Voice (song)
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| Eff | |
| publication | November 27, 2015 |
| length | 3:08 ( radio version ) 5:08 ( extended version ) |
| Genre (s) | House , pop |
| Author (s) | Mark Forster, Felix Jaehn, Philipp Steinke |
| album | I. |
Voice is a song and the debut single of the German music project Eff , consisting of the Rhineland-Palatinate pop singer Mark Forster and the Hamburg DJ Felix Jaehn . The piece is the fifth single from Jähns debut album I .
Creation and artwork
The song was written together by Mark Forster, Felix Jaehn and Philipp Steinke. The production was only carried out by the two Eff members Forster and Jaehn. The mixing and mastering was done by MbNM (Mixed by Nikodem Milewski) in Vienna , under the direction of Nikodem Milewski himself. In collaboration with Christophe Vitorino De Almeida, Milewski also programmed the single. The single was released under the music labels Island Records and Polydor and distributed by Sony / ATV Music Publishing . On the cover of the download single only the artist name and the song title can be seen in orange letters against a blue background. On the cover of the single, the background is black.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of voice carried as a download single on November 27, 2015. A week before the song had its airplay premiere on the radio. A physical single was released almost two months later on January 25, 2016 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The maxi single was released as a 2-track single and includes a radio and extended version of voice .
background information
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Mark Forster (2014)
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Felix Jaehn (2015)
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The music project between Mark Forster and Felix Jaehn came about through a chance meeting of the two artists on June 6, 2015 in Vienna . The project name comes from the pronunciation of the letter F , which is the first letter of Forster's surname and Jaehn's first name. The first rumors of a collaboration between the two flared up when they tweeted a picture together .
To date, there has been no official confirmation or a joint appearance by the two of them and their project. In an interview with the German radio station MDR Jump , Forster didn't want to know anything about Eff. When asked about the project, he replied with a grin: “Eff? I've never heard of What is that? ”In the end he confessed that he knew the song after all. He wouldn't like deep house music very much in general, but he thinks voice is a “pretty good song”.
After Jaehn's debut single Sommer am Meer from 2013, a number of English-language single releases and remixes followed . After almost three years, Stimm is the second German-language single release by Jaehn. After two pop albums, Forster is the first attempt in the field of deep house.
content
- Refrain, original excerpt
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With the exception of one word, the lyrics to voice are written in German. It contains the English verb lost . The music was composed by Mark Forster, Felix Jaehn and Philipp Steinke; the text was written by Forster and Jaehn. Musically, the song moves in the realm of house and pop music . The singing of the song comes from Mark Forster alone, Jaehn only acts as a DJ. Christophe Vitorino del Almeida and Philipp Steinke were hired as additional instrumentalists on the keyboards. In the interview with MDR Jump mentioned above, Forster allowed himself to be led into the following interpretation of the text: “The voice is probably between the stomach and the head. I have something inside of me. I don't know whether this is my Polish mother or my grandmother from the Palatinate . Something inside of me always tells me, go there! Don't do that! ' and so. ”His inner voice always means well with him and he suspects that the project was also thinking something similar. |
Music video
The music video for Voice was filmed in Los Angeles and premiered on February 19, 2016. You can see the dancer Fik-Shun, who walks through LA and repeatedly gets short popping fits. These increase in the course of the video until it almost only moves through the streets popping. Towards the end he meets the dancer Dytto, he sees her sitting on a park bench and is immediately enthusiastic about her and joins her. In the end, the two of them dance through the streets of LA. The total length of the video is 3:08 minutes. Marc Helfers directed.
Two and a half months before the official music video was released, the Digster Germany mobile app uploaded a video that shows the cover image of the single and plays the song. To date, both videos have over 31 million views on YouTube (as of May 2020).
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reception
Reviews
The German-language online magazine laut.de described the piece with the following words: “Danceable, reclined electro beats meet memorable lyrics , performed by the distinctive voice organ Forsters. Produced for radio stations and night clubs alike. The signs for a hit are good. "
Charts and chart placements
Voice reached the top of the single charts in Germany and was able to stay in the top 10 for a total of three weeks, 14 weeks in the top 10 and 30 weeks in the charts. For a period of five weeks, voice was the most successful German-language song in the German single charts . In the German airplay charts , the single reached the top position for two weeks . In Austria the single reached position ten and was able to stay in the top 10 for one week and in the charts for 24 weeks. In the Swiss charts , the single reached position 26 in 16 chart weeks. In 2016, the single was placed 39th in the annual German single charts and 62nd in Austria.
For Forster as an interpreter, this is the eighth chart success in Germany, the fifth in Austria and the third in Switzerland. It is his third top 10 - and first number one success in Germany. As an author, this is his ninth chart success in Germany, as well as the fifth in Austria and the third in Switzerland. It is his third top 10 and first number one success in Germany. For Forster as a music producer, this is the fourth chart success in Germany and Austria and the second in Switzerland. To date, no single Forsters could place higher in the single charts. Jaehn reached the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the fourth time. It is his fourth top 10 and third number one success in Germany. As an author, this is his second chart success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is his second top 10 and first number one success in Germany. For Jaehn as a music producer this is already the third chart success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is his third top 10 and second number one success in Germany. Steinke reached the German single charts for the sixth time, the Austrian for the fourth time and the Swiss single charts for the third time. In Austria it is his third top 10 success after Au revoir and Flash mich , in Germany and Switzerland after Au revoir it is his first, at the same time voice is Steinke's first and so far only number one success.
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Awards for music sales
In October 2016, Voice in Germany was awarded a platinum record for over 400,000 units sold. According to sources, a total of over 500,000 copies are said to have been distributed in Germany. This makes it the best-selling record of his career for Forster after Au revoir .
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 Germany (BVMI)
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400,000 |
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1 × platinum |
400,000 |
Cover versions and parodies
- 2016: Die Lochis : On January 23, 2016, Die Lochis published a parody of Voice on their You Tube channel . The video hit the million mark within two weeks.
- 2016: Radio PSR : The radio station published the parody Hör auf die Mutti as one of their “Saxon songs” .
- 2018: Rea Garvey : The Irish rock singer covered the piece as part of the VOX music show Sing my song - The exchange concert . The piece can also be found on the accompanying sampler.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on April 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Booklet: Voice (2-Track-Single) , Island / Polydor, November 27, 2015.
- ↑ voice - single. itunes.apple.com, accessed February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Voice (2-Track). amazon.de, accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Eff. laut.de, accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ EFF take off with the single “Voice”. universal-music.de, accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Eff “voice”. ( Memento from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) jumpradio.de, January 21, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2019.
- ↑ Sensational popping moves: Dytto and Fik-Shun in the new EFF video “Voice”. universal-music.de, accessed on February 25, 2016 .
- ↑ EFF - voice. vevo.com, accessed March 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany: week 05/2016. germancharts.de, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Eff - voice. officialcharts.de, accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Eff - voice. austriancharts.at, accessed on February 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Eff - voice. hitparade.ch, accessed on February 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Single year charts 2016. officialcharts.de, accessed on January 6, 2017 .
- ^ Annual Hit Parades Singles 2016. austriancharts.at, accessed on January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Mark Forster: Almost 500,000 thanks !!!! facebook.com, May 16, 2017, accessed May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on November 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Eff - voice (parody). youtube.com, accessed February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Sing my song - The Exchange Concert, Vol. 5 (Deluxe Edition). itunes.apple.com, accessed May 1, 2018 .