Under your flag
| Under your flag | |
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| Unholy | |
| publication | September 24, 2010 |
| length | 3:57 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) |
The Count , Henning Verlage |
| Award (s) | Bundesvision Song Contest winner title |
| album | Lot of freedom |
Under your flag , the third single from the album is the German rock - band Unholy from their seventh studio album Grosse Freiheit .
Creation and artwork
The song was written and produced by the Count and Henning publishers . The single was released under the music label Vertigo Berlin . On the cover of the maxi single - in addition to the inscription of the artist and the song title - the count can be seen, who on an overcast day is standing in a black suit on a meadow and looking at the sky.
Publication and promotion
The single was first released on September 24, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the single version of “Under Your Flag”, a 3:52 minute Darkstar Music Edition of Born to Live is included as a B-side . In addition to the conventional maxi single, there is also a maxi single limited to 2,000 units with an original autograph of the count and a poster.
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In various interviews, the Count of Unheilig announced that he wrote the song for his mother. Under your flag describes in the song how he was raised by his mother and that she was always there for him and stood by him. The text of the song comes from the Count, the compositions were created jointly by the Count and publishers.
“I am, under your flag,
your love is my shield.
Under your flag,
the wind carries your name.
Under your flag,
your love is my word.
Under your flag,
you carry me to every place. "
Music video
The music video premiered in early September. The video is divided into two sections, which can be seen alternately over and over again. In one section the Count can be seen standing between many red flags and singing the song. In the other section you can see how a middle-aged man (played by Jonas von Lingen) takes care of his mother and thinks back over and over again to the time, how it was with him and his mother when he was still a child. Directed by Markus Gerwinat. It was produced by QFilmproduktion.
Bundesvision Song Contest 2010
Unheilig won the Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 for North Rhine-Westphalia with a lead of 12 points over the band Silly , who played for Saxony-Anhalt , with the song Alles rot (152 points). During the scoring of all 16 federal states , Unheilig set themselves apart relatively early on, with a small but steady gap in front of their fellow competitors. In addition to their home in North Rhine-Westphalia, they also got full marks from Rhineland-Palatinate , Lower Saxony , Hesse and Baden-Württemberg . This was the first victory of an artist from North Rhine-Westphalia in the sixth edition of the Bundesvision Song Contest .
For promotional purposes, every artist shoots an election commercial for participation in the BuViSoco. In this one you can see the count in a kindergarten. First he introduces the sights of his hometown Aachen , such as the Aachen Cathedral , the Aachen thermal springs , Aachen Printen and the Tivoli . Then you can see children asking questions about their origins and what they associate with NRW.
Scoring
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| 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8th | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8th | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8th | 12 | 164 |
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Charts and chart placements
Under your flag reached number nine in the single charts in Germany and was in the charts for a total of 21 weeks. In Austria the single reached position 29 and was in the charts for twelve weeks. After Born to Live , this is the second top 10 success in Germany within a year for Unheilig. At the end of the year, Unter Dein Flagge was ranked 74th in the German single annual charts from 2010.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on September 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Under your flag, director. crew-united.com, accessed March 8, 2014 .
- ↑ BuViSoCo election commercial. ( Memento of March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) amazon.de, accessed on May 22, 2019.
- ↑ Unheilig - Under your flag chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Unheilig - Under your flag, chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Single year charts 2010. officialcharts.de, accessed on September 13, 2018 .
| predecessor | position | successor |
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Black to Blue ( Peter Fox ) |
Winner song of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 |
If words were my language ( Tim Bendzko ) |
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Never give up ( rage ) |
 North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 |
Our love is made of gold ( Frida Gold ) |