"Hi! Hi! Hi!" is a 1986 song performed by German
pop singer
Sandra. It was written by
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu ( ro, Mihai Crețu, ; born 18 May 1957) is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma, which he formed in 1990.
Cretu ...
,
Hubert Kemmler
Hubert Kah is a German synthpop band, led by Hubert Kemmler (born 22 March 1961 in Reutlingen). Kemmler is a German musician, composer, songwriter and producer.
Biography
Kemmler's career began as a member of a trio named Hubert Kah, consis ...
and Klaus Hirschburger, and produced by Cretu and Armand Volker.
The song was released as the second single from Sandra's second solo studio album, ''
Mirrors
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'', in autumn 1986. It was commercially successful, reaching the Top 10 in Germany, and the Top 20 in Austria, France and Switzerland. It also peaked on the
airplay
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chart in Austria at No. 11. and in Germany at No. 12.
The
music video
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for the song was directed by DoRo (
Rudi Dolezal
Rudi Dolezal ( sl, Doležal, born 5 February 1958) is an Austrian film producer and film director best known for his music videos. He has directed and produced videos for artists such as Tom Waits, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, M ...
and
Hannes Rossacher
Hannes Rossacher (born 16 October 1952, Steyr) is an Austrian film director and film producer.
Rossacher has worked with Rudi Dolezal since 1976 in their production company DoRo Productions. His contributions to the ORF youth program " Ohne Maulk ...
). The clip was released on Sandra's
VHS video compilations ''Ten on One (The Singles)'' and ''18 Greatest Hits'', released in 1987 and 1992, respectively,
as well as the 2003
DVD
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''The Complete History''.
A new
remix
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of the song was included on Sandra's 2006 retrospective ''
Reflections''.
Formats and track listings
* 7" single
: A. "Hi! Hi! Hi!" – 3:31
: B. "You'll Be Mine" – 4:33
* 12" single
: A. "Hi! Hi! Hi!" (Extended Version) – 6:12
: B1. "You'll Be Mine" – 4:33
: B2. "Hi! Hi! Hi!" – 3:31
Charts
References
External links
*
The official Sandra YouTube channel
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1986 singles
1986 songs
Sandra (singer) songs
Song recordings produced by Michael Cretu
Songs written by Hubert Kemmler
Songs written by Klaus Hirschburger
Songs written by Michael Cretu
Virgin Records singles