That's why we live (song)
| That is why we live | |
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| Cassandra Steen | |
| publication | January 30, 2009 |
| length | 3:40 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , soul |
| Author (s) |
Florian Fischer , Sebastian Kirchner, Heike Kospach, Adel Tawil |
| album | That is why we live |
Therefore we live is a song by the German pop and soul singer Cassandra Steen . The piece is the first single from their second studio album of the same name, Darum wir Leben .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by Florian Fischer , Sebastian Kirchner, Heike Kospach and Adel Tawil . The single was mixed and produced by Andreas Herbig, programmed by Martin Druzella and Frank Sieben. The mastering took place in the True Track Recording Studio under the direction of Dirk T.Jambor. The song was released under the Urban music label . On the cover of the maxi single - next to the artist's inscription and the song title - Steen can be seen lying on a mat. The recordings took place in the Hamburg Tonofen Studios under the direction of Michael Herberger.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of Darum Leben wir was on January 30th, 2009 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . The single is available for download and as a physical sound carrier. In addition to the radio version , the maxi single also contains an instrumental version of Darum wir Leben , as the B-side . In addition to the regular maxi single, there is also a special digital maxi single that has been expanded to include a remix by Numarek.
Bundesvision Song Contest 2009
In order to promote the song and herself, Cassandra Steen competed in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 for Baden-Württemberg . Behind Peter Fox ( black to blue ), Arctic Circle 18 (The Color of Snow) and Rage (never give yourself up), she came fourth with 103 points. From her home country of Baden-Württemberg she got the full number of points with twelve points, from the other federal states she got at least five points each. For promotional purposes, every artist shoots an election commercial for participation in the BuViSoco. In this you can see people who carry on the Baden-Württemberg slogan “A strong piece” with things that they associate with Baden-Württemberg.
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content
The lyrics to Darum Leben wir is in German. The music was written by Florian Fischer , Sebastian Kirchner and Adel Tawil , the text by Heike Kospach. Musically, the song moves in the area of soul and pop music .
In an interview with “Hip Hop Jam Magazin” Steen explained how the title came about. She found that too many people, especially teenagers, were wondering why they were even alive. Your answer is that everyone should actually make sense of themselves. Nobody should run around conceited, but tell themselves, I made a mistake and I really want to make sure that it doesn't happen again. She thinks that if you accept yourself and start loving yourself, we would feel a little better. Children in particular could learn how to keep your head up even in difficult situations. Steen believes that everyone is responsible for changing something and looking after their future.
“And that's why we live.
We live to be there,
life to be true.
And that's why we live.
And we take everything with us,
every pain and every happiness, in
the world. "
Music video
The music video shows Steen dating a man. At the beginning, scenes of the mutual partnership can be seen, later the separation takes place. In between, everyday scenes of the lonely Steen can be seen again and again. The total length of the video is 3:56 minutes. Directed by Olaf Heine and Deborah Schamoni, the video was produced by Sibylle Krafft von Dellmensingen and Erste Liebe Filmproduktion.
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Charts and chart placements
Therefore we live reached position six in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the top 10 for three weeks and in the charts for 13 weeks. In Austria, the single reached position 48 in the single charts in six weeks. Therefore we live ranked 93rd in the 2009 annual German charts.
For Steen this is the eighth chart success in Germany and the second in Austria. It is her first top 10 success in Germany. Up until then, Darum wir Leben was Steen's most successful single release in Germany, but this changed with the successor single Stadt . For Tawil as an author, Darum we live is already the 15th chart success in Germany, as well as the seventh chart success in Austria. It is her fifth top 10 success in Germany.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cassandra standing - This is why we live (song). austriancharts.at, accessed on May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Cassandra Steen - Therefore We Live. discogs.com, accessed May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Therefore we live (2-track). musicline.de, accessed on May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ That's why we live (Numarek Remix) - EP | itunes.apple.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014 .
- ^ BuViSoCo: Cassandra Steen for Baden ... (broadcast 1286 from January 29, 2009). tvtotal.de, accessed on May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Cassandra Steen Interview. hiphop-jam.net, accessed May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Cassandra Steen - Why We Live (2008). crew-united.com, accessed May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ “That's why we live” in the German charts. charts.de, accessed on May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Annual charts. rudi-world.de, accessed on May 31, 2014 .