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"In the Heat of the Night" is a pop and synthpop song by German singer Sandra. The song was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album The Long Play, where it charted at #1 in Switzerland and Israel, #2 in Germany, and #8 in South Africa (in mid-1986). The song was covered by Hong Kong pop singer Anita Mui in 1986, by Finnish gothic metal band To/Die/For in 2000, and Swedish progressive rock band Odyssey in 2009. The song was also redone by a group named E-Rotic for PlayStation 2's Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. Read more on Last.fm.

Sandra Ann Lauer (born 18 May 1962), later Sandra Cretu, commonly known under her mononymous stage name of Sandra, is a Franco-German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, produced by her then-husband and musical partner, Michael Cretu, most notably "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985), "In the Heat of the Night" (1985), "Everlasting Love" (1987), "Secret Land" (1988), "Hiroshima" (1990), and "Don't Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums Into a Secret Land (1988) and Close to Seven (1992) have won Sandra high critical acclaim. Prior to embarking on a solo career, Sandra was the lead singer of the all-female disco trio Arabesque, which had a massive following in Japan and the Soviet Union. Also, between 1990 and 2001, she provided vocals on album releases of the very successful musical project Enigma, which had top 10 hits in North America and the United Kingdom. A cult star with a devoted fan base, Sandra remains one of the most popular singers of the 1980s in Continental Europe. During the height of her popularity, she even managed to outsell Madonna in a number of countries around the world. With sales in excess of 33 million records worldwide, Sandra has established her position as the most successful German female vocalist. Albums The Long Play (1985) Mirrors (1986) Into a Secret Land (1988) Paintings in Yellow (1990) Close to Seven (1992) Fading Shades (1995) The Wheel of Time (2002) The Art of Love (2007) Back to Life (2009) Stay in Touch (2012) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.