# Around My Heart
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{{Short description|1989 single by Sandra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Around My Heart
| cover = Sandra Around My Heart.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [Sandra](/source/Sandra_(singer))
| album = [Into a Secret Land](/source/Into_a_Secret_Land)
| B-side = Around My Drums
| released = 1 May 1989[{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/details/titel-details-1957|title=Around My Heart (Single)|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|accessdate=11 December 2025}}]
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
* [disco](/source/Disco_music)
| length =
* 3:18 (album version)
* 3:11 (single version)
| label = [Virgin](/source/Virgin_Records)
| writer =
* [Hubert Kemmler](/source/Hubert_Kah)
* Markus Löhr
* Sör Otto's
* [Frank Peterson](/source/Frank_Peterson)
* Klaus Hirschburger
| producer = [Michael Cretu](/source/Michael_Cretu)
| prev_title = [We'll Be Together](/source/We'll_Be_Together_(Sandra_song))
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [Hiroshima](/source/Hiroshima_(song))
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{External music video|header=Licensed audio|1={{YouTube|F8ZLbdbp75A|"Around My Heart"}}}}
}}
"'''Around My Heart'''" is a [pop](/source/Pop_music) song performed by German singer [Sandra](/source/Sandra_(singer)). It was written by [Hubert Kemmler](/source/Hubert_Kah), Markus Löhr, Sör Otto's, [Frank Peterson](/source/Frank_Peterson) and Klaus Hirschburger and produced by [Michael Cretu](/source/Michael_Cretu). The song was released as the fourth single from Sandra's third studio album ''[Into a Secret Land](/source/Into_a_Secret_Land)'' in spring 1989 and was a top 20 hit in Germany and Switzerland. It also reached no. 12 on the German [airplay](/source/airplay) chart.[{{cite magazine |date=10 June 1989 |title=Playlist Report |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-06-10-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media) |location=Amsterdam |volume=6 |issue=23 |page=9 |access-date=26 July 2019}}]
The music video was directed by Bulle Bernd. The clip was released on Sandra's [VHS](/source/VHS) video compilation ''18 Greatest Hits'' in 1992[{{cite web |url=http://www.sandranet.com/sandra/discography/18greatestvhs.htm |title=18 Greatest Hits (The Video) |publisher=sandranet.com |accessdate=24 May 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506061322/http://www.sandranet.com/sandra/discography/18greatestvhs.htm |url-status=dead }}] as well as the 2003 [DVD](/source/DVD) ''The Complete History''.[{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Sandra-The-Complete-History/release/453563 |title=Sandra – The Complete History (DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Compilation, Stereo) |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 May 2019}}]
In 1999, a [remix](/source/remix) of the song was released on Sandra's compilation ''[My Favourites](/source/My_Favourites)''. The track was remixed again for her 2006 compilation ''[Reflections](/source/Reflections_(Sandra_album))'' and released as a promotional radio single in Poland where it became a top 5 airplay hit.
==Critical reception==
A review in Pan-European magazine ''[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)'' presented "Around My Heart" as a "smooth disco" song and "a slick, efficient production from Michael Cretu".[{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-05-06.pdf|title=Previews – Singles|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=6|issue=18|date=6 May 1989|page=19|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History |accessdate=1 August 2023}}]
==Formats and track listings==
* '''7" single'''
:A. "Around My Heart" (Single Version) – 3:11
:B. "Around My Drums" (Instrumental) – 3:13
* '''12" [maxi single](/source/maxi_single)'''
:A. "Around My Heart" (Extended Version) – 6:02
:B1. "Around My Drums" (Instrumental) – 3:13
:B2. "Around My Heart" (Single Version) – 3:11
* '''CD maxi single'''
#"Around My Heart" (Single Version) – 3:11
#"Around My Heart" (Extended Version) – 6:02
#"Around My Drums" (Instrumental) – 3:13
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1989)
!align="center"|Peak
position
|-
|Austria ([Ö3 Austria Top 40](/source/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40))[{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sandra |title=Discographie Sandra |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=26 October 2009 |language=de}}]
|align="center"|23
|-
|Europe ([Eurochart Hot 100 Singles](/source/European_Hot_100_Singles))[{{cite magazine |date=10 June 1989 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-06-10-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media) |location=Amsterdam |volume=6 |issue=23 |page=20 |access-date=26 July 2019}}]
|align="center"|44
|-
|France ([SNEP](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique))[{{cite web |url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sandra |title=Discographie Sandra |publisher=lescharts.com |accessdate=24 April 2009 |language=fr}}]
|align="center"|28
|-
|Switzerland ([Swiss Hitparade](/source/Swiss_Hitparade))[{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/artist/Sandra#charts |title=Sandra |publisher=swisscharts.com |access-date=26 October 2009 |language=de}}]
|align="center"|19
|-
|West Germany ([Media Control](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts))[{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1864 |title=SANDRA – SECRET LAND |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=15 July 2019 |language=de}}]
|align="center"|11
|}
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2007)
!align="center"|Peak
position
|-
|Poland ([Polish Airplay Charts](/source/Polish_Music_Charts))[{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/index_pol |title=Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Poland Top 5 |publisher=Nielsen Music Control on behalf of [ZPAV](/source/ZPAV)|access-date=17 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306120525/http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/index_pol|archive-date=6 March 2007}}]
|align="center"|5
|}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1989)
!Position
|-
|West Germany (Media Control)[{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1989 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |language=de |accessdate=26 July 2019}}]
|align="center"|82
|}
{{col-end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.discogs.com/master/65267 "Around My Heart"] at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCefMqcCMiUxvMxdBtIFd6uw The official Sandra YouTube channel]
{{Sandra}}
{{authority control}}
Category:1988 songs
Category:1989 singles
Category:Sandra (singer) songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Cretu
Category:Songs written by Frank Peterson
Category:Songs written by Hubert Kemmler
Category:Songs written by Klaus Hirschburger
Category:Songs written by Markus Löhr
Category:Virgin Records singles
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