U.S.U.R.A.
# U.S.U.R.A.

U.S.U.R.A. was an Italian electronic dance music group active from 1991-1998, best known for their crossover hit "Open Your Mind".

## History

U.S.U.R.A. was started by Time Records owner Giacomo Maiolini, producers Walter Cremonini and Alessandro Gilardi. The name is derived from that of Maiolini's mother, Ursula. The group is best known for the 1992-93 hit single (and later album) "Open Your Mind", featuring a dialog sample from the film Total Recall, as well as from "Solid" by Ashford & Simpson ('owh') and incorporating sampled elements from the Simple Minds song "New Gold Dream" from 1982. Its video morphs the faces of Ronald Reagan, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Ian Paisley, Margaret Thatcher, Richard Nixon, Mary Whitehouse, and Joe McCarthy.

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | AUS |
| Open Your Mind | Released: 1993 Label: Deconstruction | 218 |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Title | ITA | AUS | AUT | BEL | FIN | GER | IRE | NED | SWE | SWI | UK | Album |
| 1993 | "Open Your Mind" | 4 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 7 | Open Your Mind |
| 1993 | "Sweat" | 2 | 48 | 9 | 20 | 4 | — | 10 | — | — | 22 | 29 | Open Your Mind |
| 1993 | "Tear It Up" | 6 | 99 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Open Your Mind |
| 1994 | "Drive Me Crazy" | 10 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | Open Your Mind |
| 1995 | "Infinity" | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single releases only |
| 1995 | "The Spaceman" | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single releases only |
| 1996 | "Flying High" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single releases only |
| 1996 | "In the Bush" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single releases only |
| 1997 | "Open Your Mind '97" | 11 | — | 34 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | 21 | single releases only |
| 1998 | "Trance Emotions" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single releases only |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||
