Breathless through the night
| Breathless through the night | |
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| Helene Fischer | |
| publication | November 29, 2013 |
| length | 3:42 |
| Genre (s) | Bat |
| Author (s) | Kristina Bach |
| Award (s) | ECHO Pop |
| album | play of colors |
Breathless through the night is a song by German pop singer Helene Fischer . The piece is the second single from her sixth studio album Farbenspiel .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by German pop singer and composer Kristina Bach and recorded at Gaga Studios in Hamburg . The single was produced and programmed by Jean Frankfurter and published by Polydor . The song was mastered under the direction of Michael Bestmann. As an additional instrumentalist, in addition to Frankfurter on keyboard, Peter Weihe on guitar was hired. On the cover of the maxi single, next to the artist name and song title, a blurred skyline can be seen during a sunset .
The piece was written in the spring of 2013, when Bach was in Mallorca to work on her new album. Because she still wanted to meet friends, she recorded the chorus of the piece on tape in her kitchen within two minutes. The title was actually intended for Bach himself, but at an event Fischer asked Bach whether she had a new piece for her. At first she said no, but later she passed the song on to Fischer. In 2014 Bach published her composition as an English version with the title Take a Breath on her studio album Leben ist Liebe!
Publication and promotion
The first release of Breathless through the night took place on 29 November 2013, Germany, Austria and Switzerland . The song is available as a single download and as a maxi single with six further remixes for download or as a physical sound carrier. On iTunes there is a special maxi version Breathless Through the Night (The Radio Mixes Special Version) with a total of eight tracks. In addition to the album version of Atemlos durch die Nacht , the maxi single contains remix versions by Bassflow, Sean Finn and Florian Paetzold as B-side . In addition to the regular maxi single, a remix EP with seven " extended remixes" was released.
In order to promote the song, there followed, among other things, live appearances in prime time during the Bambi 2013 awards ceremony , Menschen 2013 and TV total . On November 13, 2014, Fischer was awarded her second Bambi in the entertainment category. Prior to the frontman sang Sunrise Avenue , Samu Haber , a short unplugged version of Breathless through the night at the start of his eulogy; after the award ceremony, Fischer performed live. In the run-up to the 2014 World Cup , the song became one of the favorites of the German national soccer team . So it happened that the piece was played in the stadium after the test matches in the run-up to the World Cup. On July 15, 2014, Fischer sang the piece live at the reception of the national team on the fan mile in front of the Brandenburg Gate . DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach stated that he did not know who made it that breathless became one of the team songs through the night . He said, however, that the Borussia Dortmund players are big fans of her and that she sang for the team last year after the 2013 UEFA Champions League final . Before Fischer's appearance, Weidenfeller was specifically asked about her by Borussia Dortmund, who once again confirmed that he was a big fan of her.
Remix versions
- Breathless Through the Night (A Class Dance Edit)
- Breathless Through the Night (A Class Kuduro Edit)
- Breathless through the night (A Class Kuduro Floor Mix)
- Breathless Through the Night (A Class Spheric Floor Edit)
- Breathless Through the Night (Bassflow Alternative Remake Edit)
- Breathless through the night (Bassflow Main Radio / Video Mix)
- Breathless through the night (Florian Paetzold Remix)
- Breathless Through the Night (Sean Finn Remix)
- Breathless Through the Night (The Pope Remix)
Content and plagiarism allegation
The lyrics to breathless through the night are written in German. Music and text are by Kristina Bach. Musically, the song moves in the area of the hit , the rhythm of the piece is based on the Discofox . In addition to Fischer's singing, the voices of Bimey Oberreit, Franco Leon , Julian Feifel and Kareena Schönberger can be heard in the background . The song depicts a perfect night between a couple in love, a night without taboos and full of freedom that should never end. In the ultimate chart show on January 6, 2016, Bach replied to Atze Schröder's question what it was actually about with the short answer: "Joy of life".
Shortly after its publication, the media and music experts discussed a similarity to the song Land of Dreams by Rosanne Cash . Cash composed the piece in April 2012 for the Discover America campaign promoting travel to the United States . The production team explained the similarities in such a way that both songs are based on an Irish folk song. In January 2015, the German music producer Jack White claimed that the first eight notes of Atemlos durch die Nacht were identical to those of his composition Ein Festival der Liebe . The marks nine to twelve are therefore a repetition of the first four; then comes a repetition of the twelve notes. The following “oho oho” is also similar to the “oho oha” from A Festival of Love .
Breathless through the night
until a new day awakens.
Breathless just out,
your eyes pull me out!
Breathless through the night,
feel what love is doing to us.
Breathless, no fear of heights,
great cinema for the two of us.
Refrain, original excerpt
During the appearance for the German national team, Fischer sang a slightly modified version. The line “Everything I want is there, pure freedom, very close” became “Our dream is true, we have the World Cup!” And “Feel what love does to us” became “ Feel what football does to us ”.
Music video
At the beginning of the music video, the skyline and other streets of Chicago can be seen at dusk . Fischer then prepares for the evening. Then she drives to the first party location in a BMW M6 Cabriolet . There she sings her song with the guests. Later she leaves the party with two friends and drives in a traditional London black cab taxi to the next location in a bar . After a short time, she also leaves this place and goes to a discotheque . In between there are always pictures of Chicago at night and fishermen singing the song in different places. She is dressed differently at each location, so that she presents a total of six outfits. The total length is 3:37 minutes. Directed by Oliver Sommer. At Musicload , the video made it to number one on the music video charts.
Music video at VIVA
"Who the fuck is Helene Fischer?"
When Helene Fischer again conquered position one in the German album charts with her studio album Farbenspiel in the first week of January , the TV broadcaster VIVA wrote the above quote on its Facebook page . There was vehement protest against this post. Up until then, Fischer had never shown a music video on VIVA. At the beginning of January, breathless through the night was broadcast for the first time . It is one of the few hits that was played in full length at Viva.
Contributors
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reception
Awards
Breathless through the night , “SchlagerPlanet” was named single of the month for November 2013 by the website. On March 23, 2014, Fischer won the SWR 4 Hit Marathon in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg with breathless through the night . In Rhineland-Palatinate, it is Fischer's fourth victory since 2008. During the 2015 Echo Awards , Atemlos durch die Nacht was awarded an ECHO in the Hit of the Year category (national or international) .
Charts and chart placements
Breathless through the night reached the single charts even before its release due to high download numbers on October 18, 2013. In Germany the single reached position three in the single charts and was able to stay in the top 10 for 37 weeks and in the charts for 116 weeks. In Austria the single reached position one and stayed at the top for a total of four weeks, 40 weeks in the top 10 and 92 weeks in the charts. In Switzerland the single reached position two and stayed in the top 10 for 17 weeks and in the charts for 80 weeks. Although the song did not make it to number one, it was still the most successful German-language song in the German single charts for a period of 15 weeks and the most successful German-language song in the Austrian hit parade for 27 weeks . Breathless through the night placed first in the single year charts of 2014 in Germany and Austria and fourth in Switzerland. In 2015, Atemlos placed 50th in the German and Austrian single annual charts through the night , and 69th in Switzerland.
For Fischer it is the ninth chart success in Germany, the fourth in Austria and the fifth in Switzerland. In all three countries it is their first top 10 success and thus also the first number one hit in Austria. After Ich will always ... feel this fever and Fehlerfrei for the third time a single was placed in all DA-CH countries. In all three states, no single Fischers has been able to place higher or longer in the charts. Previously, error free with Höchposition 20 most successful chart single fisherman in Germany. Breathless through the night , the 25th single managed to place itself in the German top 10 for more than 26 weeks. The last time Gossip succeeded in doing this with Heavy Cross five years earlier. In addition, breathless through the night with over 100 weeks is the title that has stayed in the German charts for the longest uninterrupted period.
For Frankfurter as a producer, Atemlos durch die Nacht is already the 34th chart success in Germany, as well as the eighth in Austria and the sixth in Switzerland. It is his second top 10 success in all three countries and in Austria he reached number one in the charts for the first time.
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Sales figures
In March 2015, Atemlos was awarded a diamond record for over one million units sold by the night in Germany . This means that the single, together with Anton from Tyrol ( DJ Ötzi ) and the longest single in the world ( Wolfgang Petry ), after Ein Stern (... who bears your name) by DJ Ötzi and Nik P. , is one of the best-selling German-language hits , as well generally one of the best-selling singles in Germany . In Austria, the single was awarded double platinum on February 13, 2015 for over 60,000 units sold and in Switzerland in October 2014 it was awarded a platinum record for over 30,000 units sold. In total, the single was awarded three platinum and one diamond awards, and has sold more than 1,090,000 copies.
In June 2015, breathless broke the single download record in Germany through the night . With over 852,000 downloads, it overtook Avicii and Aloe Blacc with Wake Me Up , who only set a new record two months earlier with 851,000.
| country | Awards | Sales |
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 Germany
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 diamond
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1,000,000 |
 Austria
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 2 × platinum
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60,000 |
 Switzerland
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 platinum
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30,000 |
| All in all |
3 × platinum 1 × diamond
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1,090,000 |
Cover versions and parodies (selection)
- 2014 - Bernd Stelter played a cover version called Arbeitslos durch die Nacht during the Cologne Carnival in February 2014 . This version caused a stir because Stelter had not released the piece and thus violated copyright law. This lies with Kristina Bach, who happened to be a spectator at Stelter's appearance. Because of this, after the performance, there were disagreements between her and Stelter.
- 2014 - Antenne Niedersachsen : On the occasion of the Uli Hoeneß ruling in March 2014, the radio station published the cover version of Breathless in jail , which was viewed over a million times on YouTube within a few days.
- 2014 - Ikke Hüftgold : The German pop singer recorded a Ballermann version called Hackevoll through the night .
- 2014 - Laura Lynn : The Belgian singer recorded a Dutch version called Jij en ik as a promo single.
- 2014 - Carolin Kebekus : shortness of breath , parody for the awarding of the German Comedy Prize 2014.
- 2014 - Marie-José van der Kolk : Dutch version with the title Ademloos door de Nacht .
- 2015 - SpongeBob SquarePants : The music project to SpongeBob SquarePants published on 13 February 2015 a version under the title without cash on the album The Superbob album .
- 2015 - Turbobier : Retexted punk rock version with the title unemployed .
- 2015 - Liezel Pieters : South African version entitled Asemloos
- 2016 - Charlotte Perrelli : Swedish version with the title Här står jag , rarely also as Här är jag .
- 2016 - Andreas Fulterer : Italian version with the title Anche tu .
See also
Web links
- Breathless through the night at Discogs (English)
- Breathless through the night at universal-music.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claudia Borchers: Kristina Bach: I wrote Helene Fischer's 'Atemlos' in less than two minutes! (No longer available online.) In: mallorca-blog.de. Gregor Zmuda, December 4, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Breathless Through the Night (The Radio Mixes Special Version) from iTunes, last accessed on: December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Breathless through the night at Bambi 2013 ( memento from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on: December 23, 2013.
- ↑ People 2013: Annual review with Lanz, Helene Fischer and Heino. (No longer available online.) In: schlagerplanet.com. December 8, 2013, archived from the original on December 30, 2013 ; Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (“Breathless through the night” in Menschen 2013).
- ↑ Breathless through the night on TV total ( memento from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on: December 23, 2013.
- ↑ ATEMLOS unplugged - Samu Haber - Sunrise Avenue. ARD BAMBI 2014. (No longer available online.) In: youtube.com. November 13, 2014, archived from the original on November 14, 2014 ; Retrieved August 17, 2018 (0:57 min.).
- ↑ Breathless through the night at Bambi 2014 ( memento from November 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) last accessed on: November 14, 2014.
- ↑ Breathless through the night live on the fan mile ( memento from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on: July 16, 2014.
- ↑ The Ultimate Chart Show - The Most Successful Singers of All Time. January 8, 2016, RTL Television.
- ↑ Wulf Piella: plagiarism allegations against superhit. Has Helene Fischer's "breathless" been stolen? (No longer available online.) In: swr.de. SWR4 Rhineland-Palatinate, June 3, 2014, archived from the original on September 2, 2014 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Lawyers examine legal steps: Has the refrain of Helene Fischer's “Breathless” been stolen? ( Memento of November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Jack White “Breathless Through the Night” // “A Festival of Love”. Statement from hit producer Jack White on the press coverage of Monday, January 5th, 2015! (No longer available online.) In: smago.de. January 5, 2015; Archived from the original on January 9, 2015 ; accessed on March 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Sing along with: SONGTEXT of the World Cup version “Breathless through the night” by Helene Fischer. In: Epoch Times . July 17, 2014, accessed August 17, 2018.
- ↑ Contributors of the music video from Atemlos durch die Nacht at crew-united.de, last accessed on: December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Breathless through the night at position one on the Musicload video charts, last accessed on: January 25, 2014.
- ↑ VIVA Facebookpost at viva.tv last accessed on: January 25, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d Other contributors at discogs.com last accessed on: December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Jenny Rommel: Helene Fischer: "Breathless through the night" - your new single. (No longer available online.) In: schlagerplanet.com. shobbits GmbH, November 11, 2013, archived from the original on November 13, 2013 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 (“Breathless through the night” single of the month + number 1 on the airplay charts).
- ↑ Ernst Seitz: The winner of the SWR4 Hit Marathon 2014. All good things come fourth (No longer available online.) In: swr.de. SWR4 RP, March 23, 2014, archived from the original on March 25, 2014 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Helene Fischer puts everyone in the shade. Not only at the top in the SWR4 hit marathon. (No longer available online.) In: swr.de. SWR, March 25, 2014, archived from the original on March 25, 2014 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ germanchartblog on Sept. 11, 2015.
- ↑ Breathless through the night in the German single charts at Charts.de, last accessed on: February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Breathless through the night in the Swiss single charts at swisscharts.com, last accessed on: January 26, 2014.
- ↑ Helene Fischer with a double victory in the annual music charts. “Breathless through the night” and “Play of colors” were the most successful in 2014. Seven German artists in the album top ten. (No longer available online.) In: officialcharts.de. January 7, 2015, archived from the original on January 15, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Top 10 single year charts. In: officialcharts.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Annual Singles Singles 2014. austriancharts.at, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
- ^ Annual hit parade Singles 2015. In: austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2014. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2015. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Helene Fischer breaks the 850,000 download mark, last accessed on: June 22, 2015
- ↑ Diamond in Germany last accessed on: March 24, 2015 (search required)
- ↑ 2x platinum in Austria last accessed on: February 15, 2015 (search required)
- ↑ Platinum in Switzerland last accessed on: October 23, 2014 (search required)
- ^ Cover version by Bernd Stelter last accessed on: February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Breathless in the prison" feat. Uli Hoeneß. (No longer available online.) In: antenne.com. Antenne Niedersachsen, archived from the original on March 16, 2014 ; accessed on August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Breathless in the prison feat. Uli Hoeneß (Antenne Niedersachsen) on YouTube , March 13, 2014, accessed on August 17, 2018.
- ↑ Laura Lynn - Jij en ik
- ↑ Spongebob SquarePants - Cashless. austriancharts.at, accessed on April 7, 2017 .
- ^ Cover version of Turbobier last accessed on: February 21, 2016