"Sunlight" | ||||
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Single by DJ Sammy featuring Loona | ||||
from the album Heaven | ||||
Released | 15 May 2002 | |||
Length | 3:59 | |||
Label | Vale Music, Data, Central Station | |||
Songwriter(s) | DJ Sammy, Marie-José van der Kolk, Martin Eyerer, Oliver Laib | |||
Producer(s) | DJ Sammy | |||
DJ Sammy singles chronology | ||||
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"Sunlight" is a song written and produced by Spanish disc jockey DJ Sammy with vocals provided by Dutch singer Loona. It was released in May 2002 as the second single off DJ Sammy's second studio album, Heaven (2002), and reached number eight in the United Kingdom, number 21 in Ireland, and number 28 in the Netherlands.
There were two videos made for the single. One video features time-lapse photography of locations around the world of people walking in urban areas, traffic, clouds drifting on mountains, and waves on a beach. The other video features time-lapse photography of Palma de Mallorca and Loona singing on the beach.
Spanish maxi-CD single [1]
UK enhanced CD single [2] | UK cassette single [3]
Australian CD single [4]
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Weekly charts
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Europe | 15 May 2002 | CD |
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United Kingdom | 9 June 2003 |
| Data | [19] |
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"From Paris to Berlin" is a song by Danish dance-pop group Infernal. It was released in 2004 as the third single from their third studio album, From Paris to Berlin.
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"Deepest Blue" is the debut single of British house music duo Deepest Blue. It was originally written by Joel Edwards and produced by Anthony Mein. After the first version of the song did not gain any interest, it was taken to Matt Schwartz for new production, and he wrote a new backing track and chorus in the studio. Mein did not appear in the final act line-up as he had moved to Thailand and was not in the studio when the record was re-done. Released on 21 July 2003, the single became a hit, reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart and experiencing moderate success in Flanders, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
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"Hijo de la Luna" is a song written by José María Cano performed originally by the Spanish band Mecano with lead singer Ana Torroja. It appeared on their 1986 album, Entre el cielo y el suelo, and had great success all over the Spanish-speaking world, as did the album. From 28 December 1998 to 16 January 1999, a cover version by Loona topped the German charts, and reached number two on the Swiss singles' chart.
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