Mea Culpa (Part II)

"Mea Culpa (Part II)"
Single by Enigma
from the album MCMXC a.D.
B-side"Communion: O sacrum convivium"
Released1991
GenreNew age
Length4:30
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Sadeness (Part I)"
(1990)
"Mea Culpa (Part II)"
(1991)
"Principles of Lust"
(1991)
A Gregorian Kyrie from the mass XI (Orbis Factor) used in Mea Culpa.

"Mea Culpa (Part II)" is a song by German musical project Enigma. It was released in 1991 as the second single from their debut album, MCMXC a.D. (1990). Like their previous single "Sadeness (Part I)", it is sung in French and Latin, though "Mea Culpa (Part II)" also has a line in English, "The time has come".

"Mea Culpa" was the project's second top-10 hit in their native Germany, reaching number seven, as well as reaching the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. However, it failed to match the success of "Sadeness (Part I)" in many other countries, reaching number 20 in Ireland, number 59 in Canada and number 55 in both Australia and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot, but reached number seven on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart. The accompanying music video for the song received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.[1] Two music videos were made, the first for the orthodox version and the second for the catholic version.

  1. ^ "Station Reports: MTV" (PDF). Music & Media. 9 March 1991. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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