Secret Land

{{For|the 1948 documentary film|The Secret Land}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Secret Land

| cover = Secret land.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Sandra

| album = Into a Secret Land

| B-side = Into Nobody's Land

| released = September 1988

| recorded = 1988

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Dance-pop, synthpop

| length = 4:45 (album version)
4:05 (single version)

| label = Virgin

| writer = Uwe Gronau, Hubert Kemmler, Michael Cretu, Mats Björklund, Susanne Müller-Pi, Klaus Hirschburger, Michael Höing

| producer = Michael Cretu

| prev_title = Heaven Can Wait

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = We'll Be Together

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{External music video|header=Licensed audio|1={{YouTube|fA7GjnPr75k|"Secret Land"}}}}

{{Extra album cover

| type = single

| cover = Secret_land_99.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Cover of the 1999 re-release

}}{{Extra chronology

| type = single

| artist = Sandra

| prev_title = Won't Run Away

| prev_year = 1995

| title = Secret Land

| year = 1999

| next_title = Forever

| next_year = 2001

}}

}}

"Secret Land" is a 1988 pop song by German singer Sandra. It was written by Uwe Gronau, Hubert Kemmler, Michael Cretu, Mats Björklund, Susanne Müller-Pi, Klaus Hirschburger and Michael Höing, and produced by Cretu. It is an adaptation of the 1987 Kemmler-produced song "Trenchcoat Man" recorded by the short-lived German band Fabrique, the members of which were Gronau and Höing.

"Secret Land" was released in September 1988{{cite web |url=http://www.sandra-music.com/en/secret-land.html |title=Secret Land |publisher=www.sandra-music.com |accessdate=2019-07-15}} as the second single preceding Sandra's third studio album, Into a Secret Land. The song charted in the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland, and reached the top 20 in a number of other European countries. It was also a no. 11 and no. 13 airplay hit in Germany and Austria, respectively.{{cite magazine |date=1988-12-03 |title=Playlist Report |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-12-03.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |location=Amsterdam |volume=5 |issue=49 |page=9 |access-date=2019-06-16}}{{cite magazine |date=1988-11-26 |title=Playlist Report |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-11-26.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |location=Amsterdam |volume=5 |issue=48 |page=9 |access-date=2019-06-16}} It also charted on the pan-European airplay chart at no. 43 and no. 24 on the sales chart.{{cite magazine |date=1988-12-03 |title=European Airplay Top 50 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-12-03-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |location=Amsterdam |volume=5 |issue=49 |page=21 |access-date=2019-06-16}}

In 1999, a remix of the song was released on Sandra's compilation My Favourites. It was released as a single to promote the album, but only met with minor success in Germany. The track was remixed again for her 2006 compilation Reflections.