"Ecuador" is a song produced by German DJ and record production team
Sash! featuring fellow German DJ
Rodriguez. It was released in April 1997 as the third single from their debut album, It's My Life – The Album (1997). The song became an international hit, peaking at number one in
Flanders, Romania and Scotland, as well as on the American and Canadian dance charts. It reached the top 20 in more than ten other countries worldwide.
Critical reception
Scottish Daily Record complimented "Ecuador" as an "intelligent dance hit"[1] and a "catchy number".[2] Daisy & Havoc from Music Week's RM rated it three out of five, adding that it's "more listenable in our opinion than the mega success '
Encore'".[3]
Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, "Ecuador" reached number two on the
UK Singles Chart, earning Sash! a platinum certification for sales and streams in excess of 600,000 units.[4][5] "Ecuador" reached number one in the
Flanders region of Belgium, Romania and Scotland and the top 10 in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.[6][7][8][9] It also reached the top 20 in Austria, France and Iceland.[6][10] On the
Eurochart Hot 100, "Ecuador" peaked at number three.[11] In the United States, the song was the second number-one on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for Sash!.[12] It was a more successful dance hit in Canada, becoming Sash!'s first number one on the
RPM Dance Chart, staying at the top position for four weeks and ending the year as Canada's second-most successful dance single, behind
Stars on 54's version of "
If You Could Read My Mind".[13][14]
Music video
The accompanying
music video for "Ecuador" was directed by Oliver Sommer,[15] who had previously directed the videos for "
Encore une fois" and "
Stay", and was shot in
Lanzarote and
Tenerife, Spain.[citation needed] It features female models appearing like bird-like creatures in a desert landscape.[16]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Covers and samples
On 15 March 2013,
ItaloBrothers release the single
This Is Nightlife, it uses many parts, including the melody, of "Ecuador". On 28 April 2023, in collaboration with Dutch-Moroccan DJ and producer
R3hab and Romanian singer
Inna, Sash! released the single "Rock My Body".[51][52] The single heavily interpolates "Ecuador".[53]
References
^"Chart Slot". Daily Record. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^"Chart Slot". Daily Record. 25 July 1997. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^Daisy & Havoc (24 May 1997).
"Hot Vinyl"(PDF). Music Week, in
Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2022.