SANDRA Secret Land Reaction (A NO DOUBTER!) | Dereck Reacts

[@karoly8738]

It's nice to see young people like you enjoy Sandra's music. I was absolutely in love with her in my teenage years. Hope to see more . I'd like to see you reacting on "Johnny Wanna Live " that's one of my favorites of her. Beautiful instrumentation on that track as well. Thank you and keep up this great work ❤️

[@michaelromeo9567]

There are so much hits in Sandra's career. You can continue for a long time just reacting to her songs.😅 Like you said she never fails .

[@drunk1998]

I told you Dereck you will be Sandra addicted for years to come!

[@EnigmaTess]

I discovered Sandra with this song in 1988, since ... I fell in love with her voice, her beauty. ❤❤❤❤❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@amberturnu6150]

Sandra c'est toute mon adolescence, je l'adore

[@baptistefall7131]

Quelle chance....

[@Marc-zi5cq]

Hiroschima is a electro ballad. From 1990, reached #4 in Germany, check it out. She actually belts out at the end in a way, you would not expect. You can do tons of reactions of great Sandra songs, sooo many hits.

[@carlhan9500]

I love all her version of Hiroshima but the Reflection album version is a triumph.

[@MrDen-lv5uj]

Michael Cretu, her ex-husband, was the composer and producer of all her albums during that period. Later he created the iconic project called Enigma, Sandra's voice can also be heard there...

[@kyachdistent1301]

And it's generally the only place Americans and the UK have heard her as they never bothered charting her solo stuff properly what with 80s German prejudice, attitudes to Euro-pop as its throwaway beyond one 'novelty' hit and above all, let's make everything about slagdonna, madogga, hagdonna, so no other woman, beyond those few borinlgy exalted to the skies by critics for everything, has a chance to exist!

[@chubbyel]

Sandra's best Ballard is the song "forever", but "loreen" or "little girl" is real 80th

[@ИгорьСоколов-й8щ]

And "Seal It Forever".

[@janusz9304]

Loreen, my favorite Sandra ballad. I also like I Close My Eyes a lot.

[@alexdange5343]

Oooh yeeeaaas!!! This is my favourite song by Sandra!!! I love here's album "Into a secret land" all! In this album all songs is a hit on hit! Track list: Secret land We'll be together Heaven can wait Just like diamond Around my heart Crazy Julie Lavista de luna Celebrate your life Children of England It's all hit's on all time!!! Thank you Derek for your reactions on Sandra's songs! Please more Sandra, Mylene, Enigma on your chanel!))😜🤗🥰🇷🇺

[@tibmshgvlm8366]

"We'll be together" my favorite Sandra's song.

[@Camou71]

Yeahhh...my favourite song too 👌👌👌

[@kellymccann6291]

This woman oozes with talent her sound was so progressive for the time. She’s still out there performing with class. One of the Best of all time..👍🏼

[@zafnatpaneaj4992]

Sandra and her eternal child voice. You can feel Michael Cretu hand in here...I love Sandra !!! I discovered her with Hiroshima...!!!💜🙏👏👍😘😍🎶🎵🇩🇪

[@dana.1546]

In Europe (and especially in Germany and in France) she was considered in 1986-1988 as "the European Madonna" and success-wise she really was. Even though her image was far less sexual than Madonna's, she was more sexy and less sexual but her string of hits at the time was as much impressive as Madonna's. Her success peaked in 1988 in Europe, also due to the fact that Madonna's wasn't there musically for much of 1988 (doing theatre in the play "Speed The Plow" and not making new music that year). As a fan, at first, I was very surprised at the sudden change of sound (from the pure pop of tracks like "In The Heat Of The Night" or "Innocent Love" to her more modern hits like "Heaven Can Wait" or "Secret Land" because her sound evolved a lot more towards dance and techno (probably due to the fact that her husband and producer Michael Cretu was getting more and more into techno-dance beats through his Enigma project) and this techno-dance evolution is even more obvious in 1990 on her next album "Paintings In Yellow") but this album (Into A Secret Land) was very successful in France and Germany (almost like Madonna's "True Blue" album was). In 1986 I was under the impression that only I was listenning to Sandra but in 1988 even my neighbours, my classmates and my friends (who used to listen to Madonna and not Sandra) started listenning to Sandra's album "Into A Secret Land" too). That's when I knew that this album was special and more successful than her previous ones. 4 hit singles in a row from the same album (Heaven Can Wait, Secret Land, We'll Be Together and Around My Heart : the 2 last singles are also very good) : 4 successful singles from the same album : never a Sandra album had so much hits) so its success was no surprise and it's a hell of a very good album (1988's Into A Secret Land) because even album tracks like the very good "Crazy Juliet" or "Celebrate Your Life" also had the potential of becoming singles too.

[@bricepetremann2153]

I love so much this song! I played it on my Walkman thousand times when I was a kid! Thanks for react on this one. You should listen "Around my heart" And "We'll be together"!

[@Marc-zi5cq]

Around My Heart is my favorite Sandra single ever. Both songs you mentioned are soo good. She really was going hard with this album.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Me to

[@eliasdeandrade9267]

@@Marc-zi5cq me too

[@lebusraconte3040]

J'adore Sandra. J'adore toutes ses chansons. Merci Dereck, content que tout aille bien pour toi. 😊😝

[@remoraexocet]

Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year.

[@marscissou]

Thanks Dereck. Reminds me of my childhood when I was a teenager, I sang this song with my french accent and danced in front of the mirror.

[@theKarstenR]

Another great one by Sandra. Has always been one of my favorites. Ballads by Sandra would be "Loreen", "Johnny Wanna Live", "Hiroshima" and "Little Girl". Although the latter three might also be considered mid tempo.

[@Marc-zi5cq]

Sandra has a Greatest Hits and it's amazing start to finish. Truly one the best German popalbums ever.

[@DerDuftDude]

How i love these dereck times! They had been so special! ❤

[@liebe8435]

I'll never get tired listening Sandra's songs

[@CooJoe05]

She was the first WORLD WIDE WOMAN singer Top Ten! and the club scene boosted her

[@Marc-zi5cq]

So excited you reacted to this! This was such a great album. Around My Heart was another amazing single from this album, i hope you react to this as well. Cute video filmed in LA, as well. We'll Be Together was another top 10 hit from that album and obviously Heaven Can Wait, which you already reacted to. Sandra, the woman who always delivered in the 80s and 90s!

[@duduche6]

In 85/86/87 I loved her songs, especially 'In the heat of the night' and 'Everlasting love' but I wasn't an absolute big fan. But in 88 with the album 'Into a secret land' I became a real fan. I couldn't stop listening this album when I was a child. This was a dream for me and I still love it a lot. One song in the album was for me the best of all, it was 'Celebrate your life'. Each song of 'Into a secret land' is absolutely wonderfull.

[@karoly8738]

I agree! Best album of hers. If she could have released all songs as a single, they'd all worth it. Each song is just brilliant. My favorite is " Crazy Juliet"

[@andimusicjunkie3990]

Celebrate your life should've been a single....

[@duduche6]

@@andimusicjunkie3990 Absolutely. She could have had a fifth hit because the 4 singles charted and had a lot of airplay.

[@Marc-zi5cq]

@@karoly8738 Crazy Juliet was the one i obsessed over. Still my favorite non single.

[@karoly8738]

@@Marc-zi5cqThat's great! isn't that beginning just magic?

[@NinaGoud]

She has done, full of albums, each more beautiful than the next. She is also a singer on Enigma Sandra Cretu is a real star very humble and recognized as an exceptional artist.

[@mikestagraming]

This is my fave Sandra track - so good!! I always thought it sounds very Pet Shop Boys.

[@matt47110815]

Yes! I always thought of PSB with this one. :)

[@mikestagraming]

@@matt47110815 the production is very them, and you can imagine Neil Tennant singing these melodies and lyrics

[@sylviazj2988]

Well, I LOVE PSB too!! :)

[@waldodelos]

now its time for "hi hi hi " and "around my heart" ! thanks cute american guy !

[@Nabhan82]

I grew up listening to Sandra, this is definitely one of my favorites from her.

[@leroyrs]

What a dreamy song I always loved it. "Don't be aggressive" and " Johnny wanna live" are great too.

[@DerDuftDude]

Thank you Dereck! I love that you love my Goddess:-) And for me the best Sandra Ballad is „Loreen“ - magic Lyrics and super 80ies music from her Husband Michael Cretu

[@o.l9806]

So great you enjoyed Secret Land..this song as you said was ahead of its time!!! Amd it was a big change in Sandras music. In Spain the 7" was realesed too and topped! Love the video its so beautiful at Mont Saint Miche I recently was there and was singing Secret Land all the time. By tge way if you ever have the chance listen listen to the extended reverse version on her 12" maxi single Secret Land

[@tricaurelie]

Sandra has always been a favorite of mine and she always delivered. I'm so glad you enjoyed 'Secret Land' because it's my favorite song of hers (and THAT is saying something), even though it didn't do as well in the charts. From the same album, you would love the uplifting 'We'll be together' 👍

[@silvas2308]

Really glad you dig beyond those "100 hits" list everyone reacts to. Cool to see Sandra and Enigma reactions on your channel, thanks a lot!

[@thisworldofwater8017]

Dereck, gotta be We'll Be Together next. That's a couple of truckloads of bananas.

[@DrAnGeber]

Ah man I remember how I was blown away when I first heard this song and saw the video

[@CooJoe05]

Her BEST CLUB SONG EVER DROPPED!

[@shepardwilde4701]

ThX Dereck to share your videos of Sandra she s so great and so much songs of her career are a pure jewels and seduce us with her voice …the album close to seven ..or her last song angels in my head …STUNNING ! And redis moi too ..😉🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@carlhan9500]

"Secret Land" is my number 1 favorite song. Sandra was also the lead singer for the disco group Arabesque. As for ballads, Forever, is one of my favorite.

[@ED-jy1de]

I was at University when this was released, id been an Arabesque fan and Sandra fan since MM first release. I remember playing this and the remixes in the student halls and having lots of people come to ask who it was. A major part of my teens/twenties...

[@alcyon2sp]

Thanks for checking out euro music not just british and american.

[@RichSouthend]

She has indeed done some ballads and out of the ones she released I would check out 'One More NIght' or 'Forever'. Some of my favourite slower songs weren't released so you may want to listen to those privately as they will not have a video, but I would definitely recommend 'Just Like DIamonds', 'Mirrored in Your Eyes', 'When the Rain Doesn't Come', 'Seal it Forever' and her cover of the Talk Talk song 'Such a Shame'. One other track that I think is a standout, but would not necessarily say is a ballad is 'The Journey' - an epic song!

[@oliverklauss8340]

Any news about a future album?

[@ThanosX]

"Mirrored in your eyes" is a great ballad from Sandra... Unfortunately there is no video clip ... He would be thrilled to hear it

[@RichSouthend]

@@ThanosX Oh yes, good choice!

[@gilmarcandeia5761]

👑🤩💕❤️Sandra❤️💕🤩👑👏🏻👍🏻🇧🇷

[@Francis175]

I Love this Song 🎶 ❤️ The Album „Into a Secret Land“ from her was my first Vinyl. I love also the Song Don't Cry (The Breakup Of The World) very cool 👍🏼

[@MrPaulPires]

this is so wonderful do watch ... just pure and honest reactions to sandra songs ;) just love it Dereck ;)

[@aleccopile]

I can recommend one of my favorite Sandra tracks "Don't Be Aggressive" 👍

[@ThanosX]

I think Dereck would love that. It has great synths and it seems like a today's song , though it was in the early 90's. Great video also about violence to women

[@riocallecalle2009]

Con esta canción te doy un 10, que gran canción y Sandra bella,

[@paulnormand1908]

Love this song !😍😍😍😍

[@christelleescalier7781]

I had listened to this album.. Hours and hours... Fabulous Sandra ❤️

[@tricaurelie]

And yes, filming at the Mont Saint-Michel was a nice touch.

[@martincharron2399]

Surely one of my favorite from Sandra….

[@mcschoedel1]

❤❤❤ Great Video!!!!! Love it!!! Greetings from Germany!!! ❤❤❤

[@UliFandoms]

So damn nasty sound!! Loved it back then - love it now! Thanks Dereck so much for bringing Sandra and her music back into my life! Love from Germany 🧡

[@samueldevulder]

Deutsche Qualität, once again. 1:28 This looks like Mt Saint-Michel in France. ( Alte Französische Qualität ;) ) ... but there seem to be some other locations in the music-video as well.

[@Chrismusique]

Thank you for your videos! I love your channel so much! 🙏😄

[@vendelayindustries]

This, along with 'Heaven can wait' from her 3rd album Into a secret land, wich is possibly her greatest album, made me a fan forever. As for a ballad, I think there is the beautiful 'Change your mind' on her first album 'The long play'. No official video, unfortunatelly.

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

Finally secret land!!! 😍😍😍 The second best for me, after heaven can wait

[@DFProductionsNow]

For some reason this song reminds me of the Pet Shop Boys...Love it. Thanks for sharing!

[@mikekaraoke]

Another hit single from Sandra in a dozen countries, my dad got the album: Into a Secret land in Germany in 1988 on CD when we were on holiday in Hamburg-great days!

[@jm53gripsou]

Great track. Clip got me everytime because i live near this place.

[@christianeisenhut173]

Hi Derek, another Great Reaction . Thanks. There are so many Awesome Ballads , not just as Singles. Everyone of them makes you Happy to Hear such great Music: From the long Play Album. Sisters and Brothers, Change your Mind. From the Mirrors Album : Loreen ( My All-Time Favourite ) . From the Into a Secret Land Album : Just like Diamonds, Children of England. From the Paintings in Yellow Album : One more Night. From the Close to Seven Album : Seal it Forever, Your Way to India. From the Fading Shades Album : Will you Whisper, First Lullaby. From the Wheel of Time Album : I Close my Eyes, Free Love, The Wheel of Time. From the Art of Love Album : What D'Ya Think Of Me, The Art Of Love, Dear God If You Exist, Silence Beside Me, Put Your Arms Around Me, Love Is The Price. From the Back to Life Album : I Want You, Behind Those Words, Just Like Breathing. From the Stay in Touch Album : Sun in Disquise. It's tough to cut between mid-tempo ballads and 100% ballads. Many may not be satisfied with the selection because everyone feels differently. I also had a hard time with Free Love, but I still listed it, because I think this Depeche Mode Coversong is very well interpreted. Sandra actually got me lost on the Album "The Wheel of Time 2002. Something bothered me since then. I haven´t found out why until Today. BUT God praise the Lord 2012 "Stay in Touch" bombed me away from the first Note. Every single Song was SANDRA from back then. Blank & Jones walked on Michael Cretu's Paths and brought us back the beloved Sandra feeling . "Stay in Touch" is my Second Favorite Album after "The Long Play" .... we all know why ;-) I recommend "Stay in Touch" to you, because you won't be bored for a Second your Feet are danced bloody and you throw Bananas around you lol.

[@diegoshepherd3464]

Another great Sandra song. Check out Stop for a minute by her. Great song.

[@jes1492]

Sandra joined a band called Arabesque, Friday Night was one of her hits, I recommend it 👌👌👌

[@sebastienetave2673]

It is one of my favourite songs from her , happy that you like ot.Iff you want to hear a ballad from her, there are many good ones, but one of her fist old ballad is "Loreen" from her 1985-6 album Mirrors, I love it!!! or "Change your mind" in 1987. You can check that out if you want!! :)

[@TimmyME]

Sandra's Forever.... aaaaamaaaazing! She did a duet with Thomas Anders also.

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

"We'll be together" "Around my heart" Everything you love: Sick percussions Crazy synths Key change So what are you waiting for? 😜😘

[@digiver]

One heck of a song

[@kennyv47]

Yeah one of my favorite songs ever :D

[@Yoofaloof]

It was the same in the UK...I felt as if I were the only one listening to her here.

[@janahcoaching]

Finally! This was so good at the time, very elegant and fun to listen to. Her voice is very distinctive and her husband was one of the best producers (Michael Cretu).

[@andimusicjunkie3990]

I just listened to this song this morning and I wondered when will Dereck react to this... Loreen is her slowest ballad, another one of the 80s is Little Girl, the video was filmed in Venice...

[@antolinot1104]

Little girl so different but great

[@christophegeorget9855]

One of my all-time favourites from Sandra! The video was shot in France (Mont Saint-Michel and Saint-Malo), the chorus only has 2 tones and is actually hard to sing..and yes, it is a cover of a famous German song. What's next for Dereck? Maybe "We'll be together", the next song in her discography, shot at her home in Ibiza: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl6aoZaeo7qNesk - thanks for reacting!

[@ralfgraebel4257]

Such a Beauty

[@arkasonus7678]

Oh yes, I remember this one. Voice of Sandra + synths by M. Cretu = 👍🏻⭐

[@guillaumemarchand6592]

Hiroshima so ahead of its time too. Synths intro even reminds of forthcoming work from MJ in 1997, then a beautiful melody comes crafted with pioneer electro sounds, a surprising light guitar is melted with it, and as always amazing nasty beats drive the song specifically when you think it was produced back in 1990. Just before Michale Cretu came along with the worldwide blast Enigma.

[@manfredseis5492]

the maxis singles were always good

[@delphinearnaud7569]

Her best ballads are “ Hey little girl “ “ One more night “ “ Loreen “ But I advise you watch and listen to her song “Johnny wanna live “

[@camillegeta4323]

Merci ❤ dommage que cette vidéo ne soit pas traduite en français 😢 Néanmoins Bravo pour vos analyses 😊

[@Telmaandl6]

Sandra it's space ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@abeautifulmusicofficiel]

lovely song !

[@vincentmb238]

She sings in Enigma songs. I am right ? I didn't know this song.

[@remoraexocet]

She was produced by her husband Michael Cretu.

[@samueldevulder]

Yeah, the did some vocals for Enigma.. The song was featured in 1989 Skyrock radio advert of some kind IIRC.

[@ThanosX]

Next ..You must see "hi hi hi" from Sandra.. you can't miss that..and "hey little girl " is another great ballad by her..

[@Camou71]

I love your facial expressions and gestures when you hear and like a song. I think it's particularly good that you think outside the box, as here, for example, with Sandra. Listen to songs from my favorite band Camouflage. Maybe then I'll marry you. 😁😉😂. Stay the way you are. You do this best of all here. Greetings from Germany. And sorry for my bad school english 🙈

[@TBOYTUBE]

It's sure one of her best song! the cover of the single is beautiful too ! a ballad? "Loreen"! / Also Michael Cretu did work with Sylvie Vartan on "C'est fatal" (89) you could check this...

[@FilmBritt]

Please, next Sandra song; "Loreen" ! It creates goosebumps........

[@MrShidokan]

Dereck my friend, you are showing Sandra and Enigma hits and forgetting about the man behind all of those brilliant hits ! Micheal Cretu. Please give the guy some attention and react to his super hit Samurai. Thanks .

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

Now you could try Hiroshima Around my heart HI hi hi You have more great stuff to hear 😉

[@Marc-zi5cq]

YASS to all of them!

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

@@Marc-zi5cq and more songs he hasn't done already? 🤔

[@Marc-zi5cq]

@@emmanuelernandez7067 As far as song with videos go: We'll Be Together Midnight Man Stop For A Minute Little Girl Life May Be A Big Insanity One More Night Johnny Wanna Live Don't Be Aggressive I Need Love Nights In White Satin Songs from albums: Love Turn To Pain Mirrored In Your Eyes Shadows Forgive Me - Radio Mix Son OF A Time Machine The Skin I'm In i could go on for hours, so much good stuff

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

@@Marc-zi5cq oh yes "we'll be together" definitely!!!

[@matt47110815]

I am not sure if "Hiroshima" (1990) qualifies as Ballad, but hey, check it out.

[@goonercestlavie]

Dynamic. Lots of truths in the lyrics. Direction Zion

[@chartsinfrancetop5015]

The beach is at ST MALO in ILLE ET VILAINE and the MONT SAINT MICHEL IS in NORMANDY

[@MrPaulPires]

by the way Dereck... check Sandra Ballad Forever... its pure magic...

[@oliviergueganton2433]

Not really filmed in Normandy the video. We can see the Mont-Saint-Michel, but it is visible from the Breton part (Brittany) ;) And above all, the clip shows the Breton town of Saint-Malo (ramparts, sea water pool, Fort National, breakwater, etc.) :) Dereck from a fan from Brittany ;)

[@alexd6251]

Michael Cretu... Because He CAN. Enigma The "Cross of Changes" (1994) has a sound of future also! Please react it.

[@jean-pierrefrancois9502]

She released in 1987 a balad called Laureen

[@h.c4898]

Dereck@ you're not done with her. Next. 👇 - Hi Hi Hi - Around my heart. - One more night. (Ballad) - Loreen (Ballad) 👍😉

[@robertwill23]

Next - Sandra "We'll be together".

[@patricelion902]

Saint Malo and the Mont Saint Michel ;-)

[@noelleggett5368]

If you wanna try something completely different from the same era… Stop! by Sam Brown…. amazing voice, full of soul So Bad, by Nina Hagen… German punk pop diva!

[@kuntzej77]

You gotta love the original Trenchcoat men from fabrique

[@zouzou7482]

Hello Dereck :) You can listen "hi hi hi "

[@patbateman5016]

Next song by Sandra, "We will be together" please.