(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena

"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena"
Single by Sandra
from the album The Long Play
B-side	"Party Games"
Released	March 1985; 26 April 1993
Format	7" single, 12" single, CD maxi (1993 release) 12" single (1999 release)
Genre	Synthpop, europop
Length	4:00 (single version) 5:55 (album version) 3:58 (1993 Radio Edit) 3:58 (1999 Radio Edit)
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Michael Cretu, Hubert Kemmler, Markus Löhr, Richard Palmer-James
Producer(s)	Michael Cretu
Sandra singles chronology
"Japan Ist Weit" (1984) "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985) "In the Heat of the Night" (1985)
Maria Magdalena '93 Sandra singles chronology "Steady Me" (1992) "Maria Magdalena '93" (1993) "Nights in White Satin" (1995) Sandra singles chronology "In the Heat of the Night '99" (1999) "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena '99" (1999) "Forever" (2001)

"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena", often known simply by the title "Maria Magdalena", is a Disco / Synthpop song by German singer Sandra. It was first released in March 1985 as the lead single from her debut album, The Long Play, and it was her first single to be released internationally. The song reached No. 1 on the official German Charts for four consecutive weeks between 13 September 1985 and 4 October 1985. A huge hit in Europe, it also peaked at No. 1 in the Netherlands, Israel, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland; No. 3 in Italy; No. 5 in France; No. 2 in South Africa and No. 87 in the U.K. It was also a popular radio hit song in Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Yugoslavia.

The song was re-released in 1993 in a remixed version, and re-released again only in France as another remix in 1999, as a promotional single. The song was later sampled in her song "Kings & Queens" from her 2012 album Stay in Touch.

¹ 1993 version

^*sales figures based on certification alone
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

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