So you're
| So you're | |
|---|---|
| Peter Maffay | |
| publication | March 1979 |
| length | 5:07 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , Schlager |
| text | Bernd opinion |
| music | Peter Maffay |
| Producer (s) | Peter Maffay, Peter Wagner |
| album | Steppenwolf |
| Cover version | |
| 1999 | Oli P. ( That's how you are (and when you go ...) ) |
So are you is a song by Peter Maffay that was released as a single from the 1979 album Steppenwolf . It is his second and last number one hit after Du from 1970. It was also the best-selling single of 1979 in Germany .
Origin and content
The song was written by Maffay, the lyrics are by Bernd Opinion . It was produced by Maffay together with Peter Wagner . The Pop - / pop - ballad is instrumented with acoustic guitar, bass, drums and strings. A saxophone solo sounds towards the end of the piece. Various background singers, including women, can be heard. The text is a song of praise to the loved one, with whom the protagonist also feels inseparable:
“And when I go, only part of me goes.
And if you go, your warmth stays here.
And when I cry, only part of me cries
and the other laughs with you. "
Publication and reception
The single was released by Telefunken in March 1979 . On the B-side was On The Way To Me . So are you also appeared on numerous compilation albums . Only about four months after the publication climbed to number one in the German single charts and was there for three weeks from July 30th to August 19th, totaling 43 chart weeks. In Austria it reached number 17 and in Switzerland number three. The single achieved gold status in Germany and, with over 250,000 units sold, is one of the country's best-selling hits .
The success of the title was not least due to the ZDF hit parade , in which Maffay was listed eight times in 1979 and appeared on the show four times, which meant that he was there for almost nine months. He first performed it on May 7, 1979 , the title was listed at number 15. In the following episode he reached number two on June 11, 1979 and then number one for four issues in a row, with Maffay appearing on July 9 and September 10, in the other two programs as well as the following two issues until December 10, 1979 was not on the show because of other obligations.
Berndorff / Friedrich described the song as "a tone cast commitment to parting and starting over".
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
1 (43 weeks) | 43 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
17th (18 weeks) | 18th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
3 (17 weeks) | 17th |
Version by Oli P.
On October 4th, 1999 Oli P. published his version, So are you (and when you go ...) . On November 15 of that year she also appeared on his album O.Ton . In addition to Maffay and Opinioner, Uli Roever , Martin Warnke and Ralph Suda were also involved in this version . Peter Hoffmann , Oliver Otis and Ollie Stan produced them. The single reached number one in all three DA-CH countries as well as triple gold in Germany, platinum in Austria and gold in Switzerland.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
|
Germany (GfK)
|
1 (18 weeks) | 18th |
|
Austria (Ö3)
|
1 (17 weeks) | 17th |
|
Switzerland (IFPI)
|
1 (21 weeks) | 21st |
More cover versions
Numerous other cover versions exist, including:
- Claudia Jung
- Dieter Hallervorden
- Mike Krüger ( Hit parade: You take everything you get )
- Benny Neyman ( Zo ben jij )
- Reiner Vogl
- Giovanni Zarrella ( So be there )
- Moonbeats
- Flamingo Kvintetten ( Var finns you )
- Frank Zander
- Michael Shepherd
- Mike Bauhaus
- Combox
- Andy Luxx ( So are you! 2014 )
- Dennie Christian ( Dat ben jij )
- Giovanni Zarrella with Jana Ina Zarrella ( Così sei tu )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Peter Maffay - So are you , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on 1 April 2020 . (Search required)
- ↑ Lothar Berndorff and Tobias Friedrich: 1000 Ultimate Charthits . Moewig Verlag , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86803-272-7 . , P. 339
- ↑ Peter Maffay - So you are chart placement in Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Peter Maffay - So you are chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Peter Maffay - This is how you are chart placement in Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Oli P. - That's how you are (and when you go ...) , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Oli P. - This is how you are (and if you go ...) chart placement in Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed April 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Oli P. - This is how you are (and if you go ...) Chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Oli P. - This is how you are (and if you go ...) chart placement in Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed April 15, 2020 .