Lotus flower (song)

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Lotus flower
The flippers
publication September 1989
length 3:44
Genre (s) Bat
Author (s) Uwe Busse ,
Karl-Heinz Rupprich
album Lotus flower

Lotosblume is a song by the former German pop band Die Flippers . The track is the first and only single from her 19th studio album of the same name, Lotosblume .

Creation and artwork

The song was written and produced by Karl-Heinz Rupprich and Uwe Busse . The single was arranged by Wolfgang Pentinghaus. The song was released under the Dino Music music label and distributed by BMG Music Publishing . The recordings took place in the Hermes Studios in Kamen . On the cover of the maxi single - in addition to the artist name and song title - a picture of the three Flippers members can be seen together with a lotus flower . An official music video was never shot.

Publication and promotion

Lotosblume was first published in Germany in September 1989. The maxi single was released on CD and a 7 "vinyl record . Next to Lotosblume there is the song And in the night on the vinyl record and the songs And in the night and When the summer wind… on the B-side .

In order to promote the song, there followed, among other things, live appearances on the ZDF hit parade and a number of hit medleys that included lotus flower in many Saturday evening shows in the years that followed until the band split up.

content

The lyrics to the lotus flower are written entirely in German. The music and the text were written jointly by Karl-Heinz Rupprich and Uwe Busse. Musically, the song moves in the area of ​​German pop hits . It is sung by Olaf Malolepski , the two other band members Manfred Durban and Bernd Hengst can be heard in the background of the chorus.

Contributors

Song production

Companies

reception

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Lotus flower
  DE 23 10/23/1989 (19 weeks)

Awards

On October 4, 1989 Die Flippers with Lotosblume took first place in the ZDF hit parade , where they prevailed against the London Boys , Heino , Bad Boys Blue , Achim Reichel , Juliane Werding and the duet Young Love by Drafi Deutscher & Demis Roussos .

Charts and chart placements

Lotosblume reached position 23 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of 19 weeks. Although the song did not make it to number one, it was still the most successful German-language song in the German single charts for a period of three weeks . In addition, the piece was placed in the German airplay charts for 17 weeks and reached its highest rating at position 31.

This was the eleventh chart success for Flippers in Germany. To date, no single of the Flippers has been in the charts for longer in Germany ( seven days, also 19 weeks). For Uwe Busse as an author this was already the ninth chart success in Germany, as well as the fifth chart success as a music producer.

Cover versions

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Angeline (Groove Goverage)
  DE 22nd 05/13/2011 (16 weeks)
  AT 26th 05/13/2011 (16 weeks)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Flippers - Lotus Flower. discogs.com, accessed October 30, 2014 .
  2. ↑ The Flippers - Lotus Flower. discogs.com, accessed October 30, 2014 .
  3. ↑ The Flippers - Lotus Flower. officialcharts.de, accessed on October 30, 2014 .
  4. ^ The unofficial platform of the "ZDF Hit Parade". facebook.com, accessed October 4, 2014 .
  5. ↑ The Flippers - Lotus Flower. musik-sammler.de, accessed on October 30, 2014 .
  6. ^ Groove Coverage, Angeline. officialcharts.de, accessed on October 31, 2014 .
  7. ^ Groove Coverage - Angeline (song). austriancharts.at, accessed on October 31, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Thomas Anders - Like a Flower. austriancharts.at, accessed on May 10, 2020 .