Songs (song)
| Songs | |
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| Adel Tawil | |
| publication | 20th September 2013 |
| length | 3:47 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Sebastian Kirchner, Tobias Kuhn , Adel Tawil, Sebastian Wehlings |
| album | Songs |
Lieder is a song by the German pop singer Adel Tawil . The piece is the first single from his debut album of the same name, Lieder .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by Sebastian Kirchner, Tobias Kuhn , Adel Tawil and Sebastian Wehlings . The single was produced by Andreas Herbig, Konstantin Scherer , Tobias Kuhn, Vincent Stein and Adel Tawil. The single was mastered in the Berlin TrueBusyness Mastering Studio under the direction of Sascha Bühren. The song was mixed by Andreas Herbig. The song was released under the music label Vertigo Records and distributed through Universal Music Publishing . The piece was recorded in the Hamburg Boogiepark Studios. On the cover of the maxi single you can see Tawil's face next to the artist name and song title. The concept and photography are from Till Janz and Hendrik Schneider.
Publication and promotion
The first release of songs took place on September 20, 2013 as an airplay in Germany. The release as a physical sound carrier followed a month later on October 25, 2013 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The maxi single was released as a 2-track single and contains, in addition to the radio , an instrumental version of songs as a B-side .
In order to promote the song, there followed, among other things, live appearances at major Friday and Saturday evening shows such as Schlag den Raab , Willkommen bei Mario Barth , Wetten, dass ..? and Back To School - Gottschalk's big class reunion .
background information
Lieder is Tawils' debut single as a solo artist. Before that he already published songs in which he performed solo as a guest musician. a. with Sido ( Heaven should wait ), Cassandra Steen ( city ), Azad ( Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) ) and Tobias Schenke ( nobody said ). In addition to these chart successes, Tawil also placed himself in the charts with his first band The Boyz and the later duo Ich + Ich , which he founded with Annette Humpe .
On August 14, 2015, Tawil published a sequel entitled Our Songs , in which he processed the favorite songs of 30,000 fans from all over Germany after a campaign with Deutsche Telekom .
content
With the exception of “One Minute” ( English for “one minute” ), the lyrics of Lieder are in German. The music was written jointly by Sebastian Kirchner, Tobias Kuhn and Adel Tawil, the text by Sebastian Wehlings and Tawil. Musically, the song moves in the area of pop music . Thilo Brandt and Sebastian Schmidt on drums, Frank Kernbach on bass, Marius Mahn on bass and guitar and Thimo Sander and Jan Terstegen on guitar were hired as additional instrumentalists.
Every line of the song relates to songs that were important in Tawil's life. Many passages are even direct translations of English-language song titles. Sometimes musical allusions can also be heard, for example when he refers to the hit Come as You Are by Nirvana , the guitar riff from it can also be heard in the background . A reference to Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine does not refer to the lyrics of the song, but to the cover of the single. After an allusion to From the Same Star by Ich + Ich , a purely musical allusion to the piece Codo… düse im Sauseschritt by the group DÖF , in which his Ich + Ich partner Annette Humpe and her sister Inga were members. In the third verse, Adel refers solely to songs and facts from his own career.
In an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost , Tawil explained some of the allusions in which relationship he had with them: “ Maria was walking through a thorn forest, for example, from my time in the church choir, where I sang solo for the first time. Kurt Cobain changed everything for me. That was the first band whose songs I covered in school. It was through Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine that I realized in the first place that singing can also be cool. Foreign to Advanced Chemistry's own country came at a time when I was looking for an identity myself. I felt like a German, but somehow I realized that I was different. That was very moving for me because I realized that I am not the only one. That I can be proud of who I am. "
| text | Allusion to |
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| 1st verse | |
| I walked like an Egyptian, | Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles |
| I cried with pigeons. | When Doves Cry - Prince |
| Was a voodoochild, | Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix |
| like a Rolling Stone. | Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan |
| Mary sang to me in the thorn forest | Maria walked through a thorn forest |
| I died in your arms… | (I Just) Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew |
| ... Bochum '84. | Bochum - Herbert Grönemeyer |
| I never let the sun go down, | Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John |
| in my wonderful world. | What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong |
| 2nd stanza | |
| I was welcome to the jungle | Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N 'Roses |
| and foreign in their own country. | Foreign in your own country - Advanced Chemistry |
| My personal Jesus | Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode |
| and totally sick in the brain. | Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill |
| And I wonder when will I, will I be famous | When Will I Be Famous - Bros |
| like Rio, my king for eternity. | King of Germany - Rio Reiser |
| I was at the end of the street ... | End of the Road - Boyz II Men |
| was a loser baby | Loser - Beck |
| But then I held a cover in my hand | Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine |
| then a monk who was on fire | |
| Kurt Cobain told me to come as I am. | Come as You Are - Nirvana |
| bridge | |
| I was one of five guys | The Boyz |
| "One minute" off, then it was over. | One Minute - The Boyz |
| I only sang to myself | |
| for an infinitely long time. | |
| Then I met her | Annette Humpe |
| and she reminded me. | You remind me of love - me + me |
| We were worlds away | I + me |
| and yet from the same star. | From the same star - me + me |
| refrain | |
| And I sing these songs, | |
| dancing with Tears in My Eyes. | Dancing with Tears in My Eyes - Ultravox |
| Bowie was my hero for a day | Heroes - David Bowie |
| and EMF can't believe it. | Unbelievable - EMF |
| And I'm standing in the purple rain | Purple Rain - Prince |
| I want to be a firestarter. | Firestarter - The Prodigy |
| Whitney will always love me | I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston |
| and Michael won't leave me alone | You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson |
Music video
The music video for Lieder premiered on October 11, 2013. In the video, Tawil can be seen in a record shop, where he looks at various vinyl records and sings the song. While he looks at the records, the cover pictures of the records always change to the cover of the title, the passage of which he is singing about at that moment. If he doesn't have a record in his hand, the design of his T-shirt changes to the artist he is singing about. In between, scenes shot with Blue-Box can be seen again and again . Here you can see nobility in the foreground walking through Toronto . The music video was shot in Berlin . The total length is 3:47 minutes. Directed by Alexey Terehoff, it was produced by Massuda Kassem and Frederik Poppenk.
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reception
Charts and chart placements
Lieder reached position two in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the top 10 for 16 weeks and in the charts for 46 weeks. In Austria the single reached position one and was able to stay in position one for a week, 14 weeks in the top 10 and 41 weeks in the charts. In Switzerland the single reached position six and was able to stay in the top 10 for five weeks and in the charts for 32 weeks. Although the song did not make it to the top of the chart, it was still the most successful German-language song in the German single charts for a period of twelve weeks and the most successful German-language song in the Austrian single charts for a period of eleven weeks . In addition, Lieder reached position one in the German and Austrian airplay charts and position five in the Swiss airplay charts. In the single year charts of 2013, Lieder was placed at position 36 in Germany and in Austria at position 73. In the single year charts of 2014, the single was placed in Germany at position 25, in Austria at position 17 and in Switzerland at position 37.
In Germany this is already the fifth chart success and the fourth top 10 hit for Tawil as a solo artist. In Austria it is the fourth chart success and the third top 10 hit for Tawil. In Switzerland it is his fourth chart success and his first top 10 hit. For Tawil, Lieder nach Stadt und Der Himmel shall wait is the third hit in a row, which reached position two in the German charts. As an author, Lieder is already his 22nd single, which reached the German single charts, in Austria it is the eleventh and in Switzerland the ninth. As an author, it is his eighth Top 10 success in Germany, as well as his fifth in Austria and the third in Switzerland. As a producer, Lieder is already his 16th single, which reached the German single charts, in Austria it is the 14th and in Switzerland the sixth. It is his eighth production that reached the German single top 10, as well as the sixth in Austria and the third in Switzerland.
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Awards for music sales
In September 2017, Lieder in Germany was awarded a double platinum record for over 600 thousand units sold, making it Tawil's best-selling sound carrier in Germany to date. Overall, the single was awarded gold once and platinum three times across Europe. The single has sold over 645 thousand times so far.
| 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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 2 × platinum
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600,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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 gold
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15,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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platinum
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30,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold 3 × platinum |
645,000 |
Cover versions and parodies
- 2014 - Luke Mockridge presented a parody of the song on TV total on January 23, 2014 . He does not sing about song titles that meant a lot to him in the past, but he lists all of his "favorite porn films" during the song.
- 2014 - WDR2 & Esad Bikic , for the carnival the Cologne radio station produced the parody Jecke Lieder with Bikic , which refers to 29 Cologne carnival songs .
- 2014 - Radio PSR , the radio station published a Saxon version of songs in its “Sachsensongs” section .
- 2014 - SWR3 , the radio station published a version of songs with current songs in stanzas . However, the stanzas broke off as soon as it was the turn of a song by the singer Pink . In the end, a fixed version of the whole song was released.
- 2015 - Opus Sanctus , the German church choir recorded the song for their debut album Opus Sanctus .
- 2019 - Kidz Bop Germany , the music project released a child-friendly version of the piece on their debut album Kidz Bop Germany on March 29, 2019.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adel Rawil: Radio premiere of “Lieder” ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) ffh.de, September 20, 2013, accessed on April 26, 2019.
- ^ Adel Tawil at Schlag den Raab, last accessed on: December 15, 2013
- ↑ Adel Tawil at Welcome to Mario Barth last accessed on: December 15, 2013
- ^ Adel Tawil at Wetten dass last accessed on: February 22, 2014
- ^ Adel Tawil at Back to School last accessed on: March 1, 2014
- ↑ Song premiere with Adel Tawil: This is how Telekom's Mitmach-Lie sounds on wuv.de on August 17, 2015
- ↑ Online database - musical works on online.gema.de on August 24, 2015
- ↑ Musical puzzle of songs solved by Hitradio FFH last accessed on: October 25, 2013
- ↑ How Adel Tawil fights against lovesickness on Morgenpost.de on August 24, 2015
- ^ Adel Tawil - Articles (November 20, 2013). facebook.com, accessed January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Video premiere of Lieder, last accessed on: October 25, 2013
- ↑ Contributors of the music video last accessed on: October 25, 2013
- ↑ Airplaycharts GER at germancharts.com last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ Airplaycharts AUT at radiocharts.com last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ Airplaycharts SWI at swisscharts.com last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ GER Charts last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ Charts AUT at austriancharts.com last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ SWI Charts last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ Top 100 single year charts. Officialcharts.de, accessed on September 19, 2019 .
- ↑ AUT annual charts last accessed on: January 25, 2014
- ↑ Top 100 single year charts. Officialcharts.de, accessed on September 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Annual Singles Singles 2014. austriancharts.at, accessed on April 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2014. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Platinum in Germany last accessed on: September 6, 2017 (search required)
- ↑ Gold in Austria last accessed on: December 6, 2014 (search required)
- ↑ Platinum in Switzerland, last accessed on: December 22, 2014
- ↑ Luck Mockridge parody at TV total.de last accessed on: January 24, 2014
- ↑ WDR2 feat. Esad Bikic: Jecke Lieder last accessed on April 6, 2014
- ↑ WDR2: Jecke Lieder, the text last accessed on April 6, 2014
- ↑ Kidz Bop Germany (2019). cd-lexikon.de, accessed on April 6, 2019 .