Meet Her at the Love Parade

"Meet Her at the Love Parade" is a song recorded by the German artist Da Hool. It was released in August 1997 as the lead single from the album, Here Comes Da Hool. The song had great success in many countries, particularly in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, where it reached the top 10. In Iceland the song peaked at number one. The song was released in the United Kingdom in February 1998 as the Nalin & Kane remix and reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. A second remix by Fergie reached number 11 on the same chart in July 2001.

"Meet Her at the Love Parade"
Single by Da Hool
from the album Here Comes Da Hool
B-side	"Remix"
Released	4 August 1997
Genre	Hard trance
Length	3:27 (Radio Edit) 9:30 (Original Mix)
Songwriter(s)	Da Hool
Producer(s)	Da Hool
Da Hool singles chronology
"I Want You" (1996) "Meet Her at the Love Parade" (1997) "Bora Bora" (1997)

Mixmag ranked the song as one of the 15 best songs in their The 15 best mid-90s trance tracks list in 2018.[1]

Content

The song references the Love Parade, a former German electronic dance music festival and parade.

Music video

The music video was directed by Nikolas Mann and premiered in mid-1997. It was heavily influenced by the music video Stéphane Sednaoui directed for Björk's second single of 1993, "Big Time Sensuality".

Charts and sales

Weekly charts Original version Chart (1997–1998) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 21 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 23 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 18 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 9 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 14 France (SNEP)[8] 4 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 4 Greece (IFPI)[10] 10 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[11] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 7 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 11 Scotland (OCC)[15] 14 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 17 UK Singles (OCC)[17] 15 UK Dance (OCC)[18] 1 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[19] 30 Remix Chart (2001) Peak position Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 67 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 20 Ireland Dance (IRMA)[21] 3 Scotland (OCC)[22] 10 UK Singles (OCC)[23] 11 UK Dance (OCC)[24] 1

Year-end charts Original version Chart (1997) Position France (SNEP)[25] 73 Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 51 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[27] 78 Chart (1998) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[28] 44 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[29] 86 France (SNEP)[30] 46 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[31] 36 Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[32] Gold 35,000^^ Belgium (BEA)[33] Gold 25,000^* France (SNEP)[34] Gold 400,000[35] United Kingdom — 80,000[35] ^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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