Cascada - Last Christmas

What this video is

Released in November–December 2007, Cascada's 'Last Christmas' is a Eurodance rework of Wham!'s iconic 1984 George Michael-penned Christmas classic. The cover arrived at a moment when German Eurodance acts — particularly the Cologne-based trio of Natalie Horler, Yanou, and DJ Manian — were achieving broad European and North American digital chart penetration. The track served as a B-side to their major single 'What…

Why it matters

Represents the 2007 peak of German Eurodance acts reworking Anglo-American pop canon for European digital markets. Cascada's treatment — accelerating the tempo, adding four-on-the-floor production, and centring Natalie Horler's powerful vocal delivery — became a textbook example of Eurodance cover…

The director

Dirk Hilger is a music video director, producer, and photographer based in Cologne, Germany, operating through his production company DHX Studios. He is credited on multiple Eurodance and German pop music videos from the late 2000s onwards, including work…