Under My Skin (Sarah Connor song)

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"Under My Skin"
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Single by Sarah Connor
from the album Sexy as Hell
B-side "Touch"
Released1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)
Recorded2008
Studio Delta Lab (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Length3:17
Label X-Cell
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Remee
  • Thomas Troelsen
Sarah Connor singles chronology
"Sexual Healing"
(2007)
"Under My Skin"
(2008)
"I'll Kiss It Away"
(2008)

"Under My Skin" is a song by German singer Sarah Connor from her sixth studio album, Sexy as Hell (2008). Written by Remee, Thomas Troelsen, Connor, and O. G. Fortuna, and produced by Remee and Troelsen, the song was released as the album's lead single on 1 August 2008 in German-speaking Europe. Connor's first uptempo single release since 2005's "From Zero to Hero", the track managed to reach the top twenty in Austria and on a composite European Hot 100 Singles chart, as well as number four in Germany, where it became her highest-peaking single since her 2006 Christmas song "The Best Side of Life".

Contents

The song was composed by the Danish producers, Remee, Lucas Secon and Thomas Troelsen. The Korean label SM Entertainment, also bought the copyright to the song from the composers by January to be interpreted by their artist TVXQ and it was released in September of the same year. [1] Despite the fact that the two original songs were the same composed piece, they have musical differences. TVXQ released the song as the lead single from their fourth studio album Mirotic

Track listing

  1. "Under My Skin" (T.S.O.B. Mix) – 3:17
  2. "Under My Skin" (Delta Lab Mix) – 3:17
  3. "Touch" – 4:10
  4. "Under My Skin" (Club Remix) – 3:08
  5. Enhanced Part with Photo-Gallery + Song Lyrics + Wallpaper

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