Heart of Glass (Munich Freedom Song)
| heart of Glass | |
|---|---|
| Münchener Freiheit | |
| publication | November 14, 1986 (album) February 6, 1987 (single) |
| length | 3: 20/5: 47 (long version) |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) | Mario Killer , Stefan Zauner , Aron Strobel , Michael Kunzi |
| Producer (s) | Armand Volker |
| Label | CBS |
| album | Dream destination |
Heart of Glass is a song by the German pop rock band Münchener Freiheit . It was released on February 6, 1987 as the second single from the album Traumziel .
Music and lyrics
In the song, the protagonist meets a childhood sweetheart again and thinks he knows her so well that he looks into her “heart made of glass”: “You still wear your hair as it was / You will still be embarrassed, like before / That's when it started / I think about it like you do / Yes, is it a miracle that neither of us can defend ourselves? ". In addition to guitars, bass and drums, the song is orchestrated with synthesizers , the choirs of the background vocals are reminiscent of the Beach Boys .
Creation and publication
Heart of Glass was written by Stefan Zauner and Aron Strobel together with their bass player Michael Kunzi and the well-known songwriter Michael Kunze , here alias Mario Killer, and produced by Armand Volker in Munich . On February 6, 1987, the single was released via CBS .
The song was also released as a 5:47 minute long version. In 1987 the band played an English-language cover version called "Freedom" under the title Play It Cool . The song also appeared on numerous compilations .
reception
The second single from the album Traumziel was just as successful as the first, with number 24 in the German charts and 15 weeks of charting, There is no next time , but could not quite match the success of the previous singles Ohne dich (I'm not going to sleep tonight) and A thousand times you tie in
The Munich Freedom appeared with the song twice in the ZDF hit parade ; it was elected to fourth place on April 22, 1987 and first place on May 20, using a ticket procedure. On December 5, 1987, the band also played the song in Peter's Pop Show on ZDF .
In 2014 the editors of the German Rolling Stone chose Heart made of Glass in the supplement “Pop in Germany” as one of the “111 Songs”. Max Gösche wrote that the song had "long been part of the standard program on all Schlager radio stations - and apart from ABBA it should be the only reason that you sometimes get stuck with such a station." And he summed up: "They feel like such a perfect pop song no longer remembered. "
Track list (maxi single)
- page A
- Heart of Glass (Long Version) - 5:47
- Side B
- Checkmate - 4:07
- Heart of Glass (single remix) - 3:20
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b rollingstone.de
- ↑ a b c hitparade.ch
- ↑ truckgeier.de