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{{Infobox singlesong
| Name name = Real Love
| Cover cover = Sarah-Connor-Real-Love.jpg
| note4 alt =
| Artist = [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]]
| head linetype = Digital single
| Album = [[Real Love (Sarah Connor album)|Real Love]]
| B-sideartist = [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah = Connor]]
| Artist album = [[Real Love (Sarah Connor (singeralbum)|SarahReal ConnorLove]]
| Released = {{Start date|2010|12|7}}
| Recorded B-side =
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Released released = {{Start date|2010|12|7|df=y}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Pop (music)|Pop]], [[blue eyed soul]]
| Length studio = 3:08
| venue =
| Label = [[Universal Music|Universal Music Domestic Pop]]
| length = 3:08
| Writer = [[Alexander Geringas]], [[Bernd Klimpel]], [[Rike Boomgaarden]], Charlie Mason
| Producer label = Alexander GeringasX-Cell
| writer =
| Last single = "[[Cold as Ice (Sarah Connor song)|Cold as Ice]]"<br>(2010)
*[[Alexander Geringas]]
| This single = "'''Real Love'''"<br>(2010)
*Bernd Klimpel
| Next single = "[[Wie schön du bist]]"<br>(2015)
*[[Rike Boomgaarden]]
*Charlie Mason
| producer = Alexander Geringas
| Album prev_title = [[RealCold Loveas Ice (Sarah Connor albumsong)|RealCold as LoveIce]]
| prev_year = 2010
| Next single next_title = "[[Wie schön du bist]]"<br>(2015)
| next_year = 2015
}}
 
"'''Real Love'''" is a song by the German recording artistsinger [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]]. Afrom her [[piano]]Real Love (Sarah Connor album)|same-ledtitled [[popseventh balladstudio album]], it(2010). It was written by [[Alexander Geringas]], [[Bernd Klimpel]], Rike Boomgaarden, and Charlie Mason and produced by the former. forThe her[[piano]]-led seventh studio album, ''[[Realpop Loveballad]] (Sarahwas Connorreleased album)|Realby Love]]'' (2010).X-Cell ReleasedRecords as the album's second single on December 7, December 2010,. inA breakaway from parent album ''Real Love'' which largely deals with Connor's separation from her husband [[German-speakingMarc EuropeTerenzi]], the"Real songLove" reachedwas numberinspired 54by onher therelationship [[Germanwith SinglesFlorian Chart]]Fischer.
 
The song debuted and peaked at number 54 on the [[German Singles Chart]] and fell out of the top 100 in its third week, becoming Connor's first single to miss the top 30. Visuals for "Real Love," filmed by Oliver Sommer in [[Schwielowsee]], depict Connor visiting her grandfather's abandoned house. The song would remain the singer's final [[English language]] single until the release of "Ring Out the Bells" twelve years later, as she has been performing in her native language German in the time between.
==Formats and track listings==
 
==Background==
"Real Love" was by [[Alexander Geringas]], Bernd Klimpel, Rike Boomgaarden, and Charlie Mason,<ref name="Booklet"/> while production was overseen by the former.<ref name="Booklet"/> Recorded late into the production of parent album ''Real Love'', the song marked a departure for Connor, who up to that point had primarily recorded material telling of her separation from her husband [[Marc Terenzi]].<ref name="bild">{{cite web|first=Nicola|last=Pohl|url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/vergleich-maenner-aus-traenen-werden-lieder-teil-2-14405592.bild.html|title=Sarah Connor vergleicht ihre Männer|website=[[Bild.de]]|language=de|date=24 October 2010|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> "Real Love" was largely inspired by her relationship with her manager, Florian Fischer, member of the 1990s pop group [[The Boyz (German band)|The Boyz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Connor Ist Nach Scheidung Wieder Liiert|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article1673152/Sarah-Connor-ist-nach-Scheidung-wieder-liiert.html|date=24 October 2010|work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]|publisher=Abendblatt.de|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> In October 2010, the singer told ''[[Bild]]'': "Title song "Real Love" [...] was written a few months ago and my voice sounds brighter than it has for a long time. You can hear that it's the first time in a long time that I'm truly happily in love."<ref name="bild"/>
 
==Chart performance==
"Real Love" was released by X-Cell Records on 7 December 2010 as the second and final single from Connor's eighth studio album ''[[Real Love (Sarah Connor album)|Real Love]]'' (2010).<ref name="spotify"/> It debuted and peaked at number 54 on the [[German Singles Chart]] in the week of 24 December 2010.<ref name="Germany"/> This marked a considerable commercial decline from the singer's previous singles, all of who had reached the top 30 in Germany at least.<ref name="Germany"/> The song would remain one further week inside the top 100 of the chart.<ref name="Germany"/> It became Connor's first single to miss the [[Austrian Singles Chart]].<ref name="Germany"/>
 
==Music video==
[[File:Caputh Schwielowseestr 72.JPG|thumb|right|A building in [[Caputh, Brandenburg]] served as the video's main filming location.<ref name="crew-united"/>]]
Connor reteamed with frequent collaborator Oliver Sommer to film a music video for "Real Love".<ref name="crew-united">{{cite web|url=https://www.crew-united.com/de/Sarah-Connor-Under-my-Skin__83954.html|title=Sarah Connor – Real Love|website=crew-united.com|language=de|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> Produced by AVA Studios, much of the visuals were filmed on the shore of the [[Schwielowsee]] lake, particularly the village [[Caputh, Brandenburg|Caputh]], a remote residential area, where a mansion in Schwielowseestraße served as the main filming location.<ref name="crew-united"/> In the video, Connor returns to her grandfather's abandoned house, where she recalls memories of their time together during her childhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7p_ozH3zXE|title=Sarah Connor – Real Love|via=[[YouTube]]|language=de|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
 
==Formats and trackTrack listings==
{{tracklist
| headline = Digital single<ref name="spotify">{{cite web|title=Real Love by Sarah Connor|website=[[Spotify]]|url=https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/4bcAjbuJWGDbxnGaDQducQ|accessdate=3 June 2024|language=German}}</ref>
| head line = Digital single
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| writing_credits = no
 
| title1 = Real Love
| note1 = Radio Mix
| Writerwriter1 = {{hlist|[[Alexander Geringas]], [[|Bernd Klimpel]], |[[Rike Boomgaarden]], |Charlie Mason}}
| extra1 = Geringas
| length1 = 3:30
 
| title2 = Real Love
| note2 = Album Version
| writer2 = {{hlist|Geringas|Klimpel|Boomgaarden|Mason}}
| extra2 = Geringas
| length2 = 3:08
 
| title3 = Real Love
| note3 = Lexland Radio Mix
| writer3 = {{hlist|Geringas|Klimpel|Boomgaarden|Mason}}
| extra3 = Geringas
| length3 = 3:10
 
| title4 = Faded
| writer4 = {{hlist|Sarah Connor|[[Erik Lewander]]|Hayden Belln}}
| note4 =
| extra4 = Lewander
| length4 = 4:14
}}
 
==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Real Love''.<ref name="Booklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=Real Love|publisher=X-Cell Recods |others=[[Monrose]] |title-link=Real Love (Sarah Connor album)|year=2010}}</ref>
*[[Music production|Production]] – [[Alexander Geringas]]
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*[[audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixing]] – Alexander Geringas, Marc Schettler
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*[[Audio recording|Recording]] – Kay D., Rob Tyger
*Rike Boomgaarden – writer
*Kay Denar – recording engineer
*[[Alexander Geringas]] – mixing engineer, producer, writer
*Bernd Klimpel – writer
{{col-2}}
*Charlie Mason – writer
*Marc Schettler – mixing engineer
*Rob Tyger – recording engineer
{{col-end}}
 
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
===Weekly charts===
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Real Love"
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Chart (2010)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
{{singlechart|Germany|54|artist=Sarah Connor|song=Real Love|songid=760629|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 November 2013-11-05|refname="Germany"}}
|}
 
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Real Love"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| Ref
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| rowspan="1"| 7 December 2010
| rowspan="1"| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| rowspan="1"| X-Cell Records
| rowspan="1"| <ref name="spotify"/>
|}
 
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