Yellow (song)

Yellow
Robin Schulz & Disciples
publication	18th September 2015
length	3:36
Genre (s)	House , pop
Author (s)	Nathan Duvall, Junkx , Gavin Koolman, Luke McDermott, Robin Schulz
album	Sugar

Yellow ( English for "yellow") is a song by the German DJ Robin Schulz , in cooperation with the British producer trio Disciples . The piece is part of Schulz's second studio album Sugar .

Creation and publication

The song was written jointly by Nathan Duvall, the producer trio Junkx (consisting of: Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr and Guido Kramer), Gavin Koolman, Luke McDermott and Robin Schulz. The latter also produced the piece in collaboration with the British producer trio Disciples (consisting of: Duvall, Koolman and Luke McDermott), with Junkx's German producer team assisting them as co-producers. Junkx were also responsible for mixing and mastering the song. Yellow was released under the Tonspiel and Warner Music labels .

On the cover of the promo single - next to the artist name and album title - Schulz can be seen. Schulz himself is shown in black and white . He's wearing sunglasses and looking up. The background of the cover picture is yellow. It is the same cover picture, but with a different title, as the one on Schulz's last album Extended Prayer (extended version of Prayer ). Although Yellow can be found on the next album, the cover of the last album was used.

The first publication of Yellow carried out as a single download on September 18, 2015. The song is a part of Schulz's second studio album Sugar and appeared only as a promotional single .

content

The lyrics to Yellow are written in English and translated into German for the color “yellow”. The music and lyrics were co-written by Nathan Duvall, the producer trio Junkx, Gavin Koolman, Luke McDermott and Robin Schulz. Musically, the song moves in the area of house and pop music . The tempo is 122 beats per minute . The song is based on a verse, a chorus and a bridge. The song begins with the verse followed by the chorus . The chorus only consists of the repetitive statement “When everything isn't yellow” ( English for “ When everything isn't yellow ”). After the first chorus, the stanza repeats itself. The chorus follows a second time and a bridge follows the chorus. After the bridge came the third and final chorus. In terms of content, the song is about a crumbling love affair.

"When everything isn't yellow, will we still smile through broken glass? And live in falsetto ? Are we too deep for a second chance? They say time is a healer. Well, how do you expect to heal this clock? And every minute I see her, how can you turn when you've got this far ?? " - Verse, original excerpt

“When everything isn't yellow anymore, will we still smile through broken glass? And adjust to the voice of our head? Have we fallen too deep for a second chance? It is said that time heals all wounds. Well what do you think the time will bring? And every minute I see her, how can you turn around when you've come this far? " - Verse, translation

Contributors

Song production

• Nathan Duvall: composer , songwriter , music producer
• Junkx : Mixing , composer, co-producer, songwriter, mastering
• Gavin Koolman: composer, songwriter, music producer
• Luke McDermott: composer, songwriter, music producer
• Robin Schulz : composer, songwriter, music producer

Companies

• Tonspiel: music label
• Warner Music : music label

reception

Reviews

Marcel Menne from the German-language e-zine Plattentests.de only awarded three out of ten points for the album Sugar , describing Yellow as well as Heatwave as a piece that was “best for chilling out and hanging out”.

Charts and chart placements

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Yellow   DE 73 09/25/2015 (2 weeks)   CH 70 04/10/2015 (1 week)

When Yellow is not an official single release, the song reached only due to high downloads the charts. The song reached position 73 in the single charts in Germany in two weeks . In addition, the piece was able to place itself in the daily evaluations of the German iTunes charts for several days and reached its highest position with position 50 on September 4, 2015. In Switzerland, the song reached position 70 in the charts in a chart week.

For Schulz as an interpreter, this is the seventh chart success in Germany and Switzerland. It is his fifth chart success as a producer and his fourth as a writer in both countries. For the producer trio Junkx this is the sixth chart success in their writing activities in Germany and, after Sugar, the second in Switzerland. As a producer, they reached the German single charts for the fourth time and, after Sugar, the Swiss hit parade for the second time . The producer trio Disciples reached the single charts as authors, interpreters and producers in Germany and Switzerland for the second time with Yellow after How Deep Is Your Love (together with Calvin Harris ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Robin Schulz & Disciples - Yellow. austriancharts.at, accessed on October 31, 2017 . 
2. ^ Robin Schulz - Headlights. discogs.com, accessed May 2, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates - Sugar. discogs.com, accessed July 28, 2015 . 
4. ^ Robin Schulz & JUDGE - Show Me Love. discogs.com, accessed December 27, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Robin Schulz feat. Akon - Heatwave. discogs.com, accessed December 15, 2016 . 
6. ^ Richard Baxter: New Single: Robin Schulz & Disciples - 'Yellow'. ( Memento from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) popologynow.com, September 18, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2019 (English).
7. ↑ BPM for 'Yellow' by 'Robin Schulz'. songbpm.com, accessed October 31, 2017 . 
8. ↑ He just wants to play. plattentests.de, accessed on October 31, 2017 . 
9. ^ Robin Schulz & Disciples - Yellow. officialcharts.de, accessed on October 31, 2017 . 
10. ^ Robin Schulz & Disciples - Yellow. hitparade.ch, accessed on October 31, 2017 . 
11. ^ Robin Schulz & Disciples - 'Yellow' German iTunes Chart Performance. ( Memento of November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) itunescharts.net, accessed on May 25, 2019 (English).