Don't Believe (song)
Do not Believe is a composed by Dieter Bohlen pop song. He came in May 2010 in the version of Mehrzad Marashi, winner of the seventh season of Germany sucht den Superstar, in the trade.
Background
Do not Believe was originally to be released as the second single of the winner of the sixth season of American Idol Daniel Schuhmacher, but Bohlen no longer believed in a further success of his protege and ended the cooperation
For the finale of the seventh Germany - sucht- den- superstar - season 2010, the song was taken out of the drawer and determine the winner song. It was sung during the show three times by Mehrzad Marashi and his final opponent Menowin. With 56.4 percent of the vote Marashi won the season and was therefore able to publish the title.
DC the following week Do not Believe debuted at number one on the German charts. On websites such as Facebook or StudiVZ some users wanted to prevent this song is number one in the German single charts. It was suggested to buy the song Boomerang by Blümchen. Others called for, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin download. These actions were unsuccessful, however, led to rather high chart positions of these songs: Boomerang made it to number seven, Stairway to Heaven was able to reach 15th place.
A few days later were allegations, Do not Believe is a plagiarism of Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love. However, both artists were contract with Sony, so that suspected legal consequences could be well controlled internally.
The song could be sold in 48 Hours 48,000 times digitally. After five days he had been downloaded more than 100,000 times.
Music Video
Eight days after winning the music video was shot on Do not Believe. Originally, the video should be taken three days after the victory, but Marashi could not fly because of the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull. In the video Marashi runs in a green outfit through the streets in New York City, among other things, he is also on the Brooklyn Bridge. During the choruses Marashi is in the red suit on a flat roof, behind him the New York skyline.