time to go
| time to go | |
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| Unholy | |
| publication | October 31, 2014 |
| length | 4:12 |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) |
The count , Markus Tombülle, Henning Verlage |
| album | Summiteer |
Time to go for a song is German pop-rock - band Unholy . The piece is the first single from their eighth studio album Gipfelstürmer .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by the count , Markus Tombäne and Henning Verlage . The single was produced by the latter two. Tombülle and Verlage can also be heard on the keyboard and were responsible for programming together with Christoph Assmann. The song was mastered by Truebusyness Musicproductions in Berlin , under the direction of Sascha Bühren. The song was mixed by Tritonus in Berlin, under the direction of Moritz Enders. The string arrangement was done by Stefan Pintev. Stephan Hinz on bass and Jörg Wartmann and Peter Weihe on guitar were also hired as instrumentalists . The piece was recorded in the Principal Studios in Senden . The song was released under the music label Vertigo Records . On the red and black cover of the maxi single you can see - in addition to the artist name and song title - a comic representation of an old steam locomotive that pulls into a train station shortly before twelve o'clock.
Publication and promotion
The first publication of time to go was on 31 October 2014 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland instead. The song is available as a single download and as a 2-track single with the song Life is My Religion as the B-side .
In order to promote the song, a live appearance followed in the last edition of Wetten, dass ..? . This was also Unheilig's last TV appearance. During the performance, the Count sang the song against the backdrop of a huge video wall, where the best scenes from 33 years Wetten, dass ..? were seen.
background information
With the release of Time to Go, Unheilig heralded their farewell to their fans. One day before the announcement that Time to Go will be the first single from the upcoming album, Der Graf published an open letter on the Unheilig homepage on October 5, 2014. In this letter , the Graf thanked all the fans who had supported them for years have remained loyal and announced at the same time that the next studio album Gipfelstürmer will be the last and that Unheilig will retire after a farewell tour in 2016 so that he can devote more time to his family.
In the 52nd edition of the ProSieben - late-night talk show Circus Halligalli of 13 October 2014, made Evil Jared Hasselhoff fun of the farewell letter of the count. He read the letter out loud and choked constantly, rather than throwing himself up violently at the end over a portrait of the count. After the broadcast, a shit storm broke through the Circus HalliGalli team. In the following issue, Joko and Klaas announced that they had to suffer a shit storm because of Hasselhoff, completely through no fault of their own, because he smuggled this action into the show. To prevent this action just stand and to do justice to the Unholy fans justice, they found Hasselhoff to a pillory . On this, he was booed by the studio audience and then Sasha packed all the hateful comments into one song and sang them while Hasselhoff was pilloried.
content
The lyrics to go to time are written in German. The music and the text were written jointly by the Count, Markus Tombülle and Henning Verlage. Musically, the song moves in the field of pop-rock . The song is sung by the Count, in the background the voices of Tombülle and publishers can be heard.
“It is time to go,
we thank you for all these years.
Even if it hurts, it is time for us to go
when it is most beautiful.
It is time to go,
we will have you in our hearts.
Even if it hurts, it is time for us to go
when it is most beautiful. "
The Count said the following about the origin of the song:
“When I decided a few months ago that the album Gipfelstürmer would be the last Unheilig album, I sat down and wrote a text and the whole time I thought about how best to be in a song this situation of a farewell when you can express yourself musically saying goodbye. All the emotions and thoughts, all the pictures from the past came back and that gave me the opportunity, because music is my language, to do the same with this single. Basically, I've explained to myself why I go the way by ending Unheilig musically. "
Music video
The predominantly black and white music video to go to Zeit celebrated its premiere on October 6, 2014, on YouTube . You can see various excerpts and pictures from the last Unheilig years. Excerpts from previously published music videos and their outtakes , live excerpts from concerts, old press photos and pictures in special situations can be seen. The video ends with the Count saying goodbye to the fans after a concert. The total length of the video is 4:13 minutes. Directed by Markus Gerwinat. To date, the video has over 4.7 million views on YouTube (as of November 2015).
Contributors
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Artwork
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Time to go - the farewell tour
| Presentation album | Summiteer |
|---|---|
| Beginning of the tour | October 23, 2015 |
| End of the tour | September 10, 2016 |
| Total concerts (by country) |
* Germany (16)
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| Concerts in total | 21st |
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Summiteer indoor tour (2015) |
Time to Go - The Farewell Tour Tour (2015/2016) |
One last time - The Open Air Concerts 2016 (2016) |
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This list includes all concerts in chronological order that were played at Time to Go - The Farewell Tour :
| date | city | Venue | country |
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| October 23, 2015 | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
Germany
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| October 24, 2015 | Chemnitz | Chemnitz Arena | |
| November 7, 2015 | Dortmund | Westfalenhalle | |
| November 13, 2015 | trier | Arena Trier | |
| November 14, 2015 | Nuremberg | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | |
| 19th November 2015 | Rostock | Rostock city hall | |
| 20th November 2015 | Hamburg | Barclaycard Arena | |
| November 21, 2015 | Lingen (Ems) | Emsland Arena | |
| November 21, 2015 | Hohenems | Event Center |
 Austria
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| November 28, 2015 | Karlsruhe | dm arena |
Germany
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| 4th December 2015 | regensburg | Danube Arena | |
| 5th December 2015 | Linz | TipsArena |
Austria
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| December 11, 2015 | cottbus | Cottbus exhibition hall |
Germany
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| December 12, 2015 | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Hall Braunschweig | |
| December 18, 2015 | augsburg | Schwabenhalle | |
| 19th December 2015 | Salzburg | Salzburgarena |
Austria
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| December 27, 2015 | Dusseldorf | ISS Dome |
Germany
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| January 29, 2016 | Stuttgart | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | |
| January 30, 2016 | Frankfurt am Main | Festival hall | |
| 19th February 2016 | Bern | Festival hall |
 Switzerland
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| 20th February 2016 | Kreuzlingen | Lake Constance Arena |
Charts and chart placements
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Time to go reached position six in the single charts in Germany and was able to stay in the top 10 for a week and 14 weeks in the charts. In Austria the single reached position 16. In Switzerland the single reached position eight and was able to stay in the top 10 for one week and five weeks in the charts. Although the song did not make it to number one, it was still the most successful German-language song in the German single charts for a period of one week .
For Unheilig this is the 13th chart success in the German single charts, as well as the ninth in Austria and the seventh in Switzerland. It is her sixth top 10 success in Germany and the first in Switzerland. For the sixth time a single from Unheilig was able to be placed in all DA-CH countries at the same time . To date, no single from Unheilig has made it higher in the Swiss charts.
For publishers as an author , this is the ninth chart success in the German single charts and the sixth in Austria and Switzerland. It is his fifth top 10 success in Germany and his first in Switzerland. For the fifth time, an author participation from publishers could be placed in all DA-CH countries at the same time . For publishers as producers, this is the seventh chart success in the German single charts, as well as the second in Austria and the first in Switzerland. In Germany, it is his second top 10 success after Under Your Flag . For the first time, a publishing company was able to position itself in all DA-CH countries at the same time.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Back cover: Time to go
- ↑ Time to Go - Available today. ( Memento of November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) unheilig.com, October 31, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Count's open letter. ( Memento of October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) unheilig.com, October 5, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Jared Hasselhoff reads Farewell to the Count. youtube.com, accessed November 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Hate comments from Unheilig fans - Jared Hasselhoff in the pillory. youtube.com, accessed November 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Unholy. facebook.com, accessed November 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Unholy: Time to Go. ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) de.screen.yahoo.com, October 6, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Time to Go - The Farewell Tour 2015–2016. ( Memento of April 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) unheilig.com, January 8, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Unholy time to go. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 14, 2014 .
- Jump up ↑ Unholy Time to Go (song). austriancharts.at, accessed on November 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Unholy Time to Go. swisscharts.com, accessed November 14, 2014 .