Class 10 / happening
| Class 10 / happening | |
|---|---|
| Medina | |
| publication | October 31, 2011 and September 14, 2012 |
| length | 4:04 (Album) 3:09 ("Happening" Radio Edit) |
| Genre (s) | Electropop |
| Author (s) | Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel, Ross Golan |
| Label | Labelmade, EMI |
| album | For Altid or Forever |
Class 10 ( Danish: Klokken 10 , German: 10 o'clock ) is the title of a song by the Danish singer Medina . It was released as the third single from their album For Altid and reached number 1 on the Danish singles chart, becoming their eighth single to top the charts. In addition, the song was awarded platinum in Denmark.
The English version of the song Happening appeared as the second single from the album Forever , but was not very successful and only reached number 68 in the German charts.
background
music
Class 10 was composed by Medina and her producer team Providers, consisting of Rasmus Stabell and Jeppe Federspiel. The American songwriter Ross Golan was also involved in the English translation of Happening . The songs belong to the electro-pop genre. Strings can be heard in the background, which also form the short intro.
content
In a video interview on the song, Medina stated: “It's about meeting someone, he is unfaithful with his girlfriend, and I'm waiting for him to break-up with her, and he keeps promising me that in 10 o'clock or in this German version it's 2 am, he's gonna break up with her, so it's basically me waiting for him to do it, so him and I can be together forever. “[It's about meeting someone. That someone is unfaithful to his girlfriend, I'm waiting for him to break up with her. He keeps promising me that he'll break up with her at 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. in the English version. So it's basically about me waiting for him to do it so that he and I can be together forever.] In this context, the chorus of the song pretty much sums up the whole subject matter of the song. Here Medina sings: "Every single night I wait for you, every single day you say it's through, you promised me the night at 2 am that it's happening." [Every single night I wait for you, every single day you say that it's over. You promise me it'll happen at 2am tonight]
Criticism
The song's reviews were mixed. Markus Birner (generation-one.de) wrote: "The song Happening begins with a short string intro, continues with a slower beat, but unfortunately degenerates into a melodically nice but unfortunately unimportant pop ballad."
Music video
The video for class 10 was shot by Michael Sauer Christensen. It takes place in the Berlin subway station Alexanderplatz. The video shows Medina sitting on a staircase and then watching her lover and his girlfriend from behind a pillar. Medina's lover accompanies his girlfriend to a subway that takes her away. Medina approaches him and kisses him, but suddenly the girlfriend of Medina's lover appears again and forces the two apart. An argument breaks out and both women leave the station.
The music video for Happening was shot in August 2012 and premiered on Medina's Myvideo page on September 5th. The director here was Martin Skovbjerg.
Live performances
In Denmark, Medina performed with grade 10 on various occasions . For example, she sang the song on the Danish breakfast TV station Go 'Morgen Danmark and played the song on The Voice 12, together with For Altid and Lyser I Mørke .
Medina sang Happening on September 1, 2012 at the opening of the boxing match between Felix Sturm and Daniel Gaele, which was broadcast on Sat.1. She also sang the song at the SWR3 New Pop Festival on September 15 in Baden-Baden and one day later in the ZDF television garden .
Track list
Class 10
Download (single)
- Class 10 - 4:04
happening
Download (Remixes - EP)
- Happening (Radio Edit) - 3:09
- Happening (Decalicious Remix) - 4:15
- Happening (Granity Remix) - 4:02
- Happening (Ronen Dahan Remix) - 5:38
- Happening (Get No Sleep Collective Remix) - 5:48
Album version
- Happening - 4:04
Forever 2.0
- Happening (feat. Lloyd ) - 4:02
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 DK
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| 2011 | Kl. 10 For altid |
- |
DK1  × 2
(22 weeks)DK |
First published: October 31, 2011
|
| 2012 | Happening Forever |
DE68 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
First published: September 4, 2012
|
Contributors
- Songwriting - Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel, Ross Golan
- Production , instruments - Stabell, Federspiel (Providers)
- Vocals - Medina
- Mixing , mastering - Anders Schuhmann, Providers
Web links
- Medina: Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificeringer , ifpi.dk
- ↑ Markus Birner: Medina - Forever ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), generation-one.de
- ↑ Medina - Kl. 10 - Official Video (: labelmade: Records) Vimeo
- ↑ Medina - Happening - Official Video (: labelmade: Records) Vimeo
- ↑ Felix Sturm against Daniel Geale! The winner is double world champion! ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , loomee-tv.de
- ^ Cl. 10 - single , iTunes Denmark
- ^ Happening (Remixes) - EP , iTunes Germany
- ↑ Forever 2.0 , iTunes Germany
- ↑ Chart sources: DE DK
- ↑ Forever (Album) - Booklet, p. 5 u. 7, Labelmade / EMI
