Groove coverage
| Groove coverage | |
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 The groove coverage album 7 Years and 50 Days |
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| General information | |
| origin | Ingolstadt |
| Genre (s) | Dance |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.groove-coverage.de |
| Founding members | |
| Axel Konrad, Ole Wierk | |
| Current occupation | |
| Melanie Münch | |
| Markus Schaffarzyk | |
| Verena Rehm | |
Groove Coverage is a German band that consists of the Munich singer Melanie "Mell" Münch, Verena Rehm and Markus Schaffarzyk aka DJ Novus from Landshut . In addition to Central and Southeastern Europe, the band is especially known in Asia, especially in China . With well over 13 million records sold internationally, the band is still one of the most successful dance acts from Germany.
Band history
Musical debut (2001–2002)
The group was founded in summer 2001 by DJ Novus in collaboration with Suprime Music (Axel Konrad). The singles Hit Me and Are U Ready were created . The producer team included Axel Konrad, Ole Wierk, Markus Schaffarzyk ( DJ Novus ), Verena Rehm , David Sobol ( Betty Blitzkrieg ) and Lou Bega , who has worked on more than 13 titles in the band since 2002.
Shortly afterwards, producers Axel Konrad and Ole Wierk became aware of Melanie Münch ( Mell ), who was then 20 years old from Ingolstadt, and asked her to record some songs with them in the studio. The result was the third single Moonlight Shadow , a cover version of the Mike Oldfield classic. With this, the formation achieved its commercial breakthrough. Then Universal Music took the band under contract. Groove Coverage entered the top 10 of the German single charts on July 1, 2002 and achieved third place in the sixth chart week. They were awarded a gold record for over 250,000 records sold , as well as a nomination by the Echo . In addition to Germany, the project with the single Moonlight Shadow also made it into the official charts in Austria , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Belgium and Australia .
From then on Mell was the voice of the band. But since she was involved in family planning at that time, the model Henrika Spillner was first hired as the front woman for the stage and also appeared in the video for Moonlight Shadow , followed by the then 18-year-old Verena Rehm , who was on stage until 2003 and featured in the music videos for God Is A Girl and The End . Rehm still works as a songwriter, producer and second voice for the band today. Singer Mell has been on stage herself since October 2003 and was first seen in the music video for Poison .
Simultaneously with the fourth single God Is a Girl , which u. a. At number eight in the German charts, Groove Coverage also released their first album CoverGirl at the end of November 2002 , which made it to number 39 in Germany and number 43 in Austria.
Second album and further successes (2003-2004)
After the fifth single The End was released in March 2003 , the sixth single Poison was released in November 2003 , a cover version of the Alice Cooper classic from 1989. The single stayed in the top 20 of the German single charts for eleven weeks and reached number three in Austria and number 51 in the Netherlands. With the song they also made it into the charts in Great Britain and Ireland, which helped the band to their first chart entry in these countries. The band only got approval for a re-recording of the title after a year of waiting from Alice Cooper . The version became the commercially most successful cover of an Alice Cooper song since 1989. At over 90,000 euros, the accompanying music video was the band's most expensive to date and was shot over 4 days in the summer of 2003 in Switzerland by NeonNeon / BeatReabman. Directed by Daniel Siegler, who was also responsible for music videos for Silbermond and Tokio Hotel . In the video, singer Mell lies in a black basin filled with water from which only her face can be seen. At the time, this had the background of hiding the figure of the singer, as, according to the music industry, she did not fit into the norm. DJ Novus also publicly complained in a TV interview that front woman Mell was extremely retouched for all CD covers and press photos at that time in order to match the ideal image. The video for Poison was also censored in some countries because, according to the index, it contains scenes of a suspected creature such as in the film Kill Bill .
In March 2004 the third single and the corresponding album of the same name 7 Years and 50 Days were released. The song made it to number 16 in the German single charts in April 2004. In addition to Verena Rehm, Jessica Schaffer (Jessy), the sister of singer Mell, can also be heard as backing vocal in the song . The song was written by Ole Wierk and Lou Bega . At the same time, the album made it to number 15 in the German album charts and was at position 12 in Austria. The pop ballad She , also released as a single, is a cover version of the Christmas carol Stern über Bethlehem by Alfred Hans Zoller . The song was on the original album 7 Years and 50 Days as ??? (Question mark) listed. Originally it did not contain any text , which was added for the special edition of the album. As the first published ballad of the band, She entered the German charts on August 9, 2004 and once again made a top 20 entry in Germany and Austria. The sixth and final single Runaway made it into the top 20 of the German single charts. Reporter Kai Ebel plays a small role in the video for the song .
Decline in record sales and hiatus (2005–2008)
In August 2005 the ninth single Holy Virgin was released . This title is a cover version of the title Fata Morgana by the Austrian group Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung from 1986. The music video shows model Kader Loth in the lead role. The song made it to number 12 in Austria. The next single, On the Radio , a cover version of the title Mann im Mond by the group Die Prinzen from 1991, was released in early March 2006. Before that, Groove Coverage made a mark against illegal downloading of music titles and published the alleged song On the Radio on the Internet , which later turned out to be Let it Be , from the album 21st Century . The original of the song reached 21st place in Germany. The eleventh single 21st Century Digital Girl is a remake based on Bad Religion's 21st Century Digital Boy and only made it to 41st place in the Top 100. The third album, 21st Century , was released at the same time as the single on July 8, 2006. In Germany, the album was 39th, in Austria 24th. In both charts, however, the album quickly passed from the hit lists.
The single Because I Love You was released in November 2007, as was the first greatest hits album, which includes all hit singles as well as two new tracks and exclusive remixes. The album could no longer build on its old successes and failed to make it into the German album top 100. This was followed by a release hiatus of about three years, with a cover version of the title Somewhere Over The Rainbow appeared in 2008 under the pseudonym Panzer Hawaii .
Comeback and new album (2010–2012)
In September 2010 the band started a comeback after almost three years. In addition, she switched to Sony Music Germany / Columbia Dance.
On October 1, 2010, the new single Innocent was released by Sony Music Entertainment, which was ranked 38th in the German music charts. This is a cover by Mike Oldfield (like Moonlight Shadow ) and Anita Hegerland . Previously, on August 18, 2010, several audio samples were published on YouTube .
A new single, Angeline , a cover of Lotosblume , with which Die Flippers already had a hit in the 1980s, was released in April 2011. The song achieved high placements in various DJ, club and dance charts as well as in the music load -Sales charts number one. Angeline landed at number 22 in the German music charts and was the highest-placed German title in the week of publication. The song stayed in the German charts for 16 weeks and also reached number 26 in Austria.
On March 16, 2012, the single Think About The Way was released together with rapper Rameez . The single reached number 54 in the German charts. On March 30, 2012, the fourth studio album entitled Riot On The Dancefloor was released via Sony Music. Mells sister Jessica Schaffer contributed the song The World Is Mine to the album . This was their second collaboration with the band after the single 7 Years and 50 Days . The new album missed entry into the German album charts.
On June 10, 2012, Groove Coverage performed with the title Riot On The Dancefloor in the ZDF television garden . This was released on July 20, 2012 as the fourth single from the album. The accompanying music video was shot in Berlin . The single reached number 91 in Germany and number 72 in Austria. To date (2019), this song is the last to be placed in the official music charts.
New start with a new label (2013-2015)
On March 31, 2013 (Easter Sunday), singer Mell performed at the Easter Rave in Oberhausen in front of over 6500 people. Accompanied by two dancers, she performed the band's most successful songs.
On January 31, 2014, Tell Me was released as the band's new single, a cover of Brenda Lee's Always on My Mind , which was popularized primarily through versions of Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys . The band started a fresh start by switching Groove Coverage from Columbia Dance to the Epic sublabel at Sony Music Germany. The band's website has also been revised for this new single. In the accompanying music video , the second voice of the band Verena Rehm plays a supporting role.
On December 19, 2014, the band released their new single Wait , a cover version of the Maggie Reilly song from 1992. The music video for the song was shot on November 16, 2014 in Ingolstadt and released on December 17, 2014. The single was only available as an MP3 download and could not reach any chart positions.
On May 29, 2015, the band released the single Million Tears , a new version of the title of the same name from their first album CoverGirl , which was released in 2002 . The title was written and produced by Axel Konrad, Ole Wierk and Tobias Lammer at the time. The single was released by Suprime Music exclusively as an MP3 download and contains three further remixes in addition to the main version and the extended version . In the new version, David Sobol ( Betty Blitzkrieg ) can be heard increasingly as male backing vocal . Million Tears is the band's first single without a music video. On the same day the sampler Future Trance 72 was released by Polystar / Universal, on which the song is represented in the Age Pee Remix (a pseudonym of Axel Konrad). In addition, there are new remixes from Runaway and 7 Years & 50 Days on the third CD of the sampler, mixed by DJ Novus . Also on the same day, the band announced on Facebook that no new album was planned for the time being.
Millennium World Tour (since 2016)
Since January 2016, the band has been with their biggest hits on the Millennium World Tour, originally planned for only 6 months, and they play in clubs, at open-air concerts and appear in TV recordings. Either DJ Novus perform alone with a DJ set, Mell as a live act or both perform together. The tour includes over 64 appearances in Germany, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Hungary, Finland, Australia and China.
The song She from 2004 has been used by Kentucky Fried Chicken in China for a commercial since 2015 .
On their Facebook page, the band also announced the recording of new songs with singer Mell.
Wake Up (2017)
On November 16, 2017, after a long release pause, the band officially released the video for the new single Wake Up , the melody of which is a cover of the Spice Girls song Viva Forever . The release is related to the current hype of hits from the 2000s as well as the reunion of the Spice Girls announced for 2018.
God is a Girl remake and split from Sony (2018)
On March 12, 2018, a remake of the single God is a Girl was released via Armada Music / Kontor Records in collaboration with the Dutch DJ duo W&W . The accompanying video is a manga-style lyric video and is set in space. The song entered the German dance charts at number 43 and climbed to number 27 the following week.
In spring 2018 it became known that the band had separated from Sony Music Germany. In addition, Markus Schaffarzyk (DJ Novus) has been managing all of the band's appointments with his agency Novus Booking GmbH, based in Ergolding, since 2016.
Easter Rave (2019)
At the 10th anniversary of the Easter Rave on April 21, 2019 in the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen , Groove Coverage was one of the headliners of the dance area. The singer Mell and DJ Novus performed together with their 45-minute live act show, which mostly featured their own hits and remixes of these.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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| 2002 | CoverGirl |
DE39 (8 weeks) DE |
AT43 (8 weeks) AT |
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First published: November 25, 2002
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| 2004 | 7 Years and 50 Days |
DE15 (11 weeks) DE |
AT12 (10 weeks) AT |
- | - |
First published: March 29, 2004
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| 2006 | 21st Century |
DE39 (2 weeks) DE |
AT24 (4 weeks) AT |
- | - |
First published: July 7, 2006
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| 2012 | Riot on the dance floor | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 30, 2012
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Awards
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Dance Music Award
- 2003: in the category "Most Successful Dance Act National"
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Radio Galaxy Award
- 2002: in the "Newcomer Award" category
Web links
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- ↑ groove-coverage.de ( Memento from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chart sources: DE , AT , UK , IE , AU , BE F
- ↑ THEmarkkuci: Groove Coverage Moonlight Shadow (germany viva video) by THEmarkkuci. October 30, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Panzer-Hawaii-Somewhere-Over-The-Rainbow/release/2213810
- ↑ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche
- ↑ Groove Coverage - BUY IT on iTunes: ... | Facebook. Retrieved February 22, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.groove-coverage.com/js_photo_albums/about-german/
- ↑ Groove Coverage - Our Song "SHE" is Theme Song of the TV ... | Facebook. Retrieved February 22, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.easterrave.de/lineup/