"Just Around the Hill" 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 ...

. It was released on 10 April 2000 as the second single from their third album, ''

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'' (2000). It's the second Sash! song featuring British singer

Tina Cousins Tina Patricia Cousins (born 20 April 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and former model. She has had five singles in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, including "Mysterious Times" wit ...

. The song peaked at No. 8 on the

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. It was also a top-10 hit in Romania and peaked within the top 20 in Denmark and Finland.

Critical reception

Jon O'Brien from

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noted that

"lends her sultry vocals" to the "gorgeous chillout" song. Pop Rescue commented, "...this sees the return of

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 ...

's former collaborator, the brilliant Tina Cousins. This song is unlike anything else so far on this album – it's a pop

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. Tina's vocals are beautiful, and she's surrounded by minimal bleeping and bubbling synths, and some synth strings. She's given loads of space to show off her rich vocals."

Track listing

German version

Credits

* Lyrics and music by R. Kappmeier, S. Lappessen, Thomas Alisson (tracks: T. Alisson) * Producer – Sash!, Tokapi * Vocals –

* Produced at Pink Elephant Studios * Published by Step By Step * Additional production: Track 4 – Doug Laurent, Track 5 – DJ Shah & Westböhm for SMP ℗ 2000 X-IT Records GmbH 0108585XIT
© 2000 edel records GmbH

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Official website of Sash!

Official website of Tina Cousins
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