Trivia



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[Last update: October 30th 2023]

POLLS

DJ Mag Top 100
Rank 1 appeared in the DJ Mag twice during the '00s:
2005 Poll | Rank #81 [http://www.djmag.com/content/poll-2005-rank-1]
2009 Poll | Rank #77 [http://www.djmag.com/node/9347]

TranceAddict Top 250 DJ Poll Results

Rank 1 has appeared in every annual TA DJ Poll since the tradition started in 2005 up till the very last one in 2012. Below you will find their rankings throughout the years:
2005 Poll | Rank #32
2006
Poll | Rank #31
2007
Poll | Rank #46
2008
Poll | Rank #86
2009
Poll | Rank #95
2010
Poll | Rank #128
2011
Poll | Rank #98
2012
Poll | Rank #115
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"So why did they call it..."


Opus 17? - "Opus" stands for "work" in Classical music. So in this case, Opus 17 was their 17th unique, officially released work if you consider the following order of predecessors: 
(1) The Citrus Juicer
(2) Black Snow
(3) Airwave
(4) Such Is Life
(5) Awakening
(6-13) Symsonic/Cosmomatic/Conspiracy/T.T.C./Down From The Deep/Equilibrium/Passage To The Unknown/Still In My Mind (a.k.a Symsonic album tracks, exact completion order unknown)*
(14) Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom
(15) After Me
(16) Top Gear

Surprised? Top Gear was chosen as the flipside to Opus, but it existed as early as February (mostly likely even January) 2005 as Piet & Benno performed it at Trance Energy that year. They once explained that officially it wasn't going to see a release but the crowd response to it was so massive that they decided to release it after all. The reason for Opus' 17th existence might be that they needed a counterpart for Top Gear (not the other way around) and decided to go for a self-explanatory title. Fits their kinda humor, doesn't it?

* In case you are wondering why they weren't mentioned: "Breathing" & "It's Up To You" are alternatives to Airwave and Symsonic respectively, hence they don't count.



100? - 100 refers to its catalogue number: it was High Contrast Recordings' 100th milestone release. I haven't discovered any other '100' reference within the track myself yet. Anyone else have a clue?



7 Instead Of 8? - This one might be the trickiest self-explanatory track yet as it refers to a specific quality of the track's musical content, rather than its order. You see, the title refers to its time signature. Count the claps in the breakdown: as the melody loops you will count 14 (7), rather than 16 (8), the latter being more common in Electronic music.



13.11.11? - The 13.11.11 title = its release date (reversed for you nitpicky-nagging folks :P) = its exact BPM = its duration. That's about as High Concept as a Recording can get!



We Finally Met? - Piet, Benno, Marco and Benjamin had collaborated on an Untitled tune back in 2000 which they never released since they made it for fun primarily. However, in 2019 they decided to finally release an official track together, hence this (slightly misleading) title.
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Random Trivia
Did you know that by 2023, Rank 1 have covered 16/26 letters of the alphabet in the first letters of their own productions? See below:
A - Airwave | Awakening | After Me | And Then...
B - Black Snow | Breathing (Airwave) | Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom
C - Conspiracy | Cosmomatic
D - Destination | Down From The Deep
E - Equilibrium | Elements Of Nature
F - Floorlifter | Freudenrausch
G -
H -
I - It's Up To You (Symsonic)
J - Juno
K -
L - Life Less Ordinary | L.E.D. There Be Light
M -
N - No Name
O - Opus 17
P - Passage To The Unknown | Predictive Memory | Paris Nice Cannes
Q -
R -
S - Such Is Life | Symsonic | Still In My Mind | Symfo | Superstring
T - The Citrus Juicer | T.T.C. | Top Gear | This World Is Watching Me | The Great Escape | This World Is So Amazing | Transatlantic Communication | The Greater Light To Rule The Night
U -
V -
W - Witness | Wild And Perfect Day | We Finally Met
X -
Y -
Z - Zenith
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A STATE OF TRANCE RADIO SUPPORT

Tune Of The Week
Armin has always supported Rank 1 on his ASOT radioshow with Such Is Life appearing in the very first instalment. Throughout the years, Armin has supported every Rank 1 single (bar After Me, but since this was the B-side to the much more popular and more club-fit Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom, that's no surprise, really) and the majority of their remixes. Below you will find the episodes listed where Rank 1 delivered Armin's favorite track for that week. 

2001 | #0025 | 04. Rank 1 - Awakening (Original Version)
2003 
| #0081 | 04. Rank 1 - Breathing (Airwave 2003) (Original Club Mix)
2005 
| #0197 | 13. Rank 1 - Top Gear (Original Mix)
2006 
| #0245 | 08. Ronald van Gelderen - This Way (Rank 1 Remix)
2006 
| #0251 | 07. Alex M.O.R.P.H. vs. Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary
2007 
| #0329 | 10. Anton Sonin & AMX feat. Sari - Undone (Rank 1 Remix)
2008 
| #0338 | 04. Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller - And Then... (Original Mix)
2008 
| #0381 | 10. Rank 1 - L.E.D. There Be Light (Extended Mix)
2010 
| #0438 | 04. Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller - The Great Escape (Extended)
2010 
| #0444 | 14. Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are) (Rank 1 Remix)
2012 
| #0583 | 05. Rank 1 - 7 Instead Of 8 (Original Mix)
2014 
| #0675 | 17. Rank 1 - Airwave (21st Century Mix)
2015 
| #0718 | 16. Rank 1 vs. Mike Push - Juno (Original Mix)
2016 | #0766 | 04. Rank 1 - Superstring (Extended Mix)
2019 | #0902 | 07. Marco V & Rank 1 - We Finally Met (Extended Mix)
2021 | #1027 | 07. Armin van Buuren & Rank 1 - The Greater Light To Rule The Night (Extended Mix)
2023 | #1126 | 06. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde - Destination (Extended Mix)

Tune Of The Year
2023 | #1152 | 01. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde - Destination (Extended Mix)

Credits to this particular Trance Podium thread:
http://www.trancepodium.com/forums/a-state-of-trance/topics/asot-tune-of-the-week-list?page=1

ASOT Radio Classic
Besides having been chosen the Tune Of The Week several times now, Rank 1's tracks have also been chosen as the ASOT Radio Classic from time to time. Here are the ones that got picked so far:
2006 | #0235 | 19. Rank 1 - Awakening (Original Version) [ID&T]
2007 | #0329 | 20. Cygnus X - Superstring (Rank 1 Remix) [ID&T]
2008 | #0341 | 21. Rank 1 feat. Shanokee - Such Is Life (Extended Version) [ID&T]
2008 | #0355 | 21. Rank 1 - Breathing (Airwave 2003) (Breaks Dub) [ID&T]
2010 | #0456 | 20. York - Reachers Of Civilization (Rank 1 Remix) [Offshore]
2010 | #0487 | 10. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [FFA] [Trance Top 1000 2010 #2]
2011 | #0501 | 23. Rank 1 - Opus 17 (Original Mix) [High Contrast]
2011 | #0534 | 24. Rank 1 - Top Gear (Original Mix) [High Contrast]
2011 | #0539 | 22. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [FFA] [Trance Top 1000 2011 #1]
2013 | #0600 | 22. Rank 1 feat. Shanokee - Such Is Life (Original Mix) [ID&T]
2013 
| #0610 | 28. Cygnus X - Superstring (Rank 1 Deep Dub) [ID&T]
2015 
| #0711 | 32. Ronald van Gelderen - This Way (Rank 1 Remix) [High Contrast]

Armin's Oldskool Classic
The brief follow-up to the ASOT Radio Classic, this was Armin's selection of Rank 1 oldies:
N/A 

Service For Dreamers
Requested by listeners of the show, often accompanied by the tale of how they ran into this track and what it has meant for them: 
2019 | #0900 P-1 | Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me (Original Mix) [Armind]
2019 | #0932 | 16. Rank 1 - Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom (Extended Mix) [ID&T]
2019 | #0942 | 14. Armin van Buuren & Rank 1 feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me (Original Mix) [Armind]

Listener's Choice / Armin's Vinyl Picks
2015 | #0700 P-1 | 07. Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - My Enemy (Rank 1 Remix) [Anjuna]
2016 | #0750 P-1 Vinyl set | 21. Rank 1 - Awakening (Original Version) [ID&T]
2016 | #0750 P-2 | Rank 1 - Opus 17 (Original Mix) [High Contrast]
2020 | #0950 P-1 | 21. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [FFA]
2020 | #0986 | 14. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [FFA]

A State Of Trance Year Mix
Armin's Year Mix concept has been going strong for over two decades. The 2004, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017 (no Rank 1 releases), 2018 (no Rank 1 releases), 2019 and 2020 (no Rank 1 releases bar the Live At ASOT 950 on Spotify) editions did not feature any Rank 1, below you'll find when they did make the cut:

2005 | #0229 | 66. Mr Sam - Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix)
2005 | #0229 | 80. Rank 1 - Top Gear
2006 | #0281 | 24. Alex M.O.R.P.H. vs. Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary
2006 | #0281 | 28. Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me
2006 | #0281 | 50. Ronald van Gelderen - This Way (Rank 1 Remix)
2008 | #0384 | 22. Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller - And Then...
2009 | #0437 | 27. Rank 1 - Symfo
2009 | #0437 | 79. Rank 1 - L.E.D. There Be Light
2010 | #0489 | 11. Velvetine - Safe (Rank 1 Remix)
2010 | #0489 | 14. Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller - The Great Escape
2010 | #0489 | 16. Nic Chagall, Rank 1 & Wippenberg - 100
2011 | #0541 | 36. Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - My Enemy (Rank 1 Remix)
2012 | #0593 | 07. Rank 1 & Jochen Miller feat. Sarah Bettens - Wild And Perfect Day
2012 | #0593 | 52. Rank 1 - 7 Instead Of 8
2013 | #0645 | 57. Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. - Elements Of Nature
2015 | #0746 | 63. Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. Push - Juno
2021 | #1049 | 96. Armin van Buuren & Rank 1 - The Greater Light To Rule The Night
2022 | #1101 | 51. Aly & Fila feat. JES - Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix)
2023 | #1153 | ??. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde - Destination

A State Of Trance 1000 Celebration Mix
This special celebration Year Mix might be one of the highlights of Armin's Megamixing prowess having captured over 20 years of some of ASOTs biggest hits mixmashed into a massive journey to dance your ass off to! Rank 1 was on it too of course:
2021 | CD1-17: Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me (Original Mix)

A State Of Trance Annual Mix
Armin's annual A State Of Trance compilation has been a two CD journey ever since 2005, and since 2006 CD1 has traditionally been called On The Beach whilst CD2 has been called In The Club. In the two decades since its inception, Rank 1 has been featured on the following editions:

2007 | CD1-09: Alex Bartlett & Guess feat. Anthya - Touch The Sun (Rank 1 Remix)
2010 | CD2-01: Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are) (Rank 1 Remix)
2011 | CD2-02: Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - My Enemy (Rank 1 Remix)
2013 | CD2-09: Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. - Elements Of Nature (Original Mix)
2022 | CD1-20: Aly & Fila And JES - Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix)

A State Of Trance Classics Volumes
If you like your music in proper quality, here's a CD series that's been going strong for over a decade now with full Rank 1 track versions being released on its discs:
Vol. 02 CD1-1: Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [08:24]
Vol. 03 CD2-4: Rank 1 - Awakening (Original Version) [08:15]
Vol. 04 CD1-3: Cygnus X - Superstring (Rank 1 Remix) [08:15]
Vol. 04 CD1-5: Rank 1 feat. Shanokee - Such Is Life (Original Mix) [08:51]
Vol. 05 CD1-9: Alex M.O.R.P.H. vs. Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary (Original Mix) [07:07]
Vol. 05 CD4-4: Rank 1 - Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom (Extended Mix) [06:59]
Vol. 06 CD3-9: Rank 1 - Top Gear (Original Mix) [09:18]
Vol. 07 CD1-4: Rank 1 - Breathing (Airwave 2003) (Breaks Dub) [06:38]
Vol. 09 CD4-1: Mr. Sam - Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix) [06:18]

Vol. 10 CD4-9: Rank 1 - L.E.D. There Be Light (Extended Mix) [07:41]
Vol. 12 CD3-1: Rank 1 - Symfo (Original Mix) [08:06]
Vol. 13 CD3-4: Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are) (Rank 1 Remix) [08:03]
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