always when it gets dark

always when it gets dark
July
publication	January 21, 2011
length	3:48 (single version) 4:11 (album version)
Genre (s)	Pop rock
text	Simon Triebel , Eva Briegel
music	Simon Triebel, Jonas Pfetzing
Publisher (s)	EMI Music Publishing
Label	Iceland
album	In love

Whenever it gets dark there is a song by the German band Juli . It appeared on their third album In Love in September 2010 and was released as a single in January 2011.

content

According to singer Eva Briegel (on January 19, 2011 in the TV total program ), the song is about "quiet moments in which [...] you sometimes realize that you have not only made mistakes in life".

publication

Whenever it gets dark is the opening track of the album In Love , which was released on September 17th, 2010. On January 21, 2011, the song was released as the second single from the album. To promote the single, the band played the song on January 19, 2011 on TV total and on January 20, 2011 in an acoustic version on MTV Home .

The single was only released in a 2-track version and includes the single version as well as a remix version made by Robot Koch for Immer Wenn es Dunkel . In iTunes appeared with the Phon.o Remix Another Remix (4:02) of the song. For the follow-up single Süchtig , an acoustic version of Always when it gets dark (4:00) was released there in May 2011 .

Music video

The official music video for Always when it gets dark was filmed by Hagen Decker (director) and Tanja Häring (camera) for Golo Media . The video, shot completely in a studio setting, shows the band members in front of a very simple, sometimes white, sometimes black background, while objects such as leaves, photo negatives, black balloons and finally raindrops fall from the ceiling.

Contributors

Song production Eva Briegel : Singing Andreas "Dedi" Herd: Bass Jonas Pfetzing: guitar Simon Triebel : guitar Marcel Römer : drums Olaf Opal : Production , Mixing Tobias Siebert : Production, mixing Jörg Siegeler: Engineering, Mastering Robot Koch : remix, additional production

Artwork Rosa and Gerlinde: photo Companies Universal Music Domestic Pop: Music label Island Records: music label EMI Music Publishing: Music publisher Miraphon Management: artist management Studio Kanal 24, Bochum: sound studio Scouting: Artwork

Charts and chart placements

In the German single charts, the title rose to number 37 on February 4, 2011, which was also its highest chart position, and remained in the charts for five weeks. In Austria and Switzerland the song did not reach the charts.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	37 (5 weeks)	5

Web links

• Music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ July in Talk. MySpass.de, accessed on June 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ July - Whenever it gets dark. MySpass.de, accessed on June 18, 2016 . 
3. ↑ MTV Live Sessions: July. MTV Germany, January 25, 2011, accessed on June 18, 2016 . 
4. ↑ July - Whenever it gets dark. (No longer available online.) Tanja Häring, archived from the original on June 17, 2016 ; Retrieved June 18, 2016 . 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.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} July - Whenever it gets dark. Official German charts, accessed June 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ July - Whenever it gets dark. austriancharts.at, accessed on June 18, 2016 . 
7. ↑ July - Whenever it gets dark. hitparade.ch, accessed on June 18, 2016 .