Winter (song)
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| Unholy | |
| publication | November 19, 2010 |
| length | 3:54 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | The Earl |
| album | Great freedom - winter edition |
Winter is the first and only single release by the German music group Unheilig from their sixth EP Große Freiheit - Winter Edition. Many people also know the song under the name Winterland , which was the original name of the single, at the video premiere the song was still called Winterland, the song was also advertised under this name on the website, but after about two weeks the single only became still sold under the name Winter. The reason for this was a legal dispute with the band Winterland from Kaiserslautern , who had registered this made-up word with the patent office as a trademark since 1998. The original cover of the Unheilig CD, a single leafless tree in a winter landscape, was very reminiscent of a cover by the band Winterland . After an exchange of letters between the two bands' lawyers, the Unheilig record company signed a cease and desist declaration; then the title was renamed and the cover motif changed.
The first release took place on November 19, 2010 in Germany and Austria, in Switzerland the single was released two days later on November 21, 2010. The song was written by the Count and produced by Hendrik Kersten, Jens Rodenberg and Kiko Masbaum. There are two different covers, one shows the Count walking out of a forest on a winter evening with a full moon (winter edition) and the other only shows a bare tree standing in front of a mountain backdrop (Winterland Edition). In addition to the single version, the B-side (both for Winterland and Winter) also contains a 5:17 minute piano version of the song. To date, over 150,000 copies of the song have been sold.
song
The song describes the beautiful and positive sides of winter time. On one side the beautiful winter landscape is described and on the other side the warmth of mankind, which moves together in winter time.
Music video
The music video premiered in early November and you can see a little boy building a winter landscape in his room by himself. You can alternately see the Count walking through this winter landscape built by the little boy and singing the song. The video was directed by Markus Gerwinat.
Contributors
- Arnon Zlotnik: Counter tenor
- Bianca Kramer: Choir
- Christian Wunderlich: Choir
- Claudio Pagonis: choir
- Der Graf: choir, vocals, music, percussion, piano, programming, drums, text
- Hendrik Kersten: producer
- Jens Rodenberg: producer
- Kiko Masbaum: bass, guitar, mix, piano, percussions, production, programming, drums
- Kölner Jugendchor St. Stephan : Choir
- Lucky Kids under the direction of Michael Kokott : Choir
- Lukas Kenfenheuer: boy's voice
- Martin Fliegenschmidt : Choir
- Sascha "Busy" Bühren: Mastered
reception
Charts and chart placements
Winter reached number 4 in the single charts in Germany in the first week. The song stayed there for a total of three weeks and stayed in the top 10 for eight weeks. In Austria, the single entered the charts at position 32, but was able to work its way up to the top 10, where it stayed at number eight for a week. In Switzerland, the song was in the official single charts for two weeks and reached position 64.
In Germany it is (after Born to Live and Under Your Flag ) the second Top 5 and the third Top 10 success for Unheilig within a year. In Austria it is the second top 10 success after Born to Live .
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Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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150,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
150,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Completely 'unholy' allegations of plagiarism”, ard.de from Jan. 11, 2011, accessed on Feb. 28, 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ a b http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/
- ↑ Music video on MTV.de
- ↑ Music video director source
- ↑ Unheilig - Winter Chart Placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Unheilig - Winter Chart Placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Unheilig - Winter Chart Placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Single year charts 2010. officialcharts.de, accessed on September 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Single year charts 2011. officialcharts.de, accessed on September 13, 2018 .
