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''. The song features guest vocals by

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of the British band

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and has samples from Carl Orff's '' Carmina Burana''. The beat in the song originally came from

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's rendition of " When the Levee Breaks", which was also used in the song " Return to Innocence".

Music video

In the

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for the song, which is set in the 1930s, a

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is being held in a mansion, while passion starts to run high for some of the participants. The video was filmed on location in the Villa Wagner I (designed by the famous architect Otto Wagner) in Penzing, a district in

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. The

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for the video is Thomas Job. The setting is reminiscent of the 1961 film ''

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'' and some scenes from

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's 1999 film ''

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''.

Track listing

# "Radio Edit" – 3:58 # "Judgement Day Club Mix" 6:12 (Remixed Peter Ries and TAAW) # "Dark Vocal Club Mix" – 6:36 (Remixed by W. Filz for La Danza Production)

Other Versions

# "Chilled Club Mix" – 5:27 available on 2- and 3-track CD Single " Turn Around"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gravity Of Love Enigma (German band) songs 1999 singles Songs written by Michael Cretu 1999 songs Virgin Records singles