Is This the Love

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"Is This the Love"
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Single by Masterboy
from the album Different Dreams
B-side "Remix"
Released21 October 1994
Recorded1994
Genre Eurodance
Length3:43
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Enrico Zabler
  • Tommy Schleh
  • Luke Skywalker
  • Beatrice Obrecht
Producer(s)
  • Jeff Barnes
  • Rico Novarini
Masterboy singles chronology
"Feel the Heat of the Night"
(1994)
"Is This the Love"
(1994)
"Generation of Love"
(1995)
Music video
"Is This the Love" on YouTube

"Is This the Love" is a song recorded by German band Masterboy. It was released in October 1994, as the fourth single from their third album, Different Dreams (1994). It became one of band's most successful singles in terms of peak positions on the charts, hitting some success in many European countries, particularly in Austria, where it reached number eight and remained for 12 weeks in the top 30. The song was also successful in their native Germany, where it reached number eleven and was ranked for 13 weeks, and in France where it peaked at number 12 and stayed for 19 weeks in the top 50. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Is This the Love" reached number 42.

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