Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you)
| Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) |
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| Azad feat. Adel Tawil | |
| publication | July 13, 2007 |
| length | 4:02 |
| Genre (s) | Rap , pop |
| Author (s) | Azad, Florian Fischer , M3 & Noyd, Adel Tawil |
| album | Block letters |
Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) is a song by the German rapper Azad , in cooperation with the German pop singer Adel Tawil . The piece is the first single from his fifth studio album Blockschrift .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by Azad, Florian Fischer , M3 & Noyd and Adel Tawil. The single was produced by M3 & Noyd. The single was released under the Urban music label . The cover of the maxi single is black and white . You can see - in addition to the artist name and song title - a picture on which Azad and Tawil stand in front of or on a base of a power pole. The photographer for the cover shoot was Siro Micheroli, the artwork for the cover was done by Ben Baumgarten.
Publication and promotion
The first release of Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) took place on July 13, 2007 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the radio version of Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) , the maxi single also contains a "trailer version" and an instrumental of the song as a B-side .
background information
Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) was the soundtrack for the US action series Prison Break and was created when RTL commissioned a German version of the theme song. The original theme song for the Prison Break Theme series was composed by the native German- Iranian Ramin Djawadi , who received an Emmy nomination for it . The Belgian singer Kaye Styles sang the rap song Prison Break Anthem at the request of the US television channel FOX , which also served as the theme song for the broadcast of the series on the Belgian television channel KanaalTwee. It was released as a single and as a music video . The song Pas le temps , rapped by rapper Faf Larage from Marseille , serves as the theme song , which was also released as a single and music video, especially for broadcast on the French television channel M6 . The Japanese singer Namie Amuro sang the theme song Top Secret for the Japanese broadcast.
For Tawil - at the time the singer of the German pop duo Ich + Ich - this is the second solo release apart from his projects like The Boyz or Ich + Ich after Nobody said .
song
The lyrics to Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) are in German. The music was by Florian Fischer, M3 & Noyd and Adel Tawil; the text was written by Azad, Fischer and Tawil. Musically, the song moves in the realm of rap and pop music .
The song is about a person still standing behind a person who was previously very close, even though they are currently in jail. The person wants to help the condemned to return to freedom and encourages the condemned to survive the time as well as possible.
"I'll get you out of there I believe in you as
soon as you believe in me, I'll get you out of there you can always count on me.
Hold out I know the time seems to stand still here,
but soon we will go towards freedom. "
Music video
In the music video, Azad and Tawil can be seen in different natural places. This should convey the feeling of freedom and thus represents the complete opposite of a life behind bars . In between, scenes from the series Prison Break can be seen again and again . The total length of the music video is 4:02 minutes. The directors were Roman Peritz and Siro Micheroli; it was produced by combo entertainment.
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reception
Charts and chart placements
Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) reached number three in the single charts in Germany in the first week and rose to number one in the German single charts in the following weeks . The single was able to stay at the top for a week, 10 weeks in the top 10 and 18 weeks in the charts. In Austria the single reached position twelve in 17 chart weeks and in Switzerland position 13 in 15 chart weeks. The song was the most successful German-language song in the German single charts for a period of three weeks . In 2007 the single reached position 20 in the 2007 annual charts , position 57 in Austria and position 63 in Switzerland.
In Germany, this is already the twelfth chart success and the first top 10 / number one hit for Azad. For Adel Tawil, after Nobody Said, it is the second chart success as a solo artist and the first top 10 / number one hit success. In Austria and Switzerland it is the second chart success for Azad and the first for Tawil.
As an author, Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) is already the twelfth single Tawils, which was able to place in the German single charts, in Austria it is the fourth and in Switzerland the fifth. It's his third top 10 and first number one win for him.
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Awards for music sales
In 2007 Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 150,000 units sold. This makes the title one of the best-selling German-language rap songs since 1975.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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 Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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150,000 |
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1 × gold |
150,000 |
Web links
- Music video for Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) on YouTube
- Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on February 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Music video on YouTube.com last accessed on November 10, 2013
- ↑ Music video production team at crew-united.com last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ↑ GER Charts last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ↑ AUT Charts last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ↑ SWI Charts last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ↑ DEU annual charts last accessed on: September 10, 2018
- ↑ AUT annual charts last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ↑ SWI annual charts last accessed on: November 10, 2013
- ^ Golden record last accessed on: November 10, 2013