Hall of Fame (song)

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Hall of Fame
The Script feat. will.i.am
publication 19th August 2012
length 3:20
Genre (s) Pop-rock , piano-rock, cumbia
Author (s) Daniel O'Donoghue , Mark Sheehan, James Barry
album # 3
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Hall of Fame
  DE 2 December 21, 2012 (36 weeks)
  AT 1 12/14/2012 (24 weeks)
  CH 3 09/16/2012 (46 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/15/2012 (49 weeks)
  US 25th 09/08/2012 (25 weeks)
  IE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/06/2012 (55 weeks)

Hall of Fame is a song of the Irish pop-rock - group The Script and the American rapper will.i.am . The song is the first single from The Script's third studio album # 3. The song was first broadcast on UK radio on July 23, 2012 .

The piano theme shows clear parallels to the composition River Flows in You by the South Korean pianist Yiruma .

background

The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue first met will.i.am while serving as a judge at The Voice UK . There O'Donoghue played will.i. some demo recordings on the backstage , including the song Hall of Fame . will.i.am immediately wanted the song for his new album, but O'Donoghue did not want to give up the lead single of the new album. Nevertheless, he asked will.i.am if it is not considered Featuring wants to participate in the song. He immediately accepted. However, he needed several attempts to produce the song because will.i.am was often unable to attend. The song was recorded in just under an hour and a half in a Dublin recording studio . Will.i.am then asked O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan to produce the song themselves.

The song is a classic duet . With the song the band wants to show that anything is possible as long as you believe in yourself and never give up.

At the end of October 2012, the band announced that Hall of Fame would be the title song for the German comedy Kokowääh 2 by Til Schweiger , which was released in German cinemas on February 7, 2013 .

Commercial win

Hall of Fame made its debut on the Irish Singles Chart on September 6, 2012 and climbed straight to number 1 as a newcomer . There the song lasted for four weeks. The song was the band's second number one hit and the fifth top ten hit in Ireland after For the First Time .

On September 15, 2012, the single also entered the UK Top 40 and took second place behind the song Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) by Ne-Yo , before the song rose to number 1 a week later and thus the first number-one hit in the UK was. Overall, the song could hold two weeks at No. 1, before the songs Say Nothing of Example and Gangnam Style by Psy . In Great Britain, the single was sold just under 529,000 times from August 2012 to the end of 2012, making it 21st on the list of the best-selling singles in Great Britain in 2012.

One day after its UK debut, the song also made it into the Swiss charts . It was ranked 39th. However, the song was only between 30th and 60th place in the first three months. It wasn't until the end of December that the song made it into the top ten and on February 24th, 2013, it was ranked 3rd in the highest position. On December 14, 2012 the song made its debut in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and was initially ranked 47th. On January 11, 2013, however, the song also reached number 1 in Austria and stayed there for two weeks. In Germany, the single only made its debut on December 21, 2012 in the charts and reached number 4. On January 18, 2013, the song even reached number 2 in the charts.

So far the song has reached number 1 in three countries (Great Britain, Ireland, Austria), number 2 in four countries ( Bulgaria , Finland , Germany, Luxembourg ) and number 3 in five countries ( New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Sweden , Switzerland). The song was awarded four times platinum in Australia , double platinum in New Zealand and Sweden, platinum in Italy and gold in the USA and Great Britain.

The German comedy and music video producer Rezo released the music video " 100 YouTubers sing together" on April 13, 2018 on the occasion of reaching the 1,000,000 subscriber mark on its main YouTube channel . The song consists of a mashup of Hall of Fame ( The Script ), Castle on the Hill ( Ed Sheeran ) and Faded ( Alan Walker ) and has now reached more than 9.9 million views. It is one of the most popular and most watched videos on his channel.

Music video

A lyric video for the song was on 23 July 2012 at the Internet - video portal YouTube published, but is not available in Germany. The video has been viewed over 12 million times to date. The official music video was posted on the band's website on August 19, 2012 and on YouTube three days later . To date, the video has been viewed over 275 million times.

In the music video, the band and their song will.i.am playing in an abandoned warehouse , while in other scenes an ambitious boxer and a deaf ballerina in training are seen and competitions.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum 420,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svgGold (single)
+ Quadruple platinum record icon.svg4 × platinum (streaming) 		15,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold 450,000
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 5,524
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 60,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 30,000
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum 60,000
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 60,000
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum 160,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 1,200,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg6 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg31 × platinum
 4,500,524

Main article: The Script / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources singles: IRL DE1 DE2 AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ thescriptmusic.com: Hall Of Fame Hits Radio Monday 23rd! ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 20, 2012, accessed January 24, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thescriptmusic.com
  3. ↑ a b thesun.co.uk: Will.i.am a con-Script , July 21, 2012, accessed January 24, 2013
  4. ↑ a b huffingtonpost.co.uk: The Script's Danny O'Donoghue On Pouring His Heart Out And Working With 'Genius' Will.i. on For Album # 3 , August 30, 2012, accessed January 24, 2013
  5. ↑ thescriptmusic.com: "Hall Of Fame" is the title song of "Kokowääh 2" ( memento of the original from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 30, 2012, accessed January 5, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thescriptmusic.com
  6. ↑ officialcharts.com: The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2012 revealed! , January 2, 2013, accessed January 24, 2013
  7. ↑ ariacharts.com.au: ARIA Singles Chart ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), January 14, 2013, accessed on January 24, 2013
  8. ↑ nztop40.co.nz: "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart ( Memento from February 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), January 14, 2013, accessed on January 24, 2013
  9. ↑ hitlistan.se: Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 2, 11 januari 2013 ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), January 11, 2013, accessed on January 24, 2013
  10. ↑ fimi.it: CERTIFICAZIONE Singoli Digitali dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 2 del 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 231 kB), accessed on January 24, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fimi.it
  11. ↑ officialcharts.com: Official Charts Advent Calendar 2012: Day 24 , December 24, 2012, accessed on January 24, 2013
  12. ↑ riaa.com: American single certifications - The Script feat. will.i.am - Hall Of Fame , accessed January 24, 2013
  13. ↑ rezo. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  14. ↑ rezo: 100 Youtubers sing together !! - 1 MILLION subscription special. April 13, 2018, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  15. ↑ rezo: 100 Youtubers sing together !! - 1 MILLION subscription special. April 13, 2018, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  16. ↑ rezo. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  17. ↑ youtube.com: The Script - Hall of Fame (Lyric) ft. Will.i.am , July 23, 2012, accessed June 24, 2013
  18. ↑ youtube.com: The Script - Hall of Fame ft. Will.i.am , August 22, 2012, accessed November 21, 2013
  19. ↑ digitalspy.co.uk: The Script, will.i.am debut new single 'Hall Of Fame' music video , August 23, 2012, accessed January 24, 2013