Heart is trump (then you call ...)

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Heart is trump (then you call ...)
trio
publication 1983
length 3:32
Genre (s) Neue Deutsche Welle
Author (s) Stephan Remmler / Kralle Krawinkel
album bye Bye
Trio: heart is trump

Herz ist Trumpf (Then you call ...) is a song by the German band Trio from 1983. Text and music are from Stephan Remmler and Kralle Krawinkel .

content

The song describes the daily routine and the daydreams of a man, which are repeatedly interrupted by calls from his loved ones or the longing for these calls. The text of the song is sung in the form of an enumeration (excerpt: "I read my horoscope in the picture every day / Then I'll cook an egg because you want to be fit"), with each point of the enumeration by a women's choir, who "So what? What then? ”Sings, is announced.

production

Herz ist Trumpf was recorded by Trio in the studio of the German band Can in Weilerswist in spring 1983 . Stephan Remmler sings and plays the keyboard at the same time. Kralle Krawinkel plays the electric guitar and Peter Behrens the drums. In addition to the band Trio, Annette Humpe (choir) and Klaus Voormann (bass) are involved in the production. Voormann is also the producer of the title.

In addition to the German version of Herz ist Trumpf , the band produced an English version entitled Hearts are Trump .

Around the year 2000, Trio played a new version of Herz ist Trumpf as part of the preparations for an ultimately failed comeback . In this version, Stephan Remmler's three sons Cecil, Jonni and Lauro Remmler sang the choir . However, this version remained unpublished.

publication

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Heart is trump (then you call ...)
  DE 12 10/10/1983 (20 weeks)
  AT 3 11/01/1983 (14 weeks)
  CH 9 11/13/1983 (13 weeks)

The song Herz ist Trumpf appeared in Germany on Trio's second studio album Bye Bye and was also released as a single. The English version was also released as a single across Europe. On the B-side is the title Girl Girl Girl .

Only in Germany was Herz ist Trumpf also published on an advertising single in red vinyl, which was distributed exclusively for advertising purposes by the company "Herz Armaturen GmbH".

Parodies

In a Bavarian parody of the song, Max Grießer described the course of a heart-solo Schafkopf game.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Repertoire search on www.gema.de
  2. ↑ Song information about Herz ist Trumpf at www.stephan-remmler.de ( Memento from April 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ The Trio Comeback ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
  5. ↑ Sound carrier information on Herz ist Trumpf ( Memento from February 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )