Poison Prince
| Poison Prince | |
|---|---|
| Amy Macdonald | |
| publication | May 7, 2007 |
| length | 3:28 |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock |
| Author (s) | Amy Macdonald |
| album | This is the life |
Poison Prince is the first single of British singer Amy Macdonald from their first studio album This Is the Life and the first single ever, the officially published. The piece was written by Macdonald and the pre-album single was released on May 7, 2007.
The work, available as CD , 7 ″ single and download , also contains the B-sides Rock Bottom and Footballer's Wife . The red and black cover with a white signature shows Amy Macdonald's head with downcast eyes on the lower left edge of the picture. On the re-release of May 19, 2008, she can be seen on a color photograph on the right edge of the cover, looking to the right.
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The song is about Pete Doherty , the singer of the Babyshambles and the Libertines , who hit the headlines for his excessive drug use . Amy Macdonald, who describes herself as a huge fan of the Libertines, said of Doherty and her song:
“The rainbow press is horrible. You just sit there and berate him and no one stops and says, "Why did he make it out in public?" Well, he did because he was an incredibly talented musician, and I still think he is. I just think he's completely lost track. "Poison Prince" was just a song for him, from me and every other fan I know, that says: "Forget all the shit, forget all the drugs and the stupid influences and come back to the music."
Music video
There are three videos for the song. In the first, Amy Macdonald plays and sings the song without any arrangement in a dark room. In the second you can see her performing with her band in a Glasgow club. In between, sequences are faded in in which Macdonald roams through Glasgow by car, on foot, by subway, alone or with friends. The third version, which appeared together with the re-release, is in black and white and shows them during an appearance in Troon as well as impressions from the concert.
Charts
In Switzerland, the single reached number 58 on the charts on April 27, 2008 through downloads alone. In Germany, on June 19, 2009, a CD was released without the song Rock Bottom , but with a music video as a data track and entered the singles charts at number 66. This was also the highest chart position.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
66 (8 weeks) | 8th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
58 (9 weeks) | 9 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amy MacDonald - Poison Prince. discogs.com, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ spinner.com ( Memento from July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Amy Macdonald Calls Pete Doherty Her 'Prince'
- ↑ amymacdonald.co.uk ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Player
- ↑ hitparade.ch Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince
- ↑ acharts.us Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince
- ↑ MacDonald, Amy - Poison Prince (2-Track) - 5 inch single CD (2-Track) SGL-CD. musicline.de
- ↑ Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince. hitparade.ch