Jive Connie
| Jive Connie | |
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| Connie Francis | |
| publication | April 1992 |
| length | 3:19 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , Jive , Schlager |
| Author (s) | Helmuth Rüßmann , Peter Columbus , Athena Hosey , Gordon Hal , Jean Nicolas , Howard Greenfield , Jack Keller , Ralph Maria Siegel , Kurt Feltz , Werner Scharfenberger , Peter König , Wolfgang Zell , Fini Busch |
| Producer (s) | Helmuth Rüßmann, Peter Columbus |
| Label | Polydor |
| Award (s) | RSH gold |
| album | Party power |
Jive Connie is a song by the US-American singer Connie Francis from 1992. The only single from her compilation Party Power was by Helmuth Rüßmann , Peter Columbus , Athena Hosey , Gordon Hal , Jean Nicolas , Howard Greenfield , Jack Keller , Ralph Maria Siegel , Kurt Feltz , Werner Scharfenberger , Peter König , Wolfgang Zell and Fini Busch written and produced by the former two.
Music and lyrics
Jive Connie is a medley of Connie Francis' songs Released in the 1960s Beautiful Stranger Man , Love Is a Strange Game , Barcarole in the Night , Paradiso and Napoli . The first two songs are German translations of two titles previously published in English, Someone Else's Boy and Everybody's Somebody's Fool . The second was conceived as a ballad at the time , but was significantly revised and rewritten for a release in German-speaking countries. The three remaining tracks were original compositions for the German market.
The title and premise of Jive Connie are an allusion to the music project Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers , which in 1989 and 1990 through its mashups in several European countries, including the German-speaking area, but especially in the United Kingdom , several top ten resp. could even land number one hits.
From Beautiful Stranger Man , Love is a Strange Game , Barcarole in the Night and Napoli only sounds the chorus, while the longest recorded song is Paradiso , of which a whole verse is sung, each of which is a performance of the chorus is outlined. The entire song is underlaid by a simple, driving drum rhythm that is only interrupted during the last lines of the Paradiso verse . A male voice repeats the exclamation “Jive Connie Jive” twice in three places: immediately before the first use of Connie Francis' voice, before Paradiso and in the last seconds of the song. The beginning of Love is a strange game and Paradiso is introduced with a short loop of a syllable of the text.
The individual songs used in the medley show little relation to each other in terms of content: Beautiful strange man and Barcarole in the night are about love for a man who is already in another relationship, Love is a strange game illustrates the peculiarity of love, To be able to bring both joy and pain, while Paradiso and Napoli sing about abroad, the former weaving a love story and the latter discussing departure.
success
Awards
For the song, Francis was awarded RSH Gold in 1993 for "Comeback of the Year".
Charts and chart placements
In Germany and Austria , Jive Connie reached number two in the single charts. In Germany the single stayed in the top 10 for eleven weeks and in the charts for 30 weeks, in Austria the single stayed in the top 10 for 16 weeks and in the charts for 22 weeks. Thus it was the biggest chart success for Francis in Austria, in Germany, however, she already achieved a number one hit in the night with the Barcarole, which is also included in the medley . In Austria the piece was eighth in the annual charts, in Germany it was ten in the annual single charts. In Germany, Jive Connie was the most successful German-language song in the singles charts for a period of 25 weeks and the most successful German - language song in Austria for twelve weeks . In Germany, Jive Connie is a record age of 25 weeks together with The Song of the Smurfs by Vader Abraham .
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Awards for music sales
In 1992, Jive Connie was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 250,000 units sold. This makes the single one of the best-selling hits in Germany since 1975. In 1993, it was also awarded a gold record in Austria. In total, the single received gold twice for over 275,000 units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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250,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
| All in all |
2 × gold |
275,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Single. Accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ album. Accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ SWR article on Connie Francis. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Schlagerplanet article about Connie Francis. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Jive Bunny Charts. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
- ^ Jive Bunny UK Charts. Accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Lyrics. Accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.rsh-history.de/RSH-Gold-1993.htm
- ↑ a b Connie Francis - Jive Connie (single). officialcharts.de, accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Connie Francis - Jive Connie. austriancharts.at, accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Top 100 annual single charts 1992.officialcharts.de , accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Annual Hit Parade Singles 1992. austriancharts.at, accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b gold & platinum. ifpi.at, accessed on May 4, 2019 .