Editing Fun Factory (band) (section)

===1992–94: Formation, ''Non Stop-The Album'' and Balca's departure===
The group was founded in 1992 with Balca Tözün from Turkey, Rodney Hardison from America, and [[Toni Cottura]] and Stephan Browarczyk from Germany. They released their first singles "Fun Factory's Theme" and "Groove Me" in 1992 and 1993. Fun Factory released their debut album ''Nonstop! The Album'' in 1994. Before their third single release "[[Close to You (Fun Factory song)|Close to You]]" in late 1993, the group reported that lead singer Balca Tözün had been replaced with [[Marie-Anett Mey]], an entertainer from Paris, France.<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0-7535-0252-6}}, p. 126</ref> "[[Close to You (Fun Factory song)|Close to You]]" became their first chart success, peaking at number 1 on the Canadian Dance chart. Follow-up singles were "[[Take Your Chance]]" and "[[Pain (Fun Factory song)|Pain]]", which peaked at 18 and 24 respectively on the German Singles Chart.