Ultralight (song)
| Ultralight | |
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| Andreas Bourani | |
| publication | 3rd July 2015 |
| length | 3:44 ( radio version ) 4:25 (album version) |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Jasmin Shakeri |
| album | Hey |
Ultralight is a song by the German pop singer Andreas Bourani . The track is the third single from his second studio album Hey .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog and Jasmin Shakeri. The single was recorded, mixed and produced by Peter “Jem” Seifert at Blacksheep Studios; Bourani and Hartog stood by his side as co-producers. The piece was mastered in the Düsseldorf Blacksheep studio under the direction of Jem and under the direction of Kai Blankenberg from the Skyline Tonfabrik. The single was released under the music label Vertigo Berlin and distributed by Universal Music Publishing . On the blue cover of the maxi single you can see - in addition to the artist name, logo and song title - Bourani, leaning heavily against a fictional wall. The cover picture was shot by Dirk Rudolph and Harald Hoffmann and designed by Büro Dirk Rudolph.
Publication and promotion
Ultralight was first published on July 3, 2015 as a download. A physical sound carrier was released a week later on July 10, 2015 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . The piece is available as a single download or EP . In addition to the radio version, the EP contains three further remixes as B-side . A live version of Ultraleicht , which Bourani sang together with the German singer Elif at the MTV Live Sessions in Hamburg, was already released on the previous single Auf Andere Wegen as B-side.
Remix versions
- Ultralight (Achtabahn Remix)
- Ultralight (Calyre & Kaind Remix)
- Ultralight (Shuko & Freedo Remix)
In order to promote the song, there was a live performance during prime time on Sing my song - The Exchange Concert , as well as a live performance with an acoustic version at the Cologne meeting point .
content
The lyrics to Ultralight are written in German. The music and the text were written jointly by Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog and Jasmin Shakeri. Musically, the song moves in the area of pop music . In addition to the main vocals by Bourani, the voices of Bourani and Hartog can be heard in the background. The instruments were played by Jan Alnoch (percussion), Jürgen Dahmen (organ), Julius Hartog (guitar, keyboard and piano), Jem (bass and keyboard) and Tim Lorenz (percussion and drums).
“With you, with you, with you,
I feel ultra-light.
With you, with you, with you,
I feel ultra-light. "
Bourani himself described Ultralight in a track-by-track on his album Hey with the following words: “ Ultralight is about finding someone with whom you feel very connected. I met someone like that and she had such a lightness that rubbed off completely on me. "The Universal Music Group described the content of the song as:" The lightheartedness of being together for two people. "
Music video
The black and white music video for Ultraleicht was shot in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel and celebrated its premiere on May 22, 2015 on YouTube . At the beginning you can see a view over Hamburg, before the picture moves towards Bourani. Afterwards, Bourani can mostly be seen walking through Osterstrasse in the Hamburg district of Eimsbüttel, singing and observing all kinds of people. Often his main focus falls on a pigeon . At the end of the video it flies high in the sky and Bourani also takes off and follows it. The video ends as it began with a look over Hamburg. The special thing about the video is that Bourani moves at normal speed, but the environment around him is mostly in slow motion . The total length of the video is 3:51 minutes. As with the previous singles Auf uns and Auf Andere Wegen , Kim Frank again directed.
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reception
Charts and chart placements
Ultralight reached position 45 in the single charts in Germany and was in the charts for a total of twelve weeks. In Austria the single reached position 71 in a chart week and in Switzerland also position 50 in a chart week. For Bourani as an interpreter, this is the ninth chart success in Germany and Austria, as well as the sixth in Switzerland. For Bourani as an author, this is the ninth chart success in Germany, the eleventh in Austria and the seventh in Switzerland.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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45 (12 weeks) | 12 |
 Austria (Ö3)
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71 (1 week) | 1 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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50 (1 week) | 1 |
Awards for music sales
In June 2018, Ultralight was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 200,000 copies sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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200,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
200,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Ultralight EP. itunes.apple.com, accessed July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Hey. discogs.com, accessed July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Ultralight. mix1-music.de, accessed on July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani et al. a. Today (June 19th, 2015) in the talk show "Kölner Treff" guest! smago.de, accessed on July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ See the first part of the Andreas Bourani Track By Track for the album "Hey". universal-music.de, accessed on July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Ultralight. officialcharts.de, accessed on July 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Ultralight. austriancharts.at, accessed on October 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Ultralight. swisscharts.com, accessed October 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Gold for “Ultralight” in Germany. musikindustrie.de, accessed on June 5, 2018 .