Under My Skin (song)

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Under My Skin
Sarah Connor
publication August 1, 2008
length 3:23 min.
Genre (s) Dance pop
Author (s) Remee , Thomas Troelsen and Lucas Secon
album Sexy as Hell

Under My Skin ( German: "Unter meine / r Haut" ) is an English-language dance-pop song by Remee , Thomas Troelsen and Lucas Secon, which became famous in the first interpretation by the German singer Sarah Connor .

Background information

Under My Skin was written for Connor's seventh studio album Sexy as Hell by Danish producers Remee, Thomas Troelsen and Lucas Secon and produced by Remme and Troelsen. The song was recorded at Delta Lab Studios in Copenhagen , Denmark. The song was released as a preliminary single on August 1, 2008 in German-speaking countries. Marek Pompetzki and Paul NZA are responsible for the mix of the single. Connor explains the singles selection as follows: “It's a tough number that goes straight forward. Under My Skin is a song that a lot of people wouldn't have expected from me. But I wanted to symbolize my change and development right away with the first single. ”About the lyrics, she says:“ Actually, “only” a situation is described in which two people see each other and slowly an erotic tension builds up between the two. I just wanted to create pictures. Everyone can create this in their head for themselves when they hear the song and develop their own emotions. I then leave it up to everyone how they want to interpret the song. I have also created my own version for myself. "

Under My Skin was Connor's first up tempo single release since From Zero to Hero in 2005 and landed at number four in Germany, reaching number 11 in the Top 20 in Austria and number 19 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Charts. Under My Skin was Sarah Connor's highest-ranked single in Germany since the Christmas carol The Best Side of Life from 2006.

Music video

The director Jörn Heitmann shot the accompanying music video on July 5, 2008 in the Tempodrom in Berlin. Since the video contains no plot, the choreography and many close-ups of the singer are in the foreground. “It's been a long time since I made a video with a dance performance. I really enjoy it, it was a great experience - it was nice to be surrounded by my dancers again and to have that young sexy feeling, to dance, to just enjoy the music. In the last two years I've withdrawn a lot and now just felt the need to sing freely, break out and do something new. ", Connor reports about the video shoot.

Cover versions

The songwriters also sold the song to South Korean record company SM Entertainment on condition that Connor's version be released in Europe and North America, while SM Entertainment released in Asian regions. The Korean boy band TVXQ released the song there under the title Mirotic .

Charts

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 4th (11 weeks) 11
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 11 (11 weeks) 11
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 79 (5 weeks) 5
Annual charts
Charts (2008) placement
Annual charts (2008)
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 81

Music genre

Deep bass and distorted synthesizer sounds should make the song, which belongs to the hip-hop genre , club-friendly. The music is reminiscent of The Neptunes and contains R&B and dance rhythms.

Reviews

  • Laut.de criticizes "the contentless sex singing" and considers the song to be "normal pop average", but finds it "cleanly produced".
  • musiktipp24.com criticizes the fact that Sarah Connor's “brilliant voice” means limited to “spoken word and breath”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/c/connor_sarah/sexy_as_hell/index.htm
  2. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lieblingsstars.com
  3. http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/musik/2008/07/15/sarah-connor/wild-in-leder-so-sexy-ist-das-neue-video-under-my-skin .html
  4. http://www.promipranger.de/6163-under-my-skin-wer-hats-erfunden-sarah-connor-oder-die-japaner  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.promipranger.de  
  5. Under My Skin in the German single charts
  6. Under My Skin in the Austrian single charts
  7. Under My Skin in the Swiss Hit Parade
  8. Single annual charts 2008 ( Memento from March 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  9. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2008 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.monstersandcritics.de
  10. a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 10, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musiktipps24.com