"Colour the World" is a song by German production group

Sash! Sash! (; stylised as SASH!) is a German DJ/production team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born 10 June 1970) who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier, Karl Xander, and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 22 million albums w ...

featuring Nigerian-Swedish recording artist and producer

Dr. Alban Alban Uzoma Nwapa (born 26 August 1957), better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian- Swedish recording artist and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. His music can best be described as Eurodance/ hip-hop reggae in a d ...

. It was released in 1999 via Mighty, Club Tools, and

Multiply Records Multiply Records was a subsidiary of Telstar Records, that launched in 1993 and went into liquidation in 2004. Its major signings included Sash!, Phats & Small and the Cheeky Girls. It was the brainchild of Mike Hall, who already worked for t ...

as the fourth and final single from the group's second studio album, '' Life Goes On'' (1998). It was successful in a number of European countries and reached number 15 on the

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Critical reception

A reviewer from ''

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'' commented, "Sash has now entered his tribal, luv'ed up phase. Not as good as previous singles but annoyingly catchy."

Track listing

Credits

* Design – Michael Kowalkowski * Lyrics – Dr. Alban, Ralf Kappmeier, Sascha Lappessen, Thomas Alisson * Mastering – J. Quincy Kramer * Music – Ralf Kappmeier, Sascha Lappessen, Thomas Alisson * Producer – Sash!, Tokapi * Vocals – Dr. Alban

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Lazy Monkeys version

In 2009, the group Lazy Monkeys released a cover version of the song.

Track listing

Other versions

*In 1998, a Christmas version of the song saw the light of day, but was officially released on Sash!'s YouTube page in 2016. *In 2020, a rework of the Christmas version was released.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 singles 1998 songs Dr. Alban songs Multiply Records singles Sash! songs Songs written by Dr. Alban