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Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)
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Wikipedia article
"'Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)'" ( "A Star (...That Bears Your Name)") is a song by Austrian singers DJ tzi and Nik P. It was released in February 2007 as the lead single from the album 'Sternstunden'. The song reached number one in Germany, where it stayed for 11 weeks, and in Austria despite that at the time of its release, several popular radio stations in Austria and Germany refused to play the song because its genre did not fit their programme style. The single is Germany's best-selling single of the 2000s decade, and it has sold more than two million copies.[http://www.sternregister.de/blog/nik-p-stern.html Sternregister]
Background and release
Seven years after his smash hit "Hey Baby", DJ tzi released this single with the Austrian singer Nik P., who had written and released this song under his own name eight years ago. At the end of 2006, a German Schlager artist called Nic popularized a version of Nik P.'s "Einen Stern...", amongst the vacationing German club scene in Mallorca, Spain, where Schlagermusik is particularly popular. One month later, tzi recorded this single again and release it. The track debuted at number one in Austria, and two weeks later, topped the German Singles Chart, keeping Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" at number two for nine non-consecutive weeks.
Spending 106 weeks on the German Singles Chart, "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" is the first song to be on that chart for two years or longer and also makes it the song with the longest run ever on that chart. It was Germany's most successful song of both 2007 and the 2000s decade.
Track listings
'CD single'
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (party mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (ballad version with orchestra) 3:28
'CD single: Single Pur series'
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (party mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (radio mix) 3:22
'Maxi-CD single'
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (party mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (radio mix) 3:22
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (extended mix) 4:20
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (karaoke mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (video)
'Maxi-CD single: Platinum edition'
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (party mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (radio mix) 3:22
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (extended mix) 4:20
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (karaoke mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (music clip with unreleased bonus footage and making-of)
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (karaoke singalong video)
'Maxi-CD single: Winter edition'
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (ballad version with orchestra) 3:28
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (party mix) 3:55
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (radio mix) 3:22
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (backstage music clip video)
# "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trgt)" (karaoke version video)
Charts and sales
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Covers in other languages
The song has been covered in Dutch by the Belgian singer Christoff as 'Een Ster' ('A Star'). It's also covered in Estonian by the Estonian punk-rock singer Laur Ter as "'Ainus tee'" ('Only Way'), in Lithuanian by Inga Valinskien as "'vaigd'" and in Italian by Chris Valco in a version written by Marco Tepoorten and approved by the author . In Denmark the song is famous in a Danish version with the band "Kandis", with the title, Det Dit Navn (It's your name). The Slovenian version of the song, sung by Miran Rudan, is called "'Na nebo'" ('Onto the Sky').
References
Category:2007 singles
Category:2007 songs
Category:DJ tzi songs
Category:Number-one singles in Germany
Category:Number-one singles in Austria
Category:Polydor Records singles
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