What you call love

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What you call love
Bausa
publication 1st September 2017
length 3:23
Genre (s) German hip-hop , cloud rap
Author (s) The Cratez ,
Jonas Lang,
Julian Otto ,
Joachim Piehl,
Martin Willumeit
Producer (s) Bausa,
The Cratez,
Jugglerz
Label Downbeat Records, Warner Music Germany
album Powerbausa

What you call love is a song by the German rapper Bausa . It was released as a single on September 1, 2017 and is included on his mixtape Powerbausa .

Music video

The music video for Was du Liebe nennst was released on October 3, 2017. Directed by Adal Giorgis. The budget of the video was 40,000 euros and, according to Rap.de, is an homage to the music video Wyclef Jean by the American rapper Young Thug . Part of the video was shot on the Berlin-Pankow Golf Resort. The video had over 145.1 million views on YouTube on June 26, 2020.

Playlists

What you call love - download single 
No. title text music length
1. What you call love Bausa, The Cratez, Jonas Lang, Joachim Piehl, Martin Willumeit Bausa, Jugglerz, The Cratez 3:23
What you call love - CD single 
No. title text music length
1. What you call love Bausa, The Cratez, Jonas Lang, Joachim Piehl, Martin Willumeit Bausa, Jugglerz, The Cratez 3:24
2. Missing Bausa, Gorex Gorex 3:30

Chart successes and sales

Germany

Was du Liebe nennst went to number 51 in the German single charts on October 6, 2017. In the following week it reached number one and thus made the biggest jump to number one in chart history. It was able to stay at one continuously until December 1st, when Ed Sheeran replaced it with Perfect . In mid-February the song was able to reach one again after Bausa released his first mixtape Powerbausa . In total, it stayed at the top of the German single charts for nine weeks, making it the most frequently top German-language hip-hop song of all time. Was du Liebe nennst took third place in the 2018 annual charts in Germany. The single is the first German rap song to achieve diamond status with 1,000,000 units. With over 1.2 million sales, Was du Liebe is the most successful German-speaking rap single in German chart history. It is the second best-selling rap single and was able to achieve more than 1.3 million units worldwide.

Awards
date Award
3rd November 2017 1 × gold
November 30, 2017 1 × platinum
4th January 2018 3 × gold
February 6, 2018 2 × platinum
April 24, 2018 1 × diamond
1st March 2019 3 × platinum

Austria

What you call love rose to number 18 in the Austrian single charts in the 42nd calendar week . In the weeks that followed, it climbed to five and two before reaching the top of the singles chart on November 10th. The song was able to stay at the top of the charts with an interruption at Christmas 2017. It was a total of ten weeks on one.

Awards
date Award
19th December 2017 1 × gold
February 7, 2018 1 × platinum
February 28, 2019 2 × platinum
Chart overview
Charts Top
position 		Annual charts Sales
2017 2018
GermanyGermany Germany 1 Triple platinum× 3Triple platinum (9)
(65 weeks) 		8th 3 + 1,200,000
AustriaAustria Austria 1 Double platinum× 2Double platinum (10)
(37 weeks) 		14th 21st + 60,000
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4th Double platinum× 2Double platinum
(35 weeks) 		- 39 + 40,000

publication

song date platform format
What you call love 1st September 2017 Itunes , Apple Music Music download , music streaming
29th September 2017 Spotify , Deezer , Napster etc.
3rd October 2017 YouTube Music video
17th November 2017 - CD

Other versions

The Russian rapper Allj and the Kosovar singer Era Istrefi have recorded a new edition of the title in Russian and English.

On February 28, 2020, the Swedish-language musician Newkid released a version in Swedish called "Över dig". Bausa and Jugglerz worked there as producers. The American rapper 24kgoldn feat. Quavo

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Bausa - What you call love. hitparade.ch, accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bausa - What you call love (prod. Bausa, Jugglerz & The Cratez) . In: Rap.de . October 3, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Bausa - What you call love . In: iTunes . September 1, 2017. Accessed April 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Bausa - What you call love . In: Hitparade.ch . Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ Official German Charts: Number one for "Sing mein Song", a record for Bausa . In: GFK . December 1, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ Annual charts 2018: Germany - week 01/2018 - 49/2018 . December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ Karo Hellmich: Bausa achieved gold status and secured the top of the chart again . In: Hip-Hop.de . November 3, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ Bausa celebrates the fastest platinum status ever! . November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ Bausa - “What you call love” achieves triple gold status . January 4, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ Clark Senger: Double platinum: Bausa could become Germany's first diamond rapper . February 6, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ Karo Hellmich: Bausa is the first German rapper to achieve diamond status . April 19, 2018.
  13. ↑ Gold / platinum database . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  14. ↑ Bausa - What you call love (AT) . In: Austriancharts.de . Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  15. ↑ What you call love - gold & platinum . In: IFPI Austria . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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  17. ↑ Press contact, Senior PR Manager, Mipvkauwellta.kkluxmndlbbeftrgcx@suuondlymhxusbaiclb.crwomiq: Newkid släpper singeln "Över dig". Retrieved March 4, 2020 (Swedish).
  18. ↑ Över dig. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .