Jennie (song)
| Jennie | |
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| Felix Jaehn feat. R. City & Bori | |
| publication | February 16, 2018 |
| length | 3:04 |
| Genre (s) | Dancehall , deep house , reggae |
| Author (s) | Felix Jaehn, Marcus Sepehrmanesh, Theron Thomas , Timothy Thomas , Thomas Troelsen |
| album | I. |
Jennie is a song of German DJs Felix Jaehn , in cooperation with the Swedish singer Bori and the US R & B - Duo R. City . The piece is part of Jähns debut album I .
Creation and publication
The song was written jointly by Felix Jaehn, the Swedish songwriter Marcus Sepehrmanesh (Mack), the two R. City members Theron and Timothy Thomas and the Danish singer-songwriter Thomas Troelsen. The production was carried out by Jeahn and the Luxembourgish music producer Christophe Vitorino De Almeida, the two Troelsen supported them as co-producers. Troelsen and Jeahn were also responsible for the programming. The mastering took place under the direction of the Austrian sound engineer Nikodem Milewski . Jennie was mixed by British music producer Mark Ralph.
The publication of Jennie took place as part of Jähns debut album I on February 16, 2018. An official single release did not take place. The song was released under the music labels L'Agentur, Universal Music and Virgin Records , published by Duende Songs Musikverlag, EMI Music Publishing and Sony / ATV Music Publishing , and distributed by Universal Music Publishing .
content
The lyrics to Jennie are in English and refer to the female first name. In an interview with N-Joy Jaehn revealed that "Jennie" is a kind of synonym for terms like "baby" or "darling". Jaehn likes the 'J' sound at the beginning and therefore chose the song title "Jennie". The music and the text were written jointly by Felix Jaehn, Marcus Sepehrmanesh (Mack), Theron- and Timothy Thomas and Thomas Troelsen. Musically, the song moves in the area of dancehall , deep house and reggae . The tempo is 118 beats per minute .
The song begins with a three-line intro before the first verse begins. The first verse is followed by the refrain , which is accompanied by a pre-chorus . The chorus is followed by the second stanza and again the chorus. The second stanza is followed by a bridge and the end of the song with the outro . The intro and the stanzas are interpreted by Bori in spoken chant , the bridge and the chorus are sung by R. City. Mach's voice can also be heard in the background. Jaehn only works as an instrumentalist.
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reception
Reviews
Marvin from DJ Magazine named Jennie one of the three hidden "highlights" of Jaehn's debut album I, alongside Forever Young and Honolulu . Just Jennie was due to the daring mix of dancehall, deep house and reggae elements a lot of potential and it could bring to DST for decoupling.
Charts and chart placements
Jennie was placed in the German single charts for the first time on June 22, 2018 due to high downloads and reached its highest rating at position 40 in 26 chart weeks. Before entering the official Top 100 singles, the piece made it into the single trend charts for two weeks (June 8 to June 21, 2018) . Outside of Germany, the song was among other things placed in the Italian iTunes daily evaluations for one day and reached position 90 on February 17, 2018. The single reached position ten in the official German dance charts . In Austria and Switzerland, the song also reached the charts due to high downloads. In Austria, the song made it to position 35 in 22 chart weeks and in Switzerland to position 86 in three chart weeks. In 2018, the single was ranked 93rd in the German annual single charts .
For Jaehn as an interpreter, this is, including the chart success with his music project Eff , the twelfth chart success in Germany and the eleventh in Austria. As a music producer, Jaehn reached the German single charts for the eleventh time and the Austrian single charts for the tenth time. In his writing activities, he reached the charts in Germany for the tenth time and in Austria for the ninth time. For Troelsen Jennie is the 15th chart success in Germany and the 13th chart success in Austria as an author. Theron Thomas reached the German single charts for the eleventh time and the Austrian single charts for the eighth time as an author. For his brother Timothy Thomas Jennie is the seventh chart success as an author in Germany and the sixth in Austria. In his writing, Sepehrmanesh reached the singles charts in Germany for the eleventh time and in Austria for the fifth time. After De Almeida already among other things, as a programmer for voice , the chart peak in Germany reached, he succeeded with Jennie first time made it into the charts as a music producer.
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Awards for music sales
In February 2019 Jennie was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 200,000 units sold. In Austria, the single was awarded a gold record.
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 Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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200,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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15,000 |
| All in all |
2 × gold |
215,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c I / Felix Jaehn. listen.tidal.com, accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Felix Jaehn - I. discogs.com, accessed on June 24, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Felix Jaehn “I”: Too hot to touch! n-joy.de, accessed on June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ a b This is what Felix Jaehn's debut album I sounds like. djmag.de, accessed on June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ BPM for 'Jennie (feat. R. City, Bori)' by 'Felix Jaehn'. songbpm.com, accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Official Single Trending Charts ( Memento from June 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Felix Jaehn - 'Jennie (feat. R. City & Bori)' Italian iTunes Chart Performance. itunescharts.net, accessed on June 24, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Felix Jaehn feat. R. City & Bori - Jennie (Dance). officialcharts.de, accessed on December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Felix Jaehn feat. R. City & Bori - Jennie. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Felix Jaehn feat. R. City & Bori - Jennie. austriancharts.at, accessed on October 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Felix Jaehn feat. R. City & Bori - Jennie. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Top 100 annual single charts 2018. officialcharts.de, accessed on December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on February 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. IFPI Austria, accessed on February 13, 2019 .