"The Reason Is You" is a 1994 song by German singer and actress

Nina Gerhard Nina Gerhard (born 10 December 1974), also known as Nina, is a German singer best known as the voice of Captain Hollywood Project and for her 1994 hit "The Reason Is You". Career Nina performed vocals on the Captain Hollywood Project single " Mo ...

. She used to sing on several singles by German

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music project

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, like " More and More" and " Only with You", before she went solo in 1994 with her frontname 'Nina'. Written by

Nosie Katzmann Nosie Katzmann (born Jürgen Katzmann in 1959) is a German dance music songwriter and producer. He is known for writing songs for several European electronic dance acts like Culture Beat and Captain Hollywood Project, for whom he contributed vari ...

, it was released as the first single from her debut album, ''Dare!'' (1995), and was also released with spanish vocals. The single peaked at number one in Belgium and was also a huge hit in Spain, where it reached number two. Additionally, it peaked within the top 20 in Denmark and Iceland. There were made two different music video for the song.

Chart performance

The single enjoyed some success in Europe, peaking at number-one in Belgium. In Denmark, it reached the top 20, peaking at number 20 in January 1995. In Iceland, it was even more successful, peaking at number 16 in February. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "The Reason Is You" reached its highest position as number 11. It did not chart in the UK. In Spain, the song reached its second highest chart position in Europe, as number two. It entered the Spanish singles chart at number eight, and the following weeks it climbed to number four, three, and four again, before peaking at number two. Then it dropped to number five, seven, and nine, before leaving the chart. Some weeks later it re-appeared at number 18 and also at number 19, with some weeks in between. It was held off reaching number-one by Ororo's cover version of " Zombie" by The Cranberries.

Track listing

* CD maxi, Germany #"The Reason Is You" (Radio Version) – 4:00 #"The Reason Is You" (Tranceformer Extended Mix) – 6:10 #"The Reason Is You" (House Mix) – 5:15 #"The Reason Is You" (Extended Radio Edit) – 6:30 #"Save My Life" – 3:15 * CD maxi, Europe #"The Reason Is You" (Tranceformer Radio Mix) – 3:35 #"The Reason Is You" (Spanish Version) – 4:10 #"The Reason Is You" (Tranceformer Extended Mix) – 6:10 #"The Reason Is You" (Alex' Mix) – 6:20 #"The Reason Is You" (Extended Radio Edit) – 6:30

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Official Website

Nina on The Eurodance Encyclopaedia
1994 debut singles 1994 songs Blow Up singles English-language German songs Nina (German singer) songs Number-one singles in Belgium Songs written by Nosie Katzmann {{1990s-Dance-song-stub