Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)
March 16, 2010 March 13, 2010 ( download)
Satellite is an English pop music title that have posted Julie Frost and John Gordon. They won with the song 29 May 2010 the Euro Vision Song Contest in Bærum near Oslo; it was interpreted by Lena Meyer- Landrut. It's after a bit of peace ( 1982) by Ralph Siegel, the second winning entry for Germany in the Euro Vision Song Contest. The song was selected on March 12, 2010 for the final of Unser Star für Oslo, and there was also interpreted by Jennifer Brown.
- 7.1 originals
- 7.2 Cover Versions
Production
The song was written by U.S. American Julie Frost and Dane John Gordon and was not written in 2007 specifically for the Euro Vision Competition. Julie Frost, the Hauptkomponistin of the song, works for an American company, RedZone Entertainment. At the time of the song she had never heard of the Euro Vision Song Contest and did not know that such competition exists. Frost wrote the lyrics and melody about two to three years ahead of the competition in a cabin in the woods of the U.S. state of Georgia. The simple guitar - vocal song sent by e -mail to the living in Denmark, John Gordon, who completed the song. Both worked together for over two years, according to Frost in an interview in late May 2010.
Gordon's own company collaborated with the music label EMI, which sent the song to Universal Music. The major label gave the title then for the finale to Our Star for Oslo. It was developed by a team led by Stefan Raab selected from over 300 submitted new compositions for the final of Unser Star für Oslo on 12 March 2010.
After the song writers considers Satellite " a little over bubbly ( bubbly ) song that is simple and sweet and with a funny text (Det er en lille " bubbly " sang, he som temmelig grandchild og sød og med en sjov tekst ) ". The writer Julie Frost explained that it related to all the crazy and secret things that do a girl and feel when it is in love. A man could get them all to feel possible at the same time - happy, but confused and helpless. About Meyer - Landrut interpretation of the composer expressed on the edge of the Euro Vision Song Contest, she could " imagine no one else who sings this song. "
For the production of John Gordon and André " Brix " Buchmann, Ingo Politz and Bernd Wendt country of Valicon were responsible. For the remastering Sascha "Busy" Bühren responsible. Stefan Raab was as chairman of the label USFO / Raab TV supervisor of production.
Musical Style
The song is in the key of B minor, in cadence (h - e - F sharp ) the dominant ( F # ) is mostly replaced by A- flat major. Noteworthy is the chromatic bass line in the course of the last part of the verse: From the tonic minor h a tonic minor seventh chord is major seventh ( Ai ), which is played in the bass, whereupon A major follows. The result is a line of progression. In the refrain the Mollsubdominante e is then first used.
In the bridge there is to the basic chords nor G ( relative major of the subdominant ) and Fis ( dominant), also the melody of the verse deviates strongly from.
The sung by Lena Meyer- Landrut version of this song is very different in its musical arrangement of the ballad-like version, which was sung at the final show of Unser Star für Oslo by Jennifer Brown. In Braun's version of the Subdominantparallele G is used and it waives the line progression already in the verse. By ending the verse on A ( VII level of h and dominant of D) is the transition to the chorus, which is in D minor, relieved. The modulation has the consequence that the refrain in the song stands out more and also the title of Satellite as the listener becomes more conspicuous. Another consequence is the extended range, which once again provides the vocal skills of the singer, especially in the foreground. The Bridge stands at Brown in D Minor.
Publication
The single was released on 16 March 2010. The song is also included the debut album My Cassette Player, which was released on May 7, 2010. Download as it was already 13 March 2010 available and took first place in the German iTunes store charts.
Within three days the song was downloaded 40,000 times in the sales portals. After the first week of sales Satellite ranked number one on the German singles chart, reaching (until then ) 150,000 copies sold already gold status. Of these, more than 100,000 downloads sales, thus the title set a new record week. In mid-April reached 300,000 copies sold, Satellite with platinum status. Due to the high download sales and airplay in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg the title reached in April 2010 8th place in the Euro Chart Hot 100 Singles. Also in the Austrian charts, the single was highly placed and became the most successful native of Germany Euro Vision Song Contest title since Can not Wait Until Tonight by Max Mutzke in 2004. In Switzerland, the song is the most successful of Germany originating Grand Prix title since A little peace of Nicole in 1982. prior to the competition, the title in the Swedish charts at number 41 and in the Czech was at number 56. After the Euro Vision Song Contest Satellite was again able to conquer the top of the German singles chart, it also succeeded in Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland as well as in the Euro Chart Hot 100 Singles. At this time it was with 464,000 copies sold, the second most downloaded tracks in Germany.
Music Video
In the night after the final of the German advance divorce, the music video was recorded, which focuses on the singer and her dance style. It was on March 16, 2010, shortly before the 20- clock -day show in the first premiere. Subsequently, it was shown at the same time just before prime time on ProSieben, Sat.1, kabel eins and N24. On Youtube, the two official videos of tvtotal.de and eurovision.tv reached until end of May 2013 together about 71.97 million views.
Euro Vision Song Contest
In the preliminary round Unser Star für Oslo the title was presented both as a ballad by Jennifer Brown as well as up-tempo number by Lena Meyer- Landrut. With the vote for Lena Meyer -Landrut, the audience decided the same time for their version of the song.
On 23 March 2010, the NDR was in Oslo drawn against a wild card and was able to determine the launch site itself. The station decided to let Lena Meyer -Landrut occur with start number 22 in a field of 25 finalists. As Germany is one of the four financially strongest member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, this title was automatically qualified for the final. There he won with 246 points clear in first place before the band maNga from Turkey ( 170 points ) and the Romanian duo Paula Seling and Ovi (162 points). This was only the second German victory by Nicole in 1982.
In contrast to Meyer- Landrut appearance at Wetten, dass. ?, Candid Camera, Frag times but the mouse, NDR Talk Show, Beat the Star and TV total, where the music was recorded live with the Heavytones, they got its simple style appearance in Oslo Choir support of the singers Maya Saban, Anji Hinke, Cheri Kedida and Grace Risch. There were 25 May 2010 a live version on the show TV total, was accompanied at the Lena Meyer -Landrut of Alexander Rybak on violin.
Reception
Reviews
During Jan Delay, a juror at the show Unser Star für Oslo, the song was Satellite for mediocre ( " I got the song now heard for the first time and I do not think that this is now a big hit, frankly. " ), Ruled La Toya Jackson: "I do not know the show, but judging only by the song, I think that Lena has very good chances. It sounds really good. [ ... ] That's great. The song is very catchy, a catchy tune " Ralph Siegel is the song" nice ", but criticized the singing qualities Lena Meyer Landrut -: ". . She's cute, but unfortunately it rarely hits the clay "
Laut.de said, " that Raab's own composition Love Me compared to Satellite is the better song and the catchy and playful Bee would have been the better Euro Vision Song Contest contribution. Here Lena meets now but really not to blame, because it have their fans just wanted to. "
The argument advanced by Lena version of Satellite was compared with the ballad criticized as the worse arrangement.
Cover versions
The German pop band Pur took the title in 2010 in time for the Euro Vision Song Contest in her short program live on and played it in the form of a medleys along with a new version of their hit texted Lena. Nikka Costa interpreted the song during a visit to Germany, live and unplugged, accompanied only by guitar and drums, at YOU FM. This version had Playlist inserts at other German radio stations. The composer Julie Frost interpreted the song in the German television talk show Markus Lanz himself the guitar. Lanz escorted while on the piano. On YouTube also circulates the completed version produced with frost as a singer, which was filed before the first publications by Meyer -Landrut and Jennifer Brown at Unser Star für Oslo.
In addition to numerous parodies of songs ( by Katrin Bauerfeind in Harald Schmidt, Martina Hill in Switch reloaded or Otto Waalkes in his Hansel - and - Gretel - Medley), found a football World Cup song rewritten by the Münster student band Uwu Lena version entitled Schland o Schland special attention. After the video spread on the internet was encountered copyright concerns, the band with the exploitation rights holders EMI publishing and record company Universal Germany agreed on a marketing of the song, reaching number four in the German charts. 2011 sang Lena Meyer- Landrut song on Sesame Street with the authored by Gerd- corners Gerdes German text Bert, oh Bert When opening ceremony of the Euro Vision Song Contest in Dusseldorf Stefan Raab, Judith Rakers, Anke Engelke and Lena sang the song together in a Rockabilly version.
2013 Satellite was vice writes copy for a candy bar commercial for Turkish food company Ulker.