"Wie schön du bist" (English: How Beautiful You Are) is a song by German recording artist Sarah Connor. It was written and produced by Connor along with Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, and Daniel Faust for her ninth studio album Muttersprache (2015). An ode to her son Tyler, the uplifting pop ballad was conceived after a dispute with him. Her first single in German, the song was released as the album's lead single on 1 May 2015 in German-speaking Europe; it has since reached number two on the German Singles Chart.
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| Single by Sarah Connor | ||||
| from the album Muttersprache | ||||
| Released | 1 May 2015 | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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Background
edit"I'll Kiss It Away" was written by Connor along with Daniel Faust, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer for her ninth studio album, Sexy as Hell (2008).[1]
Chart performance
editIn Germany, "Wie schön du bist" was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting sales/streams of 260,000 copies, including 240,000 digital downloads.[2]
Parody
editIn September 2015, German comedian Carolin Kebekus performed a parody of this song in her show PussyTerror TV, mocking dim-witted German nationalists under the title "Wie blöd du bist" (English: How Daft You Are).[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wie schön du bist" |
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| 3:39 |
| 2. | "Das Leben ist schön" |
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| 3:18 |
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Germany (BVMI)[9] | 3× Gold | 600,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Muttersprache (booklet). Sarah Connor. Polydor. 2015.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Universal-Vertriebstagung 2015 – Briegmann: "Wachstum ohne Streaming ist nicht denkbar"". Musikmarkt.de. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Video at WDR media centre
- ^ "Sarah Connor, Wie schön du bist". Spotify (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Connor – Wie schön du bist" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Sarah Connor – Wie schön du bist" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Sarah Connor – Wie schön du bist". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sarah Connor; 'Wie schön du bist')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 20 May 2019.