Stay in Touch

For the Joni Mitchell song, see Taming the Tiger.

Stay in Touch
Studio album by
Sandra
Released26 October 2012
Recorded2011–2012
GenreSynth-pop
Length54:44
LabelVirgin
ProducerBlank & Jones
Sandra chronology
The Platinum Collection
(2009) 		Stay in Touch
(2012) 		The Very Best of Sandra
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cantara MusicPositive[1]
laut.de[2]
Onet.plPositive[3]

Stay in Touch is the tenth studio album by German singer Sandra, released on 26 October 2012 by Virgin Records.[4]

Background

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The album was produced by a German DJ duo Blank & Jones[4] and most of the songs were written or co-written by Jens Gad. The material incorporated 1980s style into songs, reproducing the sound pattern of Sandra's early albums, with the track "Kings & Queens" sampling her 1985 song "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena". It was also the first album since 1988's Into a Secret Land to feature Hubert Kemmler as a songwriter and background vocalist.

"Maybe Tonight" was released as the first single in May 2012 and charted at number 77 in Germany.[5] The second and final single was "Infinite Kiss", accompanied by a music video filmed largely at a concert in Warsaw, Poland in September 2012.[6] Sandra's look in the video was partly inspired by the novel Fifty Shades of Grey which the singer admitted is a fan of.[7] The music video premiered on 23 October 2012.[8] "Infinite Kiss" was released as a digital maxi single in November 2012 and failed to chart.[9] It included an exclusive track "Russian Eyes", otherwise available solely on Russian and Ukrainian editions of the album.

Stay in Touch was released on 26 October 2012 in both standard format and a double-disc deluxe edition featuring extended versions of songs. The album reached the top 20 in Sandra's native Germany and the top 40 in the Czech Republic.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jens Gad (except where noted) and produced by Blank & Jones

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stay in Touch"
3:48
2."Infinite Kiss"
  • Gad
  • Kemmler
2:51
3."Between Me & the Moon" 3:22
4."Maybe Tonight" 3:05
5."Moscow Nights" 3:41
6."Heart of Wax" 4:15
7."Kings & Queens" 3:16
8."Angels in My Head" 2:55
9."Sand Heart" 3:47
10."Love Starts with a Smile" 3:26
11."Sun in Disguise"
  • Susanne Sigl
  • Kemmler
4:23
Russian and Ukrainian edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Russian Eyes"
  • Gad
  • Kemmler
3:44
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moscow Nights" (Extended Version) 5:12
2."Kings & Queens" (Extended Version) 6:30
3."Love Starts with a Smile" (Extended Version) 5:46
4."Angels in My Head" (Extended Version) 5:35
5."Stay in Touch" (Extended Version)
  • Gad
  • Kemmler
5:48
6."Between Me & the Moon" (Extended Version) 5:27
7."Sun in Disguise" (Extended Version)
  • Sigl
  • Kemmler
5:57
8."Maybe Tonight" (Extended Version) 4:58
9."Infinite Kiss" (Extended Version)
  • Gad
  • Kemmler
5:17
10."Sand Heart" (Extended Version) 6:20
11."Heart of Wax" (Extended Version) 7:12
iTunes Store edition bonus track[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Infinite Kiss" (Ibiza Club Mix)
  • Gad
  • Kemmler
6:44

Charts

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Chart performance for Stay in Touch
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 174
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[12] 40
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 119
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 51

References

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  1. ^ Grzegorz Szklarek. "Sandra - "Stay In Touch"" (in Polish). www.cantaramusic.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ Sven Kabelitz (2012). ""Stay In Touch" von Sandra" (in German). laut.de. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ^ Anna Dziewit (31 October 2012). "SANDRA - "Stay in Touch" - Muzyka" (in Polish). onet.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Was macht Sandra? Das musikalische Comeback der 80er-Jahre Ikone". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ "SANDRA — MAYBE TONIGHT" (in German). www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Sandra pokazuje swój nowy teledysk" (in Polish). tuba.pl. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Sandra (Official) - Posts". 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via Facebook.
  8. ^ "Sandra - Infinite Kiss". Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ ""Infinite Kiss (Remixes)" von Sandra bei Apple Music" (in German). music.apple.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ ""Stay in Touch" von Sandra". Apple Music (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Sandra – Stay in Touch" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 44.Týden 2012 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sandra – Stay in Touch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sandra – Stay in Touch" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sandra – Stay in Touch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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