Still in Love with You (No Angels song)

After a short break from public life at the turn of 2001, the members of No Angels reunited in February 2002 to begin working on their second album in Munich and Hamburg. Asked to contribute own ideas and skills to guarantee a more personal effort following the rushed recording of their debut album ''Elle'ments'' (2001), Recorded at The Orange Room at the LaCarr Studios in Stockholm, it was mixed by Nice and Peter "Boris" Boström. Instrumentation and programming were handled by Söderqvist and Nice, while guitars were led by Lindman. All vocals were recorded at the Water-Edge-Studios in Munich, Bavaria. ==Reception==

"Still in Love with You" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Abini Zöllner from Berliner Zeitung felt that the song was one of the best on Now... Us! and remarked that it was reminiscent of Chris Rea with its "dreamy guitar." Joachim Gauger from Laut.de declared the ballad as "quite brisk." In 2003, the track was awarded the French NRJ Music Award, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1, in the category Best German Song. Johannes Cordes, former head of marketing at Polydor Records, first announced in the June edition of MusikWoche that "Still in Love with You" was expected to be released as the second single from Now... Us!. Eventually released on August 12, 2002, in Germany and Austria, the song managed to debut at number two on the German Singles Chart on August 23, 2002, being held off the top spot by Herbert Grönemeyer's hit single "Mensch." It managed to stay at number two the following week, but slipped to number three in its third week and eventually fell out of the top ten in early October 2002. It was ranked 25th on the German year-end singles chart. In Austria, "Still in Love with You" became No Angels' fifth top entry, debuting at number four. It managed to stay at same position another three weeks, before falling out of the top ten on October 6, 2002. Altogether, it spent 22 weeks on the chart, leaving the official top 75 in January 2003, and was later ranked 48th on the 2002 year-end chart in Austria. ==Music video==

(pictured). The accompanying music video for "Still in Love with You" was directed by Marcus Sternberg and filmed in the Cabo de Gata area near Almería, Andalusia in the south-eastern corner of Spain on July 4, 2002. It marked the band's second collaboration with Sternberg following their work on previous single "Something About Us". In the video, the band members are shown in different locations. Benaissa is simply seen performing on the rooftop terrace of a finca where she gazes at the Mediterranean Sea. Mölling is walking along the rocky coast of Arrecife de las Sirenas, sitting down by the water. Wahls is sitting down by a swimming pool; on occasion she is seen belly dancing next to it. Diakovska's scenes were filmed atop a lighthouse where she is watching the sunrise. Petruo is sat on the steps in front of a church; at the end of the video she starts dancing flamenco at the setting of the sun. Their scenes are intercut with a male guitarist who is seated on a bench, playing on his acoustic guitar. Although it was already available for viewing at AOL, the video for "Still in Love with You" premiered on July 26, 2002, on MTV Central's Brand:Neu. ==Celebration Version==

Background In late 2020, BMG Rights Management acquired the catalog of No Angels' former record label Cheyenne Records, including more than 600 master recordings from bands and solo artists who had emerged from the German edition of the reality television program Popstars between 2000 and 2010. On 27 November 2020, following their absence from digital streaming platforms for five years, the band's backup catalog from 2000 to 2004 was issued online, accompanied by a digital campaign as well as the release of high-quality versions of their original official music videos. As with their 2007 reformation, original member Vanessa Petruo rejected to join in for promotional activities, citing her wish to stay out of the public eye following a professional reorientation. Release While the quartet denied plans for a much-speculated reunion at first, Following their first live performance in a decade, the quartet signed a new recording deal with BMG and began work on 20, their first full-length album release since 2009, with plans to expand the anniversary celebrations. Produced by Christian Geller, chief producer on 20, the celebration version of "Still in Love with You" was recorded separately in Bulgaria, Germany, and United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Diakovska and Mölling living in Los Angeles and Pleven, respectively. Music video A music video for the Celebration Version of "Still in Love with You" was directed by Franz Leibinger and filmed at the Mediterana day spa in Bergisch Gladbach on 21–22 May 2021. As with their previous clip for the Celebration Version of "Daylight in Your Eyes," the concept for the video was again pitched by creative team Army of Love Entertainment. Dancers Danilo Aiello, Christopher Albert, Marcella Desouza, Violetta Kromer, Lukas Bönninghausen, and Juan Lopez appear in the video. Post-production was helmed by Leibinger's Filmklub Entertainment. ==Track listings==

Notes • denotes additional producer ==Credits and personnel==

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Now... Us!. • Production – Pontus Söderqvist, Nick Nice • Instruments – Söderqvist, Nice • Programming – Söderqvist, N. Nice • Guitars – Johan Lindman, Pontus Söderqvist • Mixing – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk • Supervising producer – Nik Hafemann • Recorded at Water-Edge-Studios (Munich, Bavaria) ==Charts==

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