Everything just stolen (song)

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All just stolen
The princes
publication 1993
length 2:33
Genre (s) Pop rock
Author (s) Tobias Künzel
album All just stolen

All just stolen is a song by the Leipzig a cappella group Die Prinzen from their album of the same name . The song was released as a single by Hansa / BMG Ariola Media GmbH in September 1993 . The maxi single contains three different versions of the title track as well as a medley.

At the same time as the single, Die Prinzen released the video. In this clip, which is not underlaid with the single version known from radio, but with the rockier version called "Guitar Mix", videos from other bands (including Queen - I Want to Break Free , U2 - Numb , Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love , U96 - Love Sees No Color , The Beloved - Sweet Harmony , ZZ Top , Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer , The Cure - Lullaby , Genesis - I Can't Dance , AC / DC - Big Gun , Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence , Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her , Kiss ) parodied.

The cover of the maxi CD consists of an illustration showing a frog's foot reaching for a crown. Thomas Sassenbach is named as responsible for the art direction and Knut Jaspersen for the illustration .

Involved

At the time of publication, Die Prinzen consisted of Sebastian Krumbiegel (vocals), Tobias Künzel (vocals), Wolfgang Lenk (guitar, vocals), Henri Schmidt (vocals) and Jens Sembdner (vocals).

Annette Humpe worked as a producer . Only the second track of the maxi, the guitar mix, was produced by Graham Laybourne. The arranger of the recordings was Wolfgang Lenk. Andreas Herbig, Laybourne and Axel Wernecke were responsible for the rhythm programming. Laybourne's songs were recorded and mixed in the “Boogie Park Studio Hamburg”. Achim Kruse did the mastering. Tolga Flim Flam Balkan was also involved in the production of the medley . All pieces have been published by “Moderato / G. Glueck Musik GmbH ”.

Schematic structure and instrumentation

The song is structured according to the following typical scheme: first verse - chorus - second verse - chorus - third verse - chorus, whereby the chorus is always brought only once, even with the last appearance.

The key is E minor throughout.

The song is instrumented as follows:

  • Singing: lead and striking, polyphonic background choir
  • Drums: Kick in the typical 4-to-the-floor groove, as well as continuous snare, hi-hat and occasionally tom-toms
  • Synthesizer: medium, rhythmic ostinato
  • Electronic bass

The original version of the song is relatively short at only 2:33. The tempo is around 160 BPM.

Track list

The CD single version only contains the first song, while the guitar mix is on the B-side of the 7 ″ vinyl single. The maxi version also includes the a cappella mix and the mega dance mix .

  1. Everything just stolen - 2:33 - (Tobias Künzel)
  2. Everything just stolen (guitar mix) - 3:15 - (Tobias Künzel)
  3. Everything just stolen (a cappella mix) - 2:33 - (Tobias Künzel)
  4. Prince Mix Vol. II (Mega Dance Mix) - 6:48
    • 1X - (Sembdner, Künzel)
    • Why did you do that - (Humpe, Krumbiegel)
    • I don't need you anymore - (Sembdner, Krumbiegel)
    • Bomb - (Krumbiegel, Künzel, Lenk)
    • Abgehau'n - (Krumbiegel, Künzel)
    • Rotten dishes - (Humpe, Krumbiegel, Künzel)
    • Suleimann - (Humpe, Krumbiegel, Künzel)
    • No kissing - (Humpe, Krumbiegel, Künzel)

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 4th (27 weeks) 27
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 3 (12 weeks) 12
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 26th (10 weeks) 10

Awards

Cover versions

As a comedy about the plagiarism affair of Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg , Radio ffn published the Guttenberg song, a rewritten version of Alles nur stolen . It was uploaded to YouTube on February 19, 2011 and can also be viewed on the broadcaster's website. The singer Sha had already covered the song in 2007 and provided the verses with new lyrics. Heino also covered the song in 2013 for his album With Kind Regards - Now even more! . Christina Stürmer covered the title as part of the 2nd season of Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert , broadcast on VOX in 2015 . Another cover version of the dark metal band Nachtblut exists . In addition, the metalcore band Callejon covered the song on their cover album Man speaks German . The Erlangen fun metal band JBO released a cover version with their own self-deprecating lyrics on their album Deutsche Vita in 2018 . On October 26, 2019, Dennis and Jesko published a retyped version of the song on YouTube in response to the renewed postponement of Brexit .

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE
  3. ↑ Yahoo Germany, Der Guttenberg-Song: Everything just stolen. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011 ; Retrieved February 21, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Video of the cover on youtube.com
  5. ↑ New cover songs by Heino In: Werben & Sell from September 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ JBO - Everything just stolen from youtube.com
  7. ↑ The Neverending Brexit Song | extra3. Retrieved October 26, 2019 (German).