Endless Summer (Oceana song)
| Endless summer | |
|---|---|
| Oceana | |
| publication | 4th June 2012 |
| length | 3:32 |
| Genre (s) | Dance pop |
| Author (s) | Blair Mackichan, Reinhard Raith, Oceana Mahlmann, Andreas Litterscheid |
| album | My house |
Endless Summer is a song by the German singer Oceana . It was as official single for the 2012 European Football Championship in 2012 published and includes a striking sample from the song Blue Mosque of the birds .
background
Oceana said about the selection that she had used her already existing reputation in the Eastern European countries:
“Of course there is always a bit of luck with everything. The competition was of course great. I've played a lot in front of all these important UEFA people and football people. But I also think that it was of great benefit to me that I am already well known in Poland and the Ukraine. "
performance
Oceana sang the song live at the opening ceremony and at the final show of the EM in Kiev .
Charts
The single reached number 5 in the German charts as well as number 6 in the Swiss charts and number 17 in the Austrian charts.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
5 (19 weeks) | 19th |
 Poland (ZPAV)
|
1 (5 weeks) | 5 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
17th (11 weeks) | 11 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
6th (12 weeks) | 12 |
useful information
The song by Oceana contains a sample from the song Blue Mosque by the electro duo Die Vögel . The hookline of the EM song is a fanfare and originally comes from the two musicians Jakobus Durstewitz and Mense Reents .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Oceana&titel=Endless+Summer&cat=s
- ↑ EM song "Die Vögel" hits the charts - The small band "Die Vögel" was sampled for the official EM song. They now get tens of thousands of euros from Gema. In: Berliner Morgenpost . June 27, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ a b https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article106412555/Endless-Summer-Oceana-rockt-die-Fussball-EM.html
- ↑ a b Oceana - Endless Summer ( German ) charts.de. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b Oceana - Endless Summer ( German ) Hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b Top 5 Airplay ( Polish ) ZPAV. Retrieved on August 18, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Oceana - Endless Summer ( German ) austriancharts.at. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
