Top 5 Airplay TV". [[ZPAV]].
9. (2011-04-01). "Dance Chart :: Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". [[ZPAV]].
10. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2010". Dutch Top 40.
11. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2010". MegaCharts.
12. "Dance Top 100 - 2010". Mahasz.
13. "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2011". Mahasz.
14. "ARIA Top 100 Singles 2011". ARIA.
15. "Dance Top 100 - 2011". Mahasz.
16. "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2011". [[TopHit]].
17. "Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2011".
18. "Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons - Take Over Control on iTunes".
19. (January 2010). "Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons - Take Over Control on iTunes".
20. [[Amazon.com]]. "Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)".
21. "Take over Control".
22. [[Amazon.com]]. "Afrojack - Take Over Control (Feat. Eva Simons)".
23. [[Ministry of Sound]]. (20 October 2010). "Afrojack feat Eva Simons - Take Over Control (Out 28th November)".
24. "Afrojack: Eva Simons - Takeover Control CD single".

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