Hangover (song)

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hangover
Taio Cruz feat. Flo Rida
publication 4th October 2011
length 4:03
Genre (s) Electro-rock , dance-pop
Author (s) Taio Cruz, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter
album TY.O

Hangover is the first single of the third album TY.O of British Contemporary-R & B - singer Taio Cruz . This song is a collaboration with the American rapper Flo Rida and was written by Cruz, Lukasz Gottwald and Henry Walter .

4 October 2011 Cruz released the song as an announcement for his album TY.O .

On November 4, 2011, Hangover rose to number three in the German single charts. After four weeks it finally reached number two and stayed in the top 10 for a total of ten weeks. So it is the most successful song by Taio Cruz in Germany so far. In Austria and Switzerland, the song reached number one in the single charts. In the US, the single debuted at number 62.

reception

Charts

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 2 (45 weeks) 45
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 1 (30 weeks) 30th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (34 weeks) 34
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 27 (3 weeks) 3
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 62 (1 week) 1
Annual charts
Charts (2011) placement
Annual charts (2011)
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 23
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 28

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum 280,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 600,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 60,000
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 80,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 90,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg4 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg13 × platinum
1,162,500

Main article: Flo Rida / Music Sales Awards

Music video

The Hangover music video was released on YouTube on October 25th.

At the beginning, Cruz wakes up in a villa after a nightly party. After he gradually wakes the party guests who are still sleeping in the room, he can remember fragments of the previous night. However, he wants to keep celebrating and board a plane with the guests, where he meets Flo Rida for the first time. After his part, he gets on a sailing boat that drives through a big city on a trailer and continues to party.

Said villa is a villa on the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles .

Actor and comedian Bobby Lee plays an important role in the music video.

Individual evidence

  1. musicline.de: Hangover in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. austriancharts.at: Hangover in the Austrian charts
  3. ^ Hitparade.ch: Hangover in the Swiss hit parade
  4. billboard.com: Taio Cruz on the American Billboard charts
  5. a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. mtv.de: Single annual charts 2011 in Germany
  7. austriancharts.at: Single annual charts 2011 in Austria
  8. a b Lewis Corner: Taio Cruz drives speed boat down high street in 'Hangover' video. DigitalSpy, November 25, 2011, accessed January 11, 2012 .