It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow)
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| Wolfsheim | |
| publication | February 14, 1992 |
| length | 3:40 (radio version) 6:15 (extended version) |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| Author (s) |
Peter Heppner , Markus Reinhardt |
| album | No happy view |
It's Not Too Late (Do not Sorrow) ( English for, It's too late (do not worry) 'not) is a song of the German synth pop - duo Wolfsheim . The track is the second single from their debut album No Happy View .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. The song was originally produced by Heppner and Reinhardt, the single by the producer team Nine-O-Nine ( Jose Alvarez-Brill , Gento Navaho and Carlos Perón ). The producer team also did the mixing, arranging, recording and mastering. The single was released under the music labels Contraseña Records and Strange Ways Records and distributed by EFA Medien GmbH Tonträger Produktion and Indigo . The recordings and production work took place in Musik Design in Aachen . On the black and brown cover of the maxi single, only the inscription of the artist name and song title, as well as the band logo, can be seen. On the back there is a quote from JA (Jose Alvarez-Brill) from 1992: “I wish it were night and Wolfsheim would come!”. The artwork comes from Ulrike Rank and Ralf Wittke.
Publication and promotion
The first release of It's Not Too Late (Do not Sorrow) took place on 14 February 1992 in Germany. In the same year a release in Austria followed, and after more than a year in Spain in 1993. The piece was released as a maxi single and vinyl record . In addition to the radio and extended version of It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow), the maxi single includes a remix made by Nine-O-Nine , as well as the song Angry Today , as the B-side . A 7 "vinyl record contains only one version of It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow) . A 12" vinyl record contains the extended and remixed versions of It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow) and the song Angry Today .
background information
When It's Not Too Late (Do not Sorrow) is a remake of the original Do not Sorrow , which in 1989 on the second Wolfsheim- Demo Any But Pretty was released. The original song was recorded, composed and produced entirely by Heppner and Reinhardt.
content
The lyrics to It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow) are in English; Translated into German, the title means "It's not too late (don't worry)". The music and the text were written jointly by Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. Musically, the song moves in the field of synth pop . The song is built up on two stanzas and a refrain in between and at the end of the song. The tempo is 127 (radio version) or 132 (extended version) beats per minute . In addition to the main vocals by Heppner, the voices of Daniela and Melanie from the Stollberger Nightingales can be heard in the background.
The content of the piece should encourage people. No matter what situation someone is in at the moment, you should dare to start over and not let your own fears suppress you.
- Refrain, original excerpt
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- Refrain, translation
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Contributors
- Song production
- Jose Alvarez-Brill : Mixing , arrangement , mastering , music producer , sound engineer
- Peter Heppner : vocals , composer , songwriter , music producer (original)
- Gento Navaho: Mixing, arrangement, mastering, music producer, sound engineer
- Carlos Perón : Mixing, arrangement, mastering, music producer, sound engineer
- Markus Reinhardt : keyboard , composer, songwriter, music producer (original)
- Stollberger Nightingales: background vocals
- Contraseña Records: music label
- EFA Medien GmbH sound carrier production: distribution
- Indigo : distribution
- Music design: mixing, production, recording studio
- Strange Ways Records: Music label
- Artwork (cover)
- Ulrike Rank: Artwork
- Ralf Wittke: Artwork
reception
To date, the song has not been able to place in any official charts and exact sales figures are not known. The single became known to a larger audience in Europe eleven years later in 2003 when the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino placed the piece on his sampler Il programmino di Gigi D'Agostino . In addition to It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow) , Wolfsheim's single The Sparrows and the Nightingales was also included on the sampler.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfsheim - It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow). discogs.com, accessed July 30, 2015 .
- ↑ It's Not Too Late by Wolfsheim. songbpm.com, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ^ Il programmino di - Gigi D'Agostino. austriancharts.at, accessed on July 30, 2015 .