Alpha Team (band)

Alpha Team was an American musical rave duo from Chicago who had a pop and dance hit with the song "Speed". This song sampled the theme from Speed Racer and also included snippets of dialog from that show. The song peaked at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on that chart for eight weeks beginning in January 1993.^[1] "Speed" peaked at number 16 on the Australian ARIA charts.^[2]

Selling more that 180,000 units, the success of this recording allowed its label, Strictly Hype Records, to stay in business and significantly expand with other artists.^[3]