"Secret Land" | ||||
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Single by Sandra | ||||
from the album Into a Secret Land | ||||
B-side | "Into Nobody's Land" | |||
Released | September 1988 | |||
Format |
7" single 12" maxi CD maxi |
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Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Synthpop, disco | |||
Length |
4:46 (Album version) 4:05 (Single version) |
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Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Michael Cretu Hubert Kemmler Markus Löhr Klaus Hirschburger Gronau Müller-Pi Hoenig Mats Björklund |
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Producer(s) | Michael Cretu | |||
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Secret Land '99 | ||||
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4:46 (Album version)
"Secret Land" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was released in September 1988 as the second single from her third album, Into a Secret Land. The song is an adaptation of a Hubert Kemmler-produced song called "Trenchcoat Man", released as a single by German band Fabrique in 1987.
"Secret Land" was a particularly successful song in Israel, where it topped the chart, and was a top ten hit in Germany, South Africa and Switzerland, where it peaked at number seven, eight and nine, respectively. It also reached the top twenty in Sweden and Austria, reaching numbers sixteen and seventeen, respectively. Curiously, the single did not achieve great success in France, where it peaked only at number twenty-six, whereas the previous Sandra singles were generally well received there.
In 1999 Sandra re-recorded the song and shot a brand-new music video for it. This version appeared on her compilation album My Favourites (1999), and was released as the first single from the compilation. However, the single was not successful.