| "La Puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives" | ||||
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| Single by Enigma | ||||
| from the album Seven Lives Many Faces | ||||
| Released | 8 August 2008 (Digital download) 15 August 2008 (CD single) | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Genre | New-age, hip-hop | |||
| Length | 7:17 | |||
| Label | Virgin / EMI | |||
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| "La Puerta del Cielo" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Seven Lives" on YouTube | ||||
"La Puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives" is the first single from Enigma's seventh album Seven Lives Many Faces . [1]
The track "Seven Lives" had been featured on German TV as the signature theme to the public broadcaster EinsFestival's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The single was digitally released in Germany on 8 August and physically on 15 August. The single reached top 50 in Germany and remained in the top 100 for several weeks. "Seven Lives" was featured in the well-known Norwegian game Kahoot! as part of the soundtrack. Cretu was uncredited for it.
The title of the song "La Puerta del Cielo" (The Gate of Heaven) is in Spanish but its lyrics are in Catalan:Allàdins es canal / En es peu da sa muntanya. The other song that has Catalan words is "Between Generations". Both songs are co-written by Michael Cretu and Margalida Roig.
Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu. Cretu had released several solo records,collaborated with various artists,and produced albums for his then-wife,German pop singer Sandra,before he conceived the idea of a new-age,worldbeat project. He recorded the first Enigma studio album,MCMXC a.D. (1990),with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The album remains Enigma's most successful,helped by the international hit single "Sadeness ",which sold twelve million units alone. According to Cretu,the inspiration for the creation of the project came from his desire to make a kind of music that did not obey "the old rules and habits" and presented a new form of artistic expression with mystic and experimental components.
Michael Cretu is a Romanian-German musician,singer,songwriter,and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma,which he formed in 1990.
Sandra Ann Lauer,later Sandra Cretu,commonly known mononymously as Sandra,is a German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles,produced by her then-husband and musical partner,Michael Cretu,most notably "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985),"In the Heat of the Night" (1985),"Everlasting Love" (1987),"Secret Land" (1988),"Hiroshima" (1990),and "Don't Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums Into a Secret Land (1988) and Close to Seven (1992) have won Sandra high critical acclaim.
MCMXC a.D. is the debut studio album by the German musical project Enigma,led by Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu. It was released in Europe by Virgin Records on 3 December 1990,and in the United States by Charisma Records on 12 February 1991. Cretu became fascinated with mixing archaic sounds with modern music after producing German pop singer Sandra's song "Everlasting Love",for which he experimented with Gregorian chant. Following Michael Cretu and Sandra's marriage in 1988,Michael developed the idea of the musical project Enigma and recorded the album over the course of eight months in 1990 at A.R.T. Studios.
The Cross of Changes is the second studio album by the German musical project Enigma,headed by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu,released on 6 December 1993 by Virgin Records internationally and by Charisma Records in the United States.
Love Sensuality Devotion:The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the German musical project Enigma,released on 8 October 2001 by Virgin Records. The album,along with Love Sensuality Devotion:The Remix Collection brings a close to Michael Cretu's first chapter of Enigma.
This is a list of music videos by the German musical project Enigma.
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"Return to Innocence" is a song by German musical group Enigma,released on 4 January 1994 by Virgin as the lead single from the group's second album,The Cross of Changes (1993). It became the project's most successful international single after "Sadeness ",reaching number one in over 10 countries,number three on the UK Singles Chart,and the top five in several countries,including Canada,Germany and New Zealand. It also reached the top 20 in France and number two on the Eurochart Hot 100. "Return to Innocence" was the project's biggest hit in the United States,reaching number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,number four on the Billboard Hot 100,and number six on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. Julien Temple directed its accompanying music video,which received heavy rotation on European music channels.
"Age of Loneliness" is a song by German musical project Enigma. The song was released as the third single from their second studio album,The Cross of Changes (1993),on 8 August 1994.
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"Don't Be Aggressive" is a 1992 pop song by German singer Sandra. It was written by Michael Cretu and Klaus Hirschburger,and produced by Cretu. The song uses a sample of the 1990 track "Daydreaming" by Massive Attack,which in turn samples "Mambo" (1984) by Wally Badarou. It was released in January 1992 as the lead single from Sandra's fifth studio album Close to Seven,reaching the top 10 in Norway and Finland,and the top 20 in Germany.
The Fall of a Rebel Angel is the eighth studio album by the German musical project Enigma,released on 11 November 2016 by Republic Records. The first studio album since Seven Lives Many Faces (2008),it is a concept album that tells the story of a protagonist's journey of development and change to find a new,fulfilling life. The album was developed by Enigma's founder,producer,and principal composer,Michael Cretu and German lyricist and librettist Michael Kunze. Its artwork was designed by Wolfgang Beltracchi.
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