The Best of Cascada

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The Best of Cascada
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Greatest hits album by
Released29 March 2013 [1]
Recorded2004–13
Genre Eurodance, electropop
Length58:33
Label Zooland
Producer Yanou, DJ Manian
Cascada chronology
Back on the Dancefloor
(2012)
The Best of Cascada
(2013)
Acoustic Sessions
(2013)
Singles from The Best of Cascada
  1. "The Rhythm of the Night"
    Released: 22 June 2012
  2. "Glorious"
    Released: 8 February 2013
  3. "The World Is in My Hands"
    Released: 2 August 2013

The Best of Cascada is the third compilation album released by German dance trio, Cascada. It was released 29 March 2013 in Germany. Consisting of past singles, "The Best of Cascada" also features 3 new songs. The album's first single, "The Rhythm of the Night", a cover of the Corona hit, was released in 2012 and peaked at number 26 in Germany. The second single, "Glorious", was released a month before the album and achieved success in Germany, peaking inside the top-ten, being their first single in 4 years to do so.

Contents

Content

The album consists of twelve singles, three new songs and two acoustic tracks. From their first album, "Everytime We Touch" (2006), three songs were included: "Everytime We Touch", "Miracle" and their cover of Savage Garden's hit "Truly Madly Deeply". [2] From their second album, "Perfect Day" (2008), three songs were included: "What Hurts the Most", "Because The Night" and "Perfect Day". [2] From their third album, "Evacuate the Dancefloor" (2009), three singles were included: "Evacuate the Dancefloor", "Fever" and "Dangerous". [2]

From their fourth album, "Original Me" (2011), only two songs were included: "Pyromania" and "San Francisco". [2] The song "Summer of Love", from their 2012 compilation "Back on the Dancefloor", was also included. [2] The new material consists of three songs; the first being "The Rhythm of the Night", a cover of Corona hit, "Glorious" and "The World Is in My Hands". [2] The album closes with two acoustic songs: an acoustic version of "Glorious" and an acoustic version of "Enemy", a song present on "Original Me". [2]

Singles

In May 2012, lead vocalist Natalie Horler announced that a new single of the band was set to be released in the next few months. [3] In early June, a video clip of Horler performing a cover of Corona's "The Rhythm of the Night" surfaced online. [4] On 22 June, "The Rhythm of the Night" was released. [5] The single peaked inside the top-ten in Austria, while peaking within the top-forty in Germany and Switzerland. [6] [7]

In 2013, after a Christmas album, the band recorded "Glorious" for a chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The single was released on 8 February 2013 [8] and it was placed at number 21 in the Eurovision Final. However, the single gained success in Germany, peaking at number 6, becoming their first top-ten single since "Evacuate the Dancefloor" (2009) and their fourth top-ten overall. [7] The third and last new song "The World Is in My Hands" will also be a single, with a video being released on 19 July 2013. [9] The single was released on 2 August 2013. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Glorious (Video Edit)"Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen, Yann "Yanou" Peifer, Manuel Reuter Yann Peifer, DJ Manian Reuter 3:29
2."The World Is in My Hands (Video Edit)"Ballinas, Peifer, Reuter, Victor FinkePeifer, Reuter, Finke2:59
3."Evacuate the Dancefloor (Radio Edit)" Allan Eshuijs, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:26
4."The Rhythm of the Night (Video Edit)"Francesco Bontempi, Michael Gaffey, Peter Wilfred Glenister, Annerley Gordon, Giorgio SpagnaReuter, Peifer3:22
5."Summer of Love (Video Edit)"Ballinas, Cornelissen, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:36
6."San Francisco"Tony Cornelissen, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:46
7."Everytime We Touch (Radio Edit)"Stuart MacKillop, Maggie Reilly, Peter RisavyReuter, Peifer3:17
8."Miracle (Radio Mix)"Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:38
9."What Hurts the Most (Radio Mix)" Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele Reuter, Peifer3:39
10."Because The Night" Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen Reuter, Peifer3:24
11."Truly Madly Deeply (Radio Edit)" Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Reuter, Peifer2:55
12."Fever"Ballinas, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:20
13."Pyromania (Radio Edit)"Eshuijs, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:29
14."Dangerous (Radio Edit)"Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer2:59
15."Perfect Day"Eshuijs, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:42
16."Glorious (Acoustic Version)"Ballinas, Cornelissen, Peifer, ReuterReuter, Peifer3:39
17."Enemy (Acoustic Version)"Peifer, Reuter, RobsonReuter, Peifer3:53

Release history

CountryRelease dateRecord label
Germany29 March 2013Zooland Records [1]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glorious (Cascada song)</span> 2013 single by Cascada

"Glorious" is a song performed by German dance recording trio Cascada. It was written by Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas and Tony Cornelissen. The song was included on their compilation album The Best of Cascada (2013). It was announced that the song would be one of the candidate songs of the Unser Song für Malmö, the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. A preview of the song was published on 9 January 2013. The same day the full version was leaked. The song represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The song was released in Germany as a digital download on 8 February 2013.

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