Is This the Love explained

Is This the Love
Cover:	Is this the love.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Masterboy
Album:	Different Dreams
B-Side:	Remix
Released:	21 October 1994
Recorded:	1994
Genre:	Eurodance
Length:	3:43
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Jeff Barnes Rico Novarini
Prev Title:	Feel the Heat of the Night
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Generation of Love
Next Year:	1995

"Is This the Love" is a song recorded by German Eurodance band Masterboy, released in October 1994, as the fourth single from their third album, Different Dreams (1994). It became one of band's most successful singles in terms of peak positions on the charts, hitting some success in many European countries, particularly in Austria, where it reached number eight and remained for 12 weeks in the top 30. The song was also successful in their native Germany, where it reached number eleven and was ranked for 13 weeks, and in France where it peaked at number 12 and stayed for 19 weeks in the top 50. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Is This the Love" reached number 42 in January 1995. Its accompanying music video was A-listed on Germany's VIVA in December 1994.^[1]

Track listings

• CD single

1. "Is This the Love" (radio edit) — 3:44
2. "Is This the Love" (big sound mix) — 6:33

• CD maxi

1. "Is This the Love" (radio edit) — 3:43
2. "Is This the Love" (union mix) — 5:30
3. "Is This the Love" (is this the house techno mix) — 6:20
4. "Is This the Love" (big sound mix) — 6:30

• CD maxi - Remixes

1. "Is This the Love" (fun club mix) — 6:12
2. "Is This the Love" (acid mix) — 5:51
3. "Is This the Love" (TNT party zone master mix) — 6:31
4. "Is This the Love" (alternative mix) — 5:34

• 12" maxi

1. "Is This the Love" (is this the house techno mix) — 6:20
2. "Is This the Love" (original mix) — 5:32

Credits

• Artwork by Goutte
• Lyrics by Zabler, Krauß and Schleh
• Mastered by J. Quincy Kramer
• Music by Obrecht, Zabler and Schleh
• Mixed by J. Barnes, R. Novarini, T. Engelhard (radio edit & big sound mix), M. Persona (union mix)
• Photography by Julia Maloof
• Recorded and arranged by Jeff Barnes and Rico Novarini (radio edit & big sound mix), Lorenzo Carpella and Max Persona (union mix & alternative mix), Nico D'Acido (is this the house techno mix), Misar and Uwe Wagenknecht (fun club mix), Robotnico (acid mix), TNT Party Zone (TNT party zone master mix), Jeff Barnes, Rico Novarini and Thomas Engelhard (original mix)
• Produced by Masterboy Beat Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994-1995)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[2]	42
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	19

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne. Music & Media. 3 December 1994. 18. 28 December 2022.
2. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 7 January 1995. 15 May 2019.
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Tammi . 978-951-1-21053-5 . Helsinki.
4. Web site: 1995 French Singles Chart . Disqueenfrance . French . 27 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307201551/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995 . 7 March 2012 .