Rock star
| Rock star | |
|---|---|
| Vanilla ninja | |
| publication | September 8, 2006 |
| length | 3:26 min. |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| text |
Per Hendrik Aldeheim , Christian Neander , Michelle Leonard |
| music | Kiko Masbaum |
| album | Love is War |
Rockstarz is a song in English by the Estonian girl group Vanilla Ninja , which was released as the second single of their fourth studio album Love Is War on September 8, 2006 on EMI / Capitol Music .
Production and Success
The piece was written by Per Hendrik Aldeheim, Christian Neander and Michelle Leonard and produced by Kiko Masbaum for Tinseltown Music Productions. Jens Rodenberg and Henrik Kersten acted as co-producers. The piece was recorded at Tinseltown Music Studios.
Rockstarz debuted on September 25, 2006 at number 86 in the German single charts and stayed there for a week. In Austria and Switzerland, the single could not place in the charts.
Maxi single
Unlike Vanilla Ninja's previously released maxi singles, the single does not contain the music video for the song, but a making-of video. The song cannot be heard in its original length on the single, but as a shortened radio edit. In addition, the song was mixed as a hard and an acoustic version.
Track list
- Rockstarz (radio edit) - 3:19
- Rockstarz ( instrumental version ) - 3:25
- Rockstarz (acoustic version) - 3:26
- Rockstarz (hard version) - 3:27
- Video: Vanilla Ninja Behind the Scenes - 2:24
Artwork
The single cover features the gold-colored Vanilla Ninja logo and the title lettering on a black background. The booklet is completely black. The CD itself is gold in color.
Contributors
- Producer: Kiko Masbaum
- Music and text: Per Henrik Aldeheim, Michelle Leonard , Christian Neander
- Recording: Kent Larsson
- Mastering: Darcy Proper
- Co-Producer: Jens Rodenberg, Henrik Kersten
- Vocal coach: Michelle Leonard
- Drums: Florian Peil
- Bass : Krischan Frehse
- Guitar / acoustic guitar: Bassel El Hallak
- Keyboard: Kiko Masbaum
- Background vocals : Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Florian Peil
- Artwork / Design: Koeln80.de
Music video
The music video for Rockstarz was shot from June 30th to July 1st, 2006 within 20 hours in the Berlin Columbiahalle and the surrounding area. The executive production company during the shoot was Katapult Filmproduktion . Sandra Marschner took over the direction of the music video. Sven Gessner was responsible for equipping the set. Petra Klapprott and Michael Felifla were responsible for the styling of Lenna Kuurmaa , Piret Järvis and Katrin Siska . All scenes were recorded by Duli Georg Diemannsberger. The video producer was Gernot Jurisch-Navarro. Holger Lehnau was responsible for the lighting. Fans of the band were invited to this video shoot to take on various guest roles. Kuurmaa's brother and some friends of the band also played.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g All information about the Rockstarz single (accessed on April 17, 2012)
- ↑ a b c credits on discogs (accessed April 17, 2012)
- ↑ musicline.de chart placement ( memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved April 17, 2012)
- ↑ a b c Information about the Rockstarz video shoot ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved April 17, 2012)
- ↑ a b c d e f g Video information (search required)
