Blind (song)
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| Wolfsheim | |
| publication | March 1, 2004 |
| length | 3:37 (original version) 4:00 (reprint) |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| Author (s) |
Peter Heppner , Markus Reinhardt |
| album | Spectators |
Blind ( English for blindness') is a song of the German synth pop - duo Wolfsheim . The piece is the fifth single from her fourth studio album Spectators and part of the soundtrack to Lars Büchel's feature film Peas at half past six . In addition, this is the duo's last official single release so far.
Creation and artwork
The song was written by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. In collaboration with Jose Alvarez-Brill , the two also produced the original version of the song. A later single version was produced in collaboration with Andreas Herbig. The single was programmed by Oliver Pinelli . The piece was mastered in the Hamburg Master & Servant Studios, under the direction of Tom Meyer. The single was released under the music label Strange Ways Records and distributed by Indigo . The piece was recorded in the following recording studios: The Factory in Belgium (original) and Tonofen Studio in Hamburg (Blind 2004). On the cover of the maxi single, which is divided in black and white , you can see a screenshot from the film Peas at half past six in addition to the artist name and song title . There is braille on the white part of the cover . The artwork comes from the Graphic Works Ottensen.
Publication and promotion
Blind was first published on March 1, 2004 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . This publication is a new edition of the original published in 1999. In addition to the cover and original version, the maxi single includes a live and instrumental version of the song as a B-side . The live recording comes from a performance in the auditorium and was created with the live musicians Jose Alvarez-Brill and Henning Verlage . In addition to the regular maxi single, a promo single was also released, which only contained the radio version of Blind . While the original can be found on the fourth studio album Spectators , Blind has not been released on any Wolfsheim album to date.
In order to promote the song, there was a live appearance on prime time during the ECHO Pop 2004 award ceremony . In addition, the piece was the official soundtrack of the German feature film peas at half past four by Lars Büchel .
content
The lyrics to Blind are in English; Translated into German, the title means "blindness". The music and the text were written jointly by Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. Musically, the song moves in the field of synth pop . The song is built up on two stanzas and a refrain in between and at the end of the song. The tempo is 160 beats per minute . Other instrumentalists are Jose Alvarez-Brill on guitar in the original version and Achim Färber on drums and Carsten Klatte on guitar in the new edition . The content of the piece alludes to aspects of blindness .
- Refrain, original excerpt
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- Refrain, translation
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Music video
The music video for Blind is a compilation of various film scenes of peas at half past five and a newly filmed scene. In the new scene, Reinhardt is out and about with a red VW Beetle convertible and does not notice that a blind woman (played by Fritzi Haberlandt ) is entering the street. The resident Heppner notices this while he was about to tie his shoes and wants to rush to the blind man's help. He's late and Reinhardt catches her. This is followed by a long scene in which the blind person hovers through the air in slow motion . In the end, Heppner catches the woman. The total length of the video is 4:09 minutes. As with the accompanying film, Lars Büchel directed. To date, the video has over 1.4 million views on YouTube (as of April 2016).
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Blind reached position 53 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of nine weeks. In Austria and Switzerland, entry into the charts has been denied to this day. For Wolfsheim this is the sixth and so far last chart success in Germany. For Heppner as a songwriter, this is already the eleventh chart success in Germany. It is his ninth chart success as a composer and his fifth as a music producer. For Reinhardt as a composer and songwriter, Blind is already the seventh chart success in Germany. It's his fifth chart success as a music producer.
Web links
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- ↑ Wolfsheim - Blind. discogs.com, accessed July 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Blind by Wolfsheim. songbpm.com, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Dirk Horst: Synthiepop - The soulful cold: Stories of Synthiepop
- ↑ Wolfsheim - Blind. officialcharts.de, accessed on July 27, 2015 .