Terra Titanic
| Terra Titanic | |
|---|---|
| Peter Schilling | |
| publication | May 1984 |
| length | 4:30 |
| Genre (s) | Neue Deutsche Welle |
| Author (s) | Peter Schilling , Ulf Krüger |
| Producer (s) | Armin Sabol , Peter Schilling |
| album | 120 degrees |
Terra Titanic is a song by the German musician Peter Schilling from 1984, which is attributed to the Neue Deutsche Welle . Schilling wrote the music himself, the text is by Ulf Krüger .
In the song, an allegory about the sinking of the Titanic is described as a doomsday scenario .
Publication and reception
Terra Titanic was released in May 1984 as the pre- single of Schilling's second studio album 120 Grad , in the German single charts the title reached number 26 and was placed for 18 weeks. Schilling appeared with the song twice in the ZDF hit parade ; on June 30, 1984, he was elected to third place by TED vote. On July 21, he was therefore allowed to play the title again. On January 17, 1985, there was also an appearance on the special program Die Superhitparade - Hits des Jahres '84 .
The band Samsas Traum produced a cover version of the song, which is included as a bonus track on the album Utopia .
Trivia
The song begins with the fact that the radar and echo sounder saw the accident coming, but in fact these were only developed later, not least because of the sinking of the Titanic.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEMA ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic , golyr.de
- ^ Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic (ZDF hit parade, June 30, 1984) on YouTube
- ↑ https://amp.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article110457146/Titanic- geht-unter-Erfindergeist-blueht- auf.html
