What's up?
| What's up? | |
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| 4 non blondes | |
| publication | October 13, 1992 (album) June 23, 1993 (single) |
| length | 4:55 (album version) 4:15 (radio version) |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| Author (s) | Linda Perry |
| Producer (s) | David Tickle |
| Label | Interscope Records |
| album | Bigger, Better, Faster, More! |
What's up? ( English for "What is going on?") is a song written by Linda Perry from 1992. It first appeared on the only album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! of the American rock band 4 Non Blondes . As the second single from the album, it reached a top position in the music charts in several countries in 1993 . In Germany, for example, it was number one in the German charts for ten consecutive weeks from August 23 to October 31, 1993 . The official video clip has already been viewed more than 860 million times on YouTube .
content
The song describes a person's dissatisfaction with current conditions: 25 years and my life is still tryin 'to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination ( I'm 25 now and I'm still trying to get up that great hill of hope with one Goal to climb ).
Although he has already found out that the world consists of the brotherhood of all human beings (however this is to be interpreted), he does not get any further. Instead, he is plagued by dark thoughts that constantly haunt him and make him cry again and again when he ponders about it, lying on the bed: And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed just to get it all out what's in my head.
His desperation about the prevailing conditions are reminiscent of the motivations of the religious-social movement, when it says: And I pray, oh my God, do I pray. I pray every single day for a revolution ( And I pray, oh my god, how I pray. I pray every single day for a revolution ).
reception
What's up? reached in Germany the chart top of the singles charts and ten weeks just this, and 19 weeks in the could top 10 place and 29 weeks in the charts. In Germany, the single was awarded double platinum for one million units sold in the year of its release . So what's Up counts ? to one of the best-selling singles in Germany . Furthermore, the single also reached the top position in Austria and Switzerland, as well as second place in the United Kingdom and 14th place in the United States . What's Up? Was in all five countries . the band's first single chart success and the only one in the United States. The successor single Spaceman also hit the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom , but not as successfully as What's Up? .
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Cover versions
The song was covered by Pink and Playing for Change , among others .
Web links
- Lyrics with German translation at musikmatch.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ 4 Non Blondes: What's Up? on Youtube
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ GOLD / PLATINUM database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c annual charts: DE AT CH
- ↑ Top 100 Singles 1993 . Music Week. Jan 15, 1994, p. 24.
- ^ Billboard Top 100 - 1993 . ( Memento of November 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) longboredsurfer.com, accessed on June 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ P! Nk: What's Up? on Youtube
- ↑ Playing for Change: What's Up? on Youtube