"Real Love" is a song by German singer Sarah Connor from her same-titled eighth studio album (2010). It was written by

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, Bernd Klimpel, Rike Boomgaarden, and Charlie Mason and produced by the former. The

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was released by X-Cell Records as the album's second single on 7 December 2010. A breakaway from parent album ''Real Love'' which largely deals with Connor's separation from her husband

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, "Real Love" was inspired by her relationship with Florian Fischer. The song debuted and peaked at number 54 on the

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and fell out of the top 100 in its third week, becoming Connor's first single to miss the top 30. Visuals for "Real Love," filmed by Oliver Sommer in

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, depict Connor visiting her grandfather's abandoned house. The song would remain the singer's final

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single until the release of "Ring Out the Bells" twelve years later, as she has been performing in her native language German in the time between.

Background

"Real Love" was by

, Bernd Klimpel, Rike Boomgaarden, and Charlie Mason, while production was overseen by the former. Recorded late into the production of parent album ''Real Love'', the song marked a departure for Connor, who up to that point had primarily recorded material telling of her separation from her husband

. "Real Love" was largely inspired by her relationship with her manager, Florian Fischer, member of the 1990s pop group

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. In October 2010, the singer told ''

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'': "Title song "Real Love" ..was written a few months ago and my voice sounds brighter than it has for a long time. You can hear that it's the first time in a long time that I'm truly happily in love."

Chart performance

"Real Love" was released by X-Cell Records on 7 December 2010 as the second and final single from Connor's eighth studio album '' Real Love'' (2010). It debuted and peaked at number 54 on the

in the week of 24 December 2010. This marked a considerable commercial decline from the singer's previous singles, all of who had reached the top 30 in Germany at least. The song would remain one further week inside the top 100 of the chart. It became Connor's first single to miss the

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Music video

Connor reteamed with frequent collaborator Oliver Sommer to film a music video for "Real Love". Produced by AVA Studios, much of the visuals were filmed on the shore of the

lake, particularly the village Caputh, a remote residential area, where a mansion in Schwielowseestraße served as the main filming location. In the video, Connor returns to her grandfather's abandoned house, where she recalls memories of their time together during her childhood.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Real Love''. *Rike Boomgaarden – writer *Kay Denar – recording engineer *

– mixing engineer, producer, writer *Bernd Klimpel – writer *Charlie Mason – writer *Marc Schettler – mixing engineer *Rob Tyger – recording engineer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Sarah Connor 2010 singles Sarah Connor (singer) songs 2010 songs Songs written by Alexander Geringas Universal Music Group singles Songs with lyrics by Charlie Mason (lyricist)