Ecuador (song)

"Ecuador"
Single by Sash! featuring Rodriguez
from the album It's My Life - The Album
Released	22 April 1997
Format	CD maxi single, 12" maxi single, cassette
Length	3:34
Label	Polygram Records
Producer(s)	Tokapi and Sash!
Certification	Gold
Sash! featuring Rodriguez singles chronology
"Encore Une Fois" (1997) "Ecuador" (1997) "Stay" (1997)

"Ecuador" is a song produced by German DJ/Production team Sash! featuring Adrian Rodriguez. It was released in April 1997 as the third single from their debut album, It's My Life - The Album. The song became an international hit and reached the top 20 in more than ten countries worldwide.

Song information

Being the follow-up single to the massively successful "Encore Une Fois", a lot was riding on this next Sash! release. The single was just as successful, and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, earning another Gold certification for sales in excess of 400,000. The song became a European smash, reaching the top 10 in Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium (where it peaked at number 1), Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland. It also reached the top 20 in Austria and France. In the United States, it was the second number 1 on Hot Dance Club Play chart for Sash!.^[1]

Adaptations

In 2005, the song was adapted by the Starstylers into their first single titled "Keep on Moving".

In 2011, the song was remixed with vocals by Jean Pearl in the song "Mirror Mirror".

In 2013, the music from the song was used for the dance hit "This Is Nightlife" by the German dance project ItaloBrothers.

In 2015, the song was reworked by DJ Olly James and released on Spinnin' Records.

In popular culture

• "Ecuador" (Bruce Wayne Mix) is played repeatedly on the loading platform of The Riddler's Revenge ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in an instrumental, seamlessly-looping version.
• The music video for "Ecuador" was shot in the canarian Islands, Lanzarote and Tenerife.

Track listings

UK CD1 Ecuador (Original Radio Edit) 3:36 Ecuador (Klubbheads Mix) 6:32 Encore Une Fois (ACD Mix) 6:13 Ecuador (PowePlant Inject This Mix) 7:21 Ecuador (Eat Me Edit - Bruce Wayne Mix) 3:57 Ecuador (K-Klass Klub Mix) 8:14 Ecuador (Bruce Wayne Mix) 5:53 Ecuador (Future Breeze Mix) 5:24 Ecuador (Original 12" Mix) 5:23 Ecuador (Poweblast Dub) 7:34

UK CD2 Ecuador (Javi Mula & Joan Reyes Remix) 6:19 Ecuador (Will Bailey & Calvertron Remix) 6:16 Ecuador (Bad Behaviour Remix) 6:24 Ecuador (Trance Chill Out Mix) 3:22 Ecuador (DJ Lhasa Original Remix) 4:13 Ecuador (Jackhammered Beats) 5:59 Ecuador (Mark Faccini Remix) 5:37 Ecuador (Raul Rincon Remix) 7:42 Ecuador (Sagi Abitbul Electro Remix) 5:16 Ecuador (Sound DJS Remix) 2:41 Ecuador (JKPG Project Remix) 3:23

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4]	2
Canada Dance (RPM)[5]	1
Denmark (IFPI)[6]	3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7]	3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	3
France (SNEP)[9]	12
Germany (Official German Charts)[10]	7
Ireland (IRMA)[11]	4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12]	8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13]	40
Norway (VG-lista)[14]	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	8
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Chart successions

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 227.
2. "Austriancharts.at – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Ultratop.be – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. "Ultratop.be – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador" (in French). Ultratop 50.
5. Canadian peak position
6. Billboard, May 28, 1997: Hits of the World Section
7. Eurochart peak
8. "Sash! feat. Rodriguez: Ecuador" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
9. "Lescharts.com – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador" (in French). Les classement single.
10. "Musicline.de – Sash! feat. Rodriguez Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
11. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Sash! feat. Rodriguez search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
13. "Charts.org.nz – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador". Top 40 Singles.
14. "Norwegiancharts.com – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador". VG-lista.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador". Singles Top 100.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Sash! feat. Rodriguez – Ecuador". Swiss Singles Chart.

External links

• "Ecuador" Official music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics