Back to Life is the ninth studio album

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 by German

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 singer

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 Sandra, released in 2009

2009 in music

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The album was recorded in New York and while working on it, Sandra was collaborating with Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders

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 (famous for his work with Modern Talking

Modern Talking

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) and Toby Gad

Toby Gad

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 (famous for his work with Beyoncé Knowles

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, Fergie, Shakira

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 and others). The album contains 15 songs, most of which were written by Toby Gad. The Internet version of this release contains two bonus tracks for digital download

Digital distribution

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Back to Life has spawned two singles, "In a Heartbeat

In a Heartbeat (Sandra song)

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" and "The Night Is Still Young", a duet with Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders

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, along with a video clip

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 for the song.

The album was produced by Jens Gad

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 (older brother of Toby Gad), who also co-produced her two previous studio albums, The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time (album)

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and The Art of Love

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, and also re-mastered a selection of her million-selling singles (of which 12 million have sold worldwide) for her album Reflections

Reflections

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, including "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" and four new remixes of her 1980s' smash hit "In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (Sandra song)

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Track listing

#	Title	Length
1	R U Feeling Me • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad Toby Gad Tobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1... , Faith Trent and Nina Ossovl	3:42
2	Once in a Lifetime • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Audrey Martel	3:52
3	In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat (Sandra song) "In a Heartbeat" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was written by Toby Gad, Jim Dyke and produced by Jens Gad who had also co-produced her two previous studio albums, The Wheel of Time and The Art of Love. The song was released in March 2009 as the lead single from Sandra's ninth studio... • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Jim Dyke	3:37
4	The Night Is Still Young (Featuring Thomas Anders Thomas Anders Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:... ) • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Audrey Martel	3:20
5	Just Like Breathing • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad, Madeline Stone and Sam Lorber	3:15
6	Never Before • Music and Lyric: Axel Breitung	3:46
7	Always on My Mind • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad, Kristin Steiv and Shayna Steiv	3:18
8	Behind Those Words • Music and Lyric: Alex Geringas and Jade Ell	3:04
9	What If • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Jadyn Maria Jadyn Maria Joy Lynn Strand better known by her stage name Jadyn Maria is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. At the age of seventeen, Maria was signed to Sparrow Records for a Christian music singing career which did not take off. She was later signed separately to Virgin Records and Zomba Label Group, both of...	2:49
10	Say Love • Music and Lyric: Frederik Thomander, Anders Wikström and Agnes Carlsson Agnes Carlsson Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...	3:29
11	Put Some 80ies in It • Music and Lyric: Christian Königseder, Alexander Komlew, Caroline von Brünken and Michael Kunzi	3:23
12	These Moments • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Carlos sin Morera	3:30
13	I Want You • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Jaqueline Nemorin	3:51
14	Tête à tête • Music and Lyric: Sandra, Jens Gad and Fabrice Cuidad	3:45
15	Who I Am • Music and Lyric: Toby Gad and Willa Ford	4:07

Internet version bonus tracks

#	Title	Length
16	Redis moi	3:42
17	Echo of My Heart	4:32

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
German Album Charts	26
Swiss Albums Top 100	83
Czech Republic Top 50	47