House of the three suns
| House of the Three Suns / It's All in the Game |
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| Nena | |
| publication | July 29, 1985 |
| length | 4:23 |
| Genre (s) | New wave , synth pop |
| Author (s) |
Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen , Carlo Karges |
| album |
Fire and Flame / It's All in the Game |
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| 2010 | Nena & Heppner |
House of Three Suns is a song by the German pop singer Nena and her band of the same name . The piece is the fourth single from their fourth studio album Feuer und Flamme . Internationally, the song achieved fame in its English version It's All in the Game , from the album of the same name .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by the two band members Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Carlo Karges . The single was produced by Reinhold Heil . The band was also responsible for the arrangement. The single was released under the music label CBS Records and published by CBS Songs Musikverlag and Edition Hate. On the black and white cover of the maxi single - in addition to the artist name and song title - only Nena's face can be seen.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of House of Three Suns took place on July 29, 1985 in Germany. The maxi single was released as a music cassette as well as a 7 "and 12" record and contains the song Ein Brief as a B-side . In the same year, House of Three Suns was published in Japan, among other places. For this purpose, the B-side was replaced by the English version It's All in the Game . To promote the song, there were live appearances on the ZDF show Na sowas! Extra , the ARD show Treffpunk Airport and the Musik Convoy of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
The English-language version It's All in the Game was also released as an independent single. It was published across Europe with the B-side Let's Humanize . a remix single was released in the UK, this included a remix for It's All in the Game and a remix version for Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime (the English version of Somehow, somewhere, sometime ) and the album version of Let's Humanize .
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The music for the House of Three Suns was written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and the text by Carlo Karges . Musically, the song moves in the area of New Wave and Synthpop . The tempo is 131 beats per minute . The song title alludes to the sun symbol on slot machines, where three suns mean a win. The sun symbol is the logo of the Merkur Spielothek of the Gauselmann Group . The website track4-info.de described the house of the three suns as a song which is only superficially about luck and games far from reality, but which could also be considered a sublime matrix of life.
- Original excerpt, House of the Three Suns
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- Original excerpt, It's All in the Game
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Music video
Characteristic scenes from a casino can be seen in the music video for the House of Three Suns , including people at slot machines , billiards or at the roulette table . Typical symbols of the games were exchanged by the members of the Nena band, so that this z. B. are shown on playing cards. In between, the band members can be seen playing the song away from the arcades. The total length of the video is 3:46 minutes.
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Charts and chart placements
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House of the Three Suns reached position 43 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of seven weeks. Outside Germany, the single reached the Dutch charts, among others. For Nena this was the ninth chart success in the German single charts.
Cover versions
Nena & Heppner
- Emergence
In 2010 Nena recorded the house of three suns for her compilation Best of Nena . For the new recording she got support from the former Wolfsheim singer Peter Heppner , who was also responsible for the production of the new recording. The idea for the two to work together came from Nena. When the request came, Heppner was of the opinion that he didn't want to do that. The reason was that he wasn't a guest singer who couldn't get involved in projects with the lyrics. He must bring his own musical work with him. After some deliberation, he came to the conclusion that with a “caliber” like Nena you couldn't just say no. Then he thought about it again and thought for himself, if he could change that completely so that it corresponds to his ideas, then he could say again that he had made his music and then he would also find it good that that as Make project.
- Publication and promotion
The piece was released as the first single from Best of Nena on November 5, 2010 in Germany and a short time later in Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the radio version of Haus der Drei Sonnen, the maxi single contains the song In my Life - which was released six months earlier as an independent single from the previous studio album Made in Germany - and the music video for Haus der Drei Sonnen as B-side . In the music video, Nena and Heppner sing the song together on a beach promenade . Directed by Marcus Sternberg . In order to promote the song, there was a live appearance in prime time at the Popstars Finale 2010 on ProSieben .
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Compared to the original, the reinterpretation achieved a better chart placement, but the original was able to stay in the charts longer. The duet reached position 39 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of four weeks. For Nena this was the 39th chart success in the German single charts. For Heppner as an interpreter, this was the eighth chart success in Germany, as well as his sixth chart success as a music producer.
More cover versions
- 1996: Randell
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- ↑ Nena - House of the Three Suns. discogs.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
- ^ Nena - It's All in the Game. discogs.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Nena - House of the Three Suns. austriancharts.at, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Well something! Extra , ZDF, September 8, 1985.
- ↑ Treffpunk Airport , ARD, September 11, 1985.
- ↑ BPM for 'House of the Three Suns' by 'Nena'. songbpm.com, accessed December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Nena & Heppner - House of the Three Suns. track4-info.de, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Nena - House of the Three Suns. officialcharts.de, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
- ^ Dori, Peter Heppner: Nachtfalke - guest: Peter Heppner. Radio Schwarze Welle, August 21, 2013, accessed on September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Nena & Heppner - House of Three Suns (2010). crew-united.com, accessed February 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Nena & Heppner - House of the Three Suns. officialcharts.de, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Randell - House of the Three Suns. austriancharts.at, accessed on February 28, 2016 .