Why (July Song)

Why
July
publication	August 15, 2005
length	3:45 (single version) 3:46 (album version)
Genre (s)	Pop rock
text	Simon Triebel
music	Simon Triebel, Eva Briegel
Publisher (s)	EMI Music Publishing
Label	Iceland
album	It's july

Why is a song by the German band Juli . It appeared on their first album Es ist Juli in September 2004 and was released as a single in August 2005.

Emergence

Why was one of the first German-language pieces the band wrote after they decided to start over with German lyrics in 2001. In October 2002, a first demo recording was made of the song with producer Michael Gerlach in Horus Sound Studio by Frank Bornemann in Hannover . After the band had signed their record deal with Universal in August 2003 , they initially recorded Why on a test basis as one of two songs (besides Geile Zeit ) with producers Andreas Herbig and Franz Plasa in the H.OME studios in Hamburg . The single version of the title, however, was recorded with producer Olaf Opal in the Mohrmann studio in Bochum , where the majority of the album recordings were made.

publication

After Perfect Wave , Geile Zeit and Regen und Meer , Why was the fourth single from the album It's July . The single was released as a standard version with four tracks as well as a 2-track version:

Standard version

1. Why (Single Radio Mix) - 3:45
2. Why (album version) - 3:46
3. Why (JULY Remix) - 3:34
4. Stars ( De-Phazz Pounding Dub Version) - 4:21
5. Why (video) - 3:45

2-track version

1. Why (Single Radio Mix) - 3:45
2. Why (album version) - 3:46

Music video

The official music video for Why consists of a compilation of recordings of various live performances and scenes from everyday touring in July during the 2005 season. Among other things, the band can be seen on the stage of the MTV Campus Invasion on June 18, 2005 in Regensburg and at Live 8 am July 2, 2005 in Berlin .

Contributors

Song production Eva Briegel : Singing Andreas "Dedi" Herd: Bass Jonas Pfetzing: guitar Simon Triebel : guitar Marcel Römer : drums Olaf Opal : Production (single version), mixing Andreas Herbig, Franz Plasa : Production (album version) Kai Blankenberg, Skyline Studio, Düsseldorf: Mastering Oli Zülch: Engineering

Artwork July: photo Thomas Hageleit: Photo Companies Universal Music Domestic Division: Music label Island Records: music label EMI Music Publishing: Music publisher Miraphon Management: artist management Mohrmann-Studio, Bochum: recording studio (single version) HOME-Studios , Hamburg: recording studio (album version)

Charts and chart placements

In the German single charts, the title rose to number 47 on August 29, 2005, which was also its highest chart position, and stayed in the charts for nine weeks until the end of October 2005. In Austria, the song entered the charts on September 4, 2005 and was able to last for nine weeks until November 2005, with the highest position only being reached on November 6, at number 52. In Switzerland the song did not reach the charts.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	47 (9 weeks)	9
Austria (Ö3)	52 (9 weeks)	9

Web links

• Music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} July: Review. juli.tv, archived from the original on May 15, 2006 ; accessed on June 14, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} July - Why. Official German charts, accessed June 14, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} July - Why. austriancharts.at, accessed on June 14, 2016 . 
4. ↑ July - Why. hitparade.ch, accessed on June 14, 2016 .