Like I Love You (Nico Santos and Topic Song)
| Like I Love You | |
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| Nico Santos & Topic | |
| publication | March 13, 2020 |
| length | 3:22 min. |
| Genre (s) | Dance pop |
| Author (s) | Pascal Reinhardt, Tobias Topic , Joe Walter, Nico Wellenbrink |
| album | Nico Santos |
Like I Love You ( English for “How I love you”) is a song by the German singer-songwriter Nico Santos , which was created in collaboration with DJ Topic , who is also from Germany . The track is the third single from Santos' second self-titled studio album.
Creation and artwork
Like I Love You was written by the two performers themselves - under their real names "Tobias Topic" (Topic) and "Nico Wellenbrink" (Nico Santos) - together with co-authors Pascal Reinhardt and Joe Walter. The instrumentation, production and programming were carried out through collaboration between Reinhardt and Topic. For the instrumentation, keyboards and drums were used, which both played in. Reinhardt also played the guitar sounds. Topic was responsible for mixing the piece. The mastering took place under the direction of the Berlin sound engineer Lex Barkey .
On the front cover of the single there is only an ice surface to be seen - in addition to the artist name and song title. The label is in yellow, centered, in the middle of the cover image.
Publication and promotion
The first release of Like I Love You was made as streaming on March 13, 2020. The release was made as a single track by the record label Virgin Records , the product was distributed by Universal Music Publishing . The song was published by Budde Music Publishing, Djorkaeff Beatzarre Edition and Fisherman Songs. After Like I Love You was initially only released as a single track, it was released on May 8, 2020 on Santos' second self-titled studio album.
In order to promote the song, there was, among other things, a joint live appearance, at prime time , on the Sat.1 show Luke! The school and I as well as a solo appearance by Santos in the ProSieben show Schlag den Star . In May 2020, the German television station ProSieben advertised the song as an “entertainment tip”, which means that it could be seen in various commercial breaks.
- Free European Song Contest
On May 16, 2020, Santos entered the newly initiated Free European Song Contest with Like I Love You . When he attended, he represented Spain , the country where he grew up. He modified the text a little for his appearance and integrated a few lines in Spanish. He prevailed with 104 points against his 15 colleagues, including second placed Ilse DeLange with Changes (88 points for the Netherlands) and third placed Max Mutzke as an astronaut with [back to the moon] (85 points for the moon). Santos took the lead after the second voting country and held the lead until the twelfth country. After the twelfth country, DeLange took the lead. The last three countries, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, awarded their points by audience voting, in which DeLange received 0 points and thus lost the lead again to Santos, who received 22 out of a possible 36 points from the audience. Santos got full 12 points from two (Netherlands and United Kingdom) out of 16 countries.
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background information
In Like I Love You this is not the first collaboration between Nico Santos and Topic, in late 2015 the two released the single Home . The single reached position twelve in Germany and the top 10 in Austria . Internationally, the piece also made it into the Australian single charts, where Home just barely missed the top 10 with position eleven. The single sold around 470,000 times, received platinum records in Australia and Germany and represented the breakthrough for the two artists. Santos previously only achieved one of the bottom spots in the Swiss charts as a guest singer with Mr.Da-Nos ( Holding On ) and Topic hit the music charts for the first time.
content
The lyrics to Like I Love You are in English . The title translates into German as “How I love you”. The music and the text were written and composed jointly by Pascal Reinhardt, Tobias Topic (Topic), Joe Walter and Nico Wellenbrink (Nico Santos). Musically, the song moves in the area of dance pop . The tempo is 126 beats per minute . The key is A minor . According to Santos, the song is meant to reflect the fear and imagination of what it would feel like if the past love suddenly had a new one.
The song is based on an intro , two verses, a chorus , a drop and a bridge . The song begins with the intro, which is simply composed of the repetitive line "Like I Love You". The short intro was followed by the first verse, followed by the chorus, which in turn ends with a drop that is largely similar to the intro. The process is repeated with the second stanza. The second chorus is followed by a three-line bridge, before the song ends with the third chorus and the directly following drop. Topic only works as a producer on the piece, the main vocals were completely taken over by Santos. In addition, the voice of co-author Walter can be heard in the background
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Music videos
To Like I Love You Two official music videos were released. First, a poetry video was released that premiered on March 12, 2020 on YouTube . In the foreground, as is typical for poetry videos, it always shows the currently sung song lines in yellow letters. Impressions of a mountain landscape can be seen in the background. The actual music video finally celebrated its premiere on April 2, 2020. It shows a young woman (played by Toni Dreher-Adenuga ) who makes her way to her opponent. She is traveling by motorcycle and makes another stop on her way to make a deal for an unknown substance with a stranger. After the deal, she is followed by two other motorcyclists for a short time. This she shakes off without further ado and later meets the wanted person, who turns out to be her double (played by Valerie Mevegue). She then enters into a fight with herself. The video ends with a mirrored close-up of the injured original. In between, scenes of Santos can be seen again and again, who sings the song in the midst of a small crowd and once caught in a detached prison. Topic only appears briefly in the video, regardless of the story. The total length of the video is 3:48 minutes. As with some of Santos' previous music videos, the director was again Marvin Ströter.
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Reviews
Henry Einck from dance-charts.de sees great similarities between Like I Love You and Home , but with different expectations than before, from which the two could not be influenced. The duo deliver a solid dance-pop single that does exactly what the listener expects when reading the names of the artists. Santos could express all his talent when singing and Topic could prove with the "sound design" that he had a feel for modern sound. Whether Like I Love You will develop into a hit is difficult to assess, but the success of Home will most likely not be able to be surpassed.
Charts and chart placements
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Like I Love You reached position 24 in the official single charts in Germany . In the German midweek charts on May 20, 2020, the single even made it to 23rd place. Before entering the official singles charts on April 24, 2020, the single was at the top of the single trending charts for two weeks . In addition, Like I Love You reached number 15 on the airplay charts , number five on the download charts and number 32 on the streaming charts . In Austria the single reached position 32 and in Switzerland position 54 in the charts.
With Like I Love You, Topic reached the German single charts as a music producer for the eleventh time, as well as for the ninth time in Austria and for the third time after Komm mit ( Liont ) and Breaking Me (Topic feat. A7S ) in Switzerland. As an author and performer, he reached the single charts in Germany and Austria for the sixth time, and for the second time after Breaking Me in Switzerland. For Santos as an author, Like I Love You is the 21st chart success in Germany, the 15th in Austria and the twelfth in Switzerland. As an interpreter, he reached the German single charts for the eighth time, as well as for the seventh time in Austria and for the sixth time in Switzerland. Walter reached the German charts for the twelfth time, as well as for the eighth time in Austria and for the fourth time in Switzerland. For Reinhardt as an author, Like I Love You is the tenth chart success in the German single charts as well as the eighth in Austria and the sixth in Switzerland.
Web links
- Music video for "Like I Love You" (music video) on YouTube
- Music video for "Like I Love You" (poetry video) on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Credits / Like I Love You / Nico Santos. listen.tidal.com, March 13, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Nico Santos & Topic - Like I Love You (2020, File). discogs.com, March 13, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Nico Santos - Nico Santos. hitparade.ch, accessed on May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Luke! The school and me. Brainpool, Sat.1, May 1, 2020.
- ↑ Hit the star. Raab TV, ProSieben, June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Marvin Wibbeke: Disappointed fans and a cheering Nico Santos - that's how the first "Free ESC" went. rp-online.de, May 17, 2020, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Topic feat. Nico Santos - Home. hitparade.ch, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2016 Singles. aria.com.au, accessed on May 1, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Mr. Da-Nos feat. Nico Santos - Holding On. hitparade.ch, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ BPM for “Like I Love You” by Nico Santos. songbpm.com, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ^ Key & BPM for Like I Love You by Nico Santos, Topic. tunebat.com, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Nico Santos and Topic release single “Like I Love You”. universal-music.de, March 13, 2020, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Henry Einck: Five years after their hit collaboration “Home”: Nico Santos & Topic - Like I Love You. dance-charts.de, March 18, 2020, accessed on May 2, 2020 .
- ^ Nico Santos & Topic - Like I Love You. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 22, 2020 .
- ^ Nico Santos & Topic - Like I Love You. austriancharts.at, accessed on May 27, 2020 .
- ^ Nico Santos & Topic - Like I Love You. hitparade.ch, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Official midweek single Top 100.mtv.de, May 20, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, April 17, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, April 10, 2020, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany: Week 17/2020. germancharts.de, May 1, 2020, accessed on May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Official download charts single. mtv.de, May 25, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Official Top 100 Music Streaming. mtv.de, May 19, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .