Are you better yet?
| Are you better yet? | |
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| I + me | |
| publication | October 25, 2004 |
| length | 3:03 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) |
Florian Fischer , Annette Humpe , Sebastian Kirchner, Adel Tawil |
| album | I + me |
Are you better yet? is a song by the German Pop - duo Ich + Ich . The piece is the first single from her debut album Ich + Ich .
Creation and artwork
The song was recorded, written and produced by Florian Fischer , Annette Humpe , Sebastian Kirchner and Adel Tawil . The single was mixed in the Berlin Tritonus Studios, under the direction of Olaf Opal and his assistant Oliver Zülch. Sebastian Kirchner was hired as an additional instrumentalist on bass and guitar. The recordings took place in the Berlin recording studios Aquarium and Keller. The song was released under the Polydor music label . On the cover - in addition to the artist name and song title - I + I can be seen in black and white against the background of a city. The cover picture was shot by Olaf Heine and designed by Dirk Rudolph .
Publication and promotion
The first release of Are you feeling better? took place on October 25, 2004 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the “single version”, the maxi single also includes a remix made by Beatzarre , an instrumental - and an acoustic version of Are you doing better? , and the song Me and Me as the B-side . A week later (November 2, 2004) a download EP was released exclusively on iTunes , which was expanded to include another remix by Beatzarre.
Live performances by Are you feeling better? on the radio or radio have remained absent in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to this day. Ich + Ich only played the song live at their concerts.
content
The lyrics to Are you feeling better? is written in the German language. The music was written together by Florian Fischer , Annette Humpe , Sebastian Kirchner and Adel Tawil . The lyrics were specially written by Anette Humpe. Musically, the piece moves in the field of pop music .
The song is mainly sung by Tawil, Humpe only has a very short verse towards the end and otherwise it can always be heard in the background with the line “Are you feeling better?” Or “Are you feeling better?”. With the exception of the third stanza, the rest of the lyrics are just questions. The song is about motivation and listening to the state of health of a person who is currently on the ground and can only get through the day decently with drugs and tablets.
"Are you better yet?
Are you better yet?
Does life have you back?
Are you feeling better?
Are you better yet?
Just a little bit? "
Music video
In the music video for Are you feeling better? you can see people of different age groups and classes in uncomfortable and dire situations. You can see: a tankard with broken glasses, a woman who is reflected in her underwear, a cheater, a police interrogation, a man alone in a locker room, a pill-addicted woman, a drug addict, a woman who is ashamed naked in front of her boyfriend Thief, a ballerino and a child of a famous person in a flash of flashlights from photographers. Tawil's future wife Jasmin Weber also appears in the video . The total length of the video is 3:03 minutes. Directed by Olaf Heine .
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Are you better yet? reached position 67 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of three weeks. For Ich + Ich this is the first chart success in Germany. For Tawil this was the seventh chart success in Germany as an author; it was his first chart success as a producer. The song was Humpes 18th author participation in the German charts, as a producer she has already been successful 21 times.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ I + I - are you feeling better already? discogs.com, accessed October 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Are you feeling better already? - EP (iTunes Special). itunes.apple.com, accessed October 19, 2014 .
- ↑ I + I - are you feeling better already? (2004). crew-united.com, accessed October 19, 2014 .
- ↑ I + I - are you feeling better already? officialcharts.de, accessed on September 11, 2018 .