No Limit

Phil Wilde built the rhythm for "No Limit" with hand claps placed every four beats, then went digging through his sound library in search of a lead. He had the bass and drums already in place, and the sound he found while jamming became the main melody. He later declined to reveal what the sample actually was, saying only that finding a good sound was important and not easy. The track had begun as an idea for a high-speed techno number, written in a single evening by Anita Dels and Ray Slijngaard of 2 Unlimited while they were finishing work on their album.

The pair had completed everything on the record except one section, and Dels recalled that they made up the title quickly and wrote the song on the spot. Neither of them expected much from it, so they were surprised when the producer wanted it released as the first single from No Limits!, the group's second album. It came out through Byte Records in January 1993 and went on to top the charts in 35 countries.

As with their earlier UK releases, the British version stripped out Slijngaard's raps entirely, keeping only Dels' vocals. One word survived the cut. "Techno", taken from the line "I'm making techno and I am proud", was looped into a repeated vocal hook at the middle of the song.