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DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind

Music Video | 1998
ArtistDJ Sakin
ArtistFriends
SongProtect Your Mind
IntroNo
OutroNo
Alternate Version DetailsMotion Picture Braveheart
Samples fromMotion Picture Braveheart Soundtrack
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
additional CreditsMedival like persons walk through a setting similar to the Highlands

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Synopsis

DJ Sakin and Torsten Stenzel appear in a performance-led video built around the track's grand, cinematic trance atmosphere. The imagery connects the duo with the heroic mood suggested by the "Braveheart" subtitle, using dramatic settings, atmospheric lighting, and fast-paced studio and performance shots. Rather than following a detailed narrative, the clip presents the performers as the human focus of an epic electronic reinterpretation, matching the track's combination of soaring melody, dance rhythms, and vocal declarations of courage and freedom.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "Protect Your Mind" is based on "For the Love of a Princess" from James Horner's score for the 1995 film *Braveheart*.
  • The vocal version features Janet Taylor. Other editions of the single included an instrumental version and remixes by Lange, Ayla, Van Bellen, and Suspicious.
  • The track was first released in 1998 and later appeared on the 1999 album *Walk on Fire*.
  • "Protect Your Mind" became DJ Sakin & Friends' breakthrough record, reaching No. 3 in Germany and No. 4 in the United Kingdom. It also reached No. 1 in Scotland.
  • The song was nominated for a 1999 Echo Award in the national dance single category.
  • The project brought together Sakin Bozkurt, better known as DJ Sakin, and producer Torsten Stenzel. The pair later continued working together in other trance projects.
  • The record was part of the late-1990s wave of trance tracks that transformed familiar film and classical melodies into club anthems.
  • The single appeared under several closely related titles, including "Protect Your Mind (Braveheart)" and "Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess)."

Lyrics

Braveheart, you are my Braveheart,
Take me in your arms,
You are my Braveheart.

Fighting so we can be free,
Fighting for our dignity,
Fighting for the truth and then,
We can go and live again.

Fighting for the way that's right,
Fighting for our truth at night,
Fighting up until the dawn,
He won't stop until he's won.

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© DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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