Broken Strings
| Broken Strings | |
|---|---|
| James Morrison and Nelly Furtado | |
| publication | December 8, 2008 |
| length | 4:14 |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) | James Morrison, Fraser T. Smith, Nina Woodford |
| album | Songs for You, Truths for Me |
Broken Strings is a duet by British singer and songwriter James Morrison and Portuguese - Canadian singer and songwriter Nelly Furtado . It was released as the second single from Morrison's second studio album Songs for You, Truths for Me and reached the top of the charts in Germany and Switzerland in early 2009 .
Emergence
Morrison co-wrote the song with Fraser T. Smith and Nina Woodford. Initially, the song was not planned as a duet, as Smith confirmed in an interview :
"[...] when James, myself and Nina Woodford were writing the song, and Nina put a harmony in as backing vocal idea. The more we listened to it, the more we thought," Hey, this could be an interesting duet. " "
translated:
"[...] when James, I and Nina Woodford wrote the song and Nina added a harmony as an idea for the backing vocals. The more we heard it, the more we thought," Hey, this could be an interesting duet. " "
Morrison's label picked Furtado as a duet partner because Smith said her and Woodford's voices were pretty similar and contacted her. Furtado agreed.
song lyrics
The lyrics describe the feelings of a person whose relationship with another person has just failed. The words " Broken Strings " (German: "Zerrissene Saiten") symbolize the broken love, as is clear from the chorus:
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
You can't play on broken strings.
You cannot feel anything
that the heart does not want to feel.
I can't fool you what's not true.
Charts
Broken Strings was released in Germany on January 16, 2009 and reached number one in the charts in the first week . There the duet could last for five weeks. This makes it Morrison's first number one hit in Germany and Furtado's second after All Good Things (Come to an End) . In addition, the single reached the top position in the German airplay charts for four weeks . It also became a number one hit in Switzerland . In Austria and Great Britain the duet reached number two.
Awards
| country | Award |
|---|---|
| Germany | platinum |
| Switzerland | gold |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Broken Strings in Germany
- ↑ Broken Strings in Switzerland
- ^ A b Fraser T. Smith Interview
- ↑ Broken Strings Lyrics. In: lyricsmode.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany: Week 03/2009. germancharts.de, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
- ^ Platinum DE
- ^ Gold CH