Once (song)
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| Mark Forster | |
| publication | 5th October 2018 |
| length | 3:18 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) |
Mark Cwiertnia , Tobias Kuhn , Ralf Christian Mayer , Daniel Nitt , Philipp Steinke |
| album | love |
Once there is a song by the German pop singer Mark Forster . The piece is the first single from his fourth studio album Liebe .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by Mark Cwiertnia (Mark Forster), Tobias Kuhn , Ralf Christian Mayer , Daniel Nitt and Philipp Steinke . Of the authors, Cwiertnia, Mayer and Nitt were also responsible as producers of once . Mayer was also responsible for mixing the piece. The mastering was carried out by the Berlin mastering studio Masterlab, under the direction of Andreas Balaskas. It was once released under the music label Four Music and distributed through Sony / ATV Music Publishing .
On the cover of the single only the artist name and the song title are shown. The background is yellow. In the middle is the artist's name in black letters and the song title directly below it in white letters.
Publication and promotion
The first release of once took place as a single download on October 5, 2018. To promote the song, there was a live performance during the Bambi Awards 2018 - during which Forster was also awarded in the "National Music" category - as well as in the ProSieben Shows 1:30 and Win Your Song , at Luke's! The year and me and during the final show for the eighth season of The Voice of Germany , where he sang the song in a duet with his protégé Jessica Schaffler. Furthermore, the piece accompanied a commercial for Forster's fourth studio album Liebe and a commercial from Sat.1 , in which the “Sat.1 Highlights at the end of the year” were presented. Both spots were broadcast in various commercial breaks on all ProSiebenSat.1 Media channels.
background information
In Once , Forster worked with the African Children's Choir , a children's choir with singers aged seven to twelve from different nations in Africa. This can be heard repeatedly during the entire song in the background with the exclamation "Once". Forster discovered the children's choir through a documentary on Netflix . According to his own statements, he immediately knew that he “had to” work with them. Forster wanted this African “choir vibe” in his music, which is why he flew to Entebbe ( Uganda ) with his team . There they went to the studio together to record the choir singing.
content
The lyrics to once are written in German. Both the music and the text were written jointly by Mark Forster, Tobias Kuhn, Ralf Christian Mayer, Daniel Nitt and Philipp Steinke. Musically, the song moves in the area of pop music . The tempo is 128 beats per minute . In terms of content, the song deals with the topics of happiness and pain as well as their transience. In Once it comes to the moments that are so precious and changing, that they can not repeat. That is, among other things, the first love or the first moment in a strange city when you realize: "Now I have really grown up". The first moment when you realize: “All the hardship was worth it, it has come true, people listen to you when you sing; they like the songs you wrote for them ”. But once could also stand for the first lovesickness or the first loss of a person.
The song begins with the first verse, followed by a bridge and, for the first time, the chorus . The first chorus is followed by the second stanza. This is followed by a repeating " C-Part " (intermediate part) as well as the also repeating refrain. The song ends with the outro , which consists of the repetitive C part, the last line of which “Because that makes it even more worthwhile!” Has been replaced in the repetition by the last line “And I was there fortunately”.
“Once, once - that never comes back.
It stays at one time - but luckily I was there.
I can't have everything again - joy, sadness, love, madness.
Once - and luckily I was there. "
Music video
The music video for once celebrated its premiere on October 5, 2018 on YouTube . On the one hand, Forster can be seen again and again filming himself with his cell phone singing the song in different places. Secondly, there is the music video from a compilation of many private home video - and cell phone recordings and old film and TV work. The video ends with a Forster tandem jump . Among other things, the Irish-American singer Michael Patrick Kelly has a cameo appearance . The total length of the video is 3:21 minutes. As with all music videos in which Forster has acted as the lead singer since 2014, Kim Frank has directed again and again . To date, the music video has over 1.7 million views on YouTube (as of November 2018).
The German-language online magazine laut.de is of the opinion that the music video shows Forster in vlogger style; funny home videos of people who achieve something great. The private home video and cell phone recordings are a selection of fan submissions. A few weeks before the video was shot, Forster called on his fans to send him videos with “unique moments” of themselves. Forster himself was amazed at the great response and the lively participation. In the end, he and Frank made the selection together.
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Charts and chart placements
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Once in Germany it reached position 24 in the single charts and stayed in the charts for a total of 18 weeks. In the German airplay charts , the single reached position three, and in the top 15 in German singles chart position 13. The piece was also several days in the German iTunes -Tagesauswertungen place, which once recorded the highest quotation with eighth place for itself on the day of its publication. In Austria the single reached position 39 in nine chart weeks and in Switzerland position 56 in eight chart weeks.
For Forster as an interpreter, this is, including the chart success with his music project Eff , the 15th chart success in Germany and the tenth in Austria and Switzerland. This is his 17th chart success in Germany as well as his tenth in Austria and Switzerland. As a producer he reached the German single charts for the eleventh time and the single charts in Austria and Switzerland for the ninth time. In his writing, Mayer reached the German single charts for the 15th time and as a producer for the 18th time. In Austria it is his tenth chart success in both functions, in Switzerland it is his ninth chart success. For Nitt it is the tenth chart success in Germany as an author and producer, and the eighth in Austria and Switzerland. Kuhn reached the charts in Germany for the seventh time in his writing and, after I Couldn't Care Less ( Leslie Clio ) and Chöre (Mark Forster), the Austrian and Swiss single charts for the third time. Steinke reached in his work as an author with once the seventh time the single top 100 in Germany, and for the sixth time the charts in Austria and Switzerland.
Awards for music sales
In September 2019, once in Switzerland was awarded a gold record for over 10,000 units sold.
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 Switzerland (IFPI)
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10,000 |
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1 × gold |
10,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Mark Forster - Once. austriancharts.at, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Once / Mark Forster. listen.tidal.com, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Andreas Balaskas. discogs.com, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ BAMBIs for Rod Stewart, Mark Forster and Dua Lipa. bambi.de, accessed on November 17, 2018 .
- ↑ 1:30 , ProSieben, June 18, 2019.
- ↑ Win Your Song , ProSieben, November 22, 2018.
- ↑ Luke! The year and me , Sat.1, December 21, 2018.
- ↑ The Voice of Germany , Season 5, Episode 17, Sat.1, December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Mark Forster: New video is here and new album is coming. klatsch-tratsch.de, October 5, 2018, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ BPM for 'Once' by 'Mark Forster'. songbpm.com, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark Forster: Once. schmusa.de, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark Forster publishes the song 'once'. mix1.de, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ New song “once” in the stream. laut.de, October 5, 2018, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark Forster - New single, album and open air tour. dervinylist.com, October 5, 2018, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark Forster - Once. officialcharts.de, accessed on January 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Mark Forster - Once. hitparade.ch, accessed on January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany. germancharts.de, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Official Top 15 German Single Charts - Music Charts. mtv.de, November 23, 2018, accessed November 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark Forster - 'Once' German iTunes Chart Performance. itunescharts.net, accessed on November 4, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Frank Medwedeff: Sony Music Switzerland gold-plated Mark Forster “once”. beta.musikwoche.de, September 3, 2019, accessed on October 20, 2019 .