Shipping traffic (song)

Shipping
Herbert Grönemeyer
publication	February 4, 2011
length	3:57
Genre (s)	skirt
Author (s)	Herbert Grönemeyer
album	Shipping

Schiffsverkehr is the first single release by the German rock musician Herbert Grönemeyer from his studio album of the same name, Schiffsverkehr . The first release took place on February 4, 2011 in Germany and Austria, in Switzerland the single was released two days later, on February 6, 2011. The music and lyrics of the song are by Herbert Grönemeyer, it was produced by Alex Silva and Herbert Grönemeyer. The maxi-single on Schiffsverkehr also contains the following tracks: If I were just cowardly , Schiffsverkehr (Rockholm Mix) and Schiffsverkehr (instrumental) .

Contributors

• Alex Silva: Production
• Andre Rival: Cover
• David Hefti: recording
• Greg Calbi: Mastering
• Herbert Grönemeyer: music, production, text
• Michael H. Brauer: Mixture
• Michael Ilbert: recording, remix
• Tom Coyne: Mastering
• Walter Schönauer: Cover design

Charts

Shipping traffic is, after Glück and Komm zur Ruhr , the third top 10 hit from Grönemeyer in a row. Overall, this is his ninth top 10 success as a solo artist in Germany. Shipping traffic was able to stay in tenth place in the German top 10 for a week.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	10 (11 weeks)	11
Austria (Ö3)	33 (4 weeks)	4th
Switzerland (IFPI)	45 (3 weeks)	3

Music video

The music video belonging to the song was directed by Kai Sehr and starring August Diehl .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH
2. ↑ Music video ship traffic on the official YouTube channel of Herbert Grönemeyer , accessed on January 12, 2015.