Verdammt, ich lieb' dich
April 2, 1990
Damn, I love Thee is the most successful song of the German pop singer Matthias Reim, which developed into a million-seller in 1990.
Background
Matthias Reim had frequently written for other artists, but by him with the composer and producer Bernd Dietrich wrote together Damn, I love Thee no one wanted to take over from him. Dietrich was a staff member at music publisher Gutzeit. Rhyme had imagined the title already on 25 November 1989 Electrola, but they regarded this as no potential for success. Polydor Records, however, was willing to accept the recording as his first single. For this purpose he used a recording studio in wages / Göttingen, which belonged to the company's R & R audio. Owner of this production company, in turn, were rhyme and his manager Alfred Reimann (a former banker ). Taken with his second wife Mago and Heike Neumeyer as a female companion was a produced by Bernd Dietrich song that expresses the uncertainty about the love for a woman to express. Striking were Reims rough voice and the hard- sounding guitar sound.
Publication
The single Damn, I love Thee / Masked Ball ( Polydor # 873905-1 ) was released on April 2, 1990. The friend of Matthias Reim singer Bernhard Brink mediated the demo recording to the ZDF presenter Wim Thoelke, the recording so liked that it was presented in mission 24 on 18 April 1990 in the German hit parade again. The widespread distribution of this mission made the single a new pop singer known throughout Germany. The song was between 18 May 1990 and September 6, 1990 16 weeks in first place on the German charts, making it the most successful German -language song since the introduction of weekly charts in Germany. Only Boney M Rivers of Babylon held in 1978 another week at number one. Also in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, the top position was reached. On 3 October 1990 rhyme came with the song about doubting feelings on the show hosted by Uwe Hübner ZDF hit parade. In Germany, the single has sold over 500,000 copies, making it Damn, I love Thee one of the best-selling German pop since 1975, the single was sold 2.5 million copies worldwide, an unusually high turnover for German Schlager.
In the success of the single phase into the LP rhyme was published on 14 June 1990, which achieved sales of 1.67 million copies and also reached the first place of the charts.
Cover versions
My parody and cover versions
In April 2006, Matthias Reim had to register with 12.5 million euro debt personal bankruptcy. Burdened by this private debt situation, rhyme parodies 24 August 2007 his hit song titled Damn, I 've got nothing, I tenancy ' with Sixt for a TV commercial, which was ranked 66 in the German charts. Since June 25, 2010 rhyme is debt- free again.
Other cover versions
Awards
- Golden Record 1990: in the Netherlands, for " 60,000 " copies sold
- Lion of Radio Luxembourg 1990: "Gold"
- Platinum record 1990: in Germany, for " 500,000 " copies sold
- 1990: in Austria, for " 30,000 " copies sold