Can't Wait Until Tonight

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Can't Wait Until Tonight
Max
publication March 8, 2004
length 3:01
Genre (s) jazz
Author (s) Stefan Raab
Label Warner
album Max Mutzke
Cover version
2012 Hubertus of Garnier
Max Mutzke made his debut with the song

Can't Wait Until Tonight is the German contribution to the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest , which was presented by Max Mutzke and part of the heavytones band . The song was written by Stefan Raab . It was after the posts Guildo loves you and Wadde hadde dudde there? the third contribution by Stefan Raab to the Eurovision Song Contest . The song itself is about a man who is waiting for an evening together with his great love. In the black and white music video Max can be seen making music together with the heavy tones. For Max Mutzke the song marked the beginning of his career, he was discovered shortly before at the event Stefan-Sucht-Den-Super-Grand-Prix-Star by Stefan Raab.

Preliminary decision

The German preliminary decision took place on March 19, 2004 in Berlin-Treptow and was moderated by Sarah Kuttner and Jörg Pilawa . Due to a rule change and the cooperation between the broadcasters NDR and VIVA , the respective songs had to be shown in advance as a music video on VIVA. When preliminary decision involved, among other scooters ( Jigga Jigga! ), Tina Frank ( I'll give 'you my heart ) and Sabrina Setlur feat. Glashaus & Franziska ( love ). Max Mutzke won the preliminary round in both rounds with a clear lead (1. 67%, 2. 92.05%).

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place on May 15, 2004 at the Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex in Istanbul . Max performed with some members of the band heavytones and presented part of the song in Turkish and the rest in English. Max's performance was not particularly spectacular, he sat on a bar stool with his eyes closed and sang his song. This led commentator Peter Urban to the following statement:

"Please open your eyes while singing!"

In an interview with Sertab Erener, Stefan Raab joked that he wrote this song just for her. The song reached the 8th place of the ESC with a total of 93 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004.svg Distributed points
AndorraAndorra
AD 		AlbaniaAlbania
AL 		AustriaAustria
AT 		Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
BA 		BelgiumBelgium
BE 		BelarusBelarus
BY 		SwitzerlandSwitzerland
CH 		Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
CS 		Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus
CY 		GermanyGermany
DE 		DenmarkDenmark
DK 		EstoniaEstonia
EE 		SpainSpain
IT 		FinlandFinland
FI 		FranceFrance
FR 		United KingdomUnited Kingdom
GB 		GreeceGreece
GR 		CroatiaCroatia
MR 		IrelandIreland
IE 		IsraelIsrael
IL 		IcelandIceland
IS 		LithuaniaLithuania
LT 		LatviaLatvia
LV 		MonacoMonaco
MC 		North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia
MK 		MaltaMalta
MT 		NetherlandsNetherlands
NL 		NorwayNorway
NO 		PolandPoland
PL 		PortugalPortugal
PT 		RomaniaRomania
RO 		RussiaRussia
RU 		SwedenSweden
SE 		SloveniaSlovenia
SI 		TurkeyTurkey
TR 		UkraineUkraine
UA 		total
GermanyGermany Germany - 2 10 3 - - 10 - - - 2 12 - 7th 4th - 1 4th - - 1 - 7th - - 3 1 6th 8th 4th - - 3 5 - 93

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (18 weeks) 18th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 2 (24 weeks) 24
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 4th (18 weeks) 18th

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 300,000
All in all Platinum record icon.svg 1 × platinum
 300,000

Track list

On March 8, 2004, a CD was released with the radio version, a remix version, the instrumental and a live version of Can't Wait Until Tonight. Stefan Raab was the producer and copywriter.

Can't Wait Until Tonight
# title length
1. Can't Wait Until Tonight (Radio Version) 3:04
2. Can't Wait Until Tonight (Dry Wurlitzer Mix) 2:54
3. Can't Wait Until Tonight (Instrumental) 3:04
4th Can't Wait Until Tonight (Live Version) 3:08

Cover versions

The German singer Hubertus von Garnier recorded a cover version of the title based on the music by Stefan Raab. On February 17, 2012, he released his track Ask Not (Can't Wait Until Tonight) . Mareike Neumayer wrote the text.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.diggiloo.net/?2004de
  2. ↑ official music video
  3. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/max241.html
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurovision.de
  5. ↑ Appearance at the ESC 2004
  6. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/max241.html
  7. ↑ Interview by Stefan Raab at ESC 2004
  8. ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=8
  9. ↑ Max - Can't Wait Until Tonight Chart Placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on September 29, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Max - Can't Wait Until Tonight Chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed September 29, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Max - Can't Wait Until Tonight Chart Placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed September 29, 2019 .
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