Innocent Love

"Innocent Love" is a 1986 synthpop song performed by German singer Sandra. It was written by Hubert Kemmler, Ulrich Herter, Susanne Müller, and Klaus Hirschburger, and produced by Michael Cretu and Armand Volker. The song was released as the first single from Sandra's second solo album, Mirrors. The single was commercially successful, reaching the top 10 in Norway and France, and the top 20 in Germany and Switzerland.

This article is about the single by Sandra. For the Japanese television series, see Innocent Love (TV series).

"Innocent Love"
Single by Sandra
from the album Mirrors
B-side"Innocent Theme"
ReleasedJune 1986
Recorded1986
GenreSynthpop
Length3:50 (single version)
5:23 (album version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Hubert Kemmler, Ulrich Herter, Susanne Müller, Klaus Hirschburger
Producer(s)Michael Cretu, Armand Volker
Sandra singles chronology
"Little Girl"
(1986)		 "Innocent Love"
(1986)		 "Hi! Hi! Hi!"
(1986)

The music video for the song was directed by DoRo (Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher).[1] 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,[2][3] as well as the 2003 DVD The Complete History.[4]

A new remix of the song was included on Sandra's 2006 retrospective Reflections.

Formats and track listings
  • 7" single
A. "Innocent Love" – 3:50
B. "Innocent Theme" – 3:26
  • 12" single
A. "Innocent Love" (Extended) – 6:47
B. "Innocent Theme" – 3:26

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[5] 5
France (SNEP)[6] 10
Greece (IFPI)[7] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 6
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 14
West Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 11

Year-end charts
Chart (1986) Position
Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[12] 55

References
  1. "Sandra: Innocent Love (Video 1986) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Ten on One (The Video)". sandranet.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "18 Greatest Hits (The Video)". sandranet.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Sandra - The Complete History (DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Compilation, Stereo)". discogs.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3 no. 32. Amsterdam. 16 August 1986. p. 14. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "Lescharts.com – Sandra – Innocent Love" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. "Top 3 in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3 no. 36. Amsterdam. 13 September 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Sandra – Innocent Love". VG-lista. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. Fernando Salaverri (2005). Sólo éxitos año a año: 1959-2002 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Sandra – Innocent Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Sandra – Innocent Love". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  12. "European Hot 100 Singles – Hot 100 of the Year 1986" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3 no. 51/52. Amsterdam. 27 December 1986. p. 29. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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