Something about Us

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"Something about Us"
Single by No Angels
from the album Now ... Us!
B-side(s)	"Like Ice in the Sunshine"
Released	May 6, 2002
Format	Digital download, vinyl single, CD single
Recorded	2002, Park Studios, Tutzing, Lake Starnberg
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	3:25
Label	Cheyenne
Writer(s)	Thorsten Brötzmann, Alexander Geringas, Vanessa Petruo
Producer(s)	Thorsten Brötzmann
Chart positions
#1 (Germany, Austria) #11 (Switzerland)
No Angels singles chronology
"When the Angels Sing" (2001)	"Something about Us" (2002)	"Still in Love with You" (2002)

"Something about Us" is a pop song written by Thorsten Brötzmann, Alexander Geringas and Vanessa Petruo for the No Angels' second studio album Now ... Us! (2002). It was produced by Brötzmann and received a positive reception from music critics. The song was released as the album's lead single on May 6, 2002 (see 2002 in music), and peaked at number one in Germany and Austria, and number eleven in Switzerland, simultaneously reaching number six on the composite European Official Top 100 chart. The song was nominated for the "Best National Single - Rock/Pop" at the 2003 ECHO Awards.

Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Chart performance 3 Charts 3.1 Worldwide 3.2 Chart trajectories 4 Formats and tracklistings 5 References 6 External link

[edit] Writing and recording

"Something about Us" was one of the last songs band member Vanessa Petruo, Alexander Geringas, and producer Brötzmann worked on in the Park Studios in Tutzing, Bavaria. Originally, album cut "2 Get Over U", a duet with UK popstars Hear'Say, was scheduled to be released as the album's lead single in December 2001. However, due to Hear'Say's limited fame in Germany Polydor and Cheyenne Records decided to exclude the band's vocals from the song and moved it back to a spring 2002 launch. Although the No Angels premiered the song on the The Dome 21 in Stuttgart on March 1, 2003 and a release date was set on March 18, 2002, "2 Get Over You" was eventually shelved in favour of self-written and more personal "Something about Us."

While "Somehting about Us" was also premiered on The Dome 21 in Stuttgart on March 1, the song made its television debut on March 7, 2001 at the 11th ECHO Awards in Berlin.

[edit] Chart performance

Upon its released "Something about Us/Like Ice in the Sunshine" became the No Angels' third single to enter the top position on the German singles chart when it debuted on May 17, 2002. The single remained at number-one for four consecutive weeks, before it fell down to number three, eventually leaving the top ten in early July 2002. The song fell out off the Top 100 the same week, its follow-up "Still in Love with You" was released on Maxi CD.

In Austria, "Something about Us" debuted at number four. The song managed to climb to number two, before eventually reaching number 1 in its third and only week on top of the singles charts. In Switzerland, the song underperformed with a peak position of number 31 in its first week. However, in the following week "Something about Us" jumped to number 11 due to a major increase in sales and radio support.

The single became another top twenty hit for the band when it peaked at number eleven on the composite European Official Top 100 chart. While it declined constantly there, the song saw an up and down going trajectory on the World Singles Top 100, eventually peaking at number thirty-six in late October - two month after its first official release. "Something about Us" fared better in the official Airplay World 100, reaching its peak position, number twenty-two, in its third week only.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Worldwide

Chart (2002)	Peak Position
German Top 100	1
Austrian Top 75	1
Swiss Top 100	11
Europe Official Top 100	6
Airplay World Official Top 100	26
World Singles Official Top 100	57

[edit] Chart trajectories

German Top 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Position	1	1	1	1	3	6	9	16	18	28	30	35	41	47	56	65

Austrian Top 75
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Position	4	2	1	3	2	8	12	14	15	18	18	21	30	30	28	29	36	42	60	62	75

Swiss Top 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Position	31	11	13	17	21	31	38	11	13	37	36	47	66	77	87

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Something about Us".

CD single I

1. "Something about Us" (Latin radio edit)
2. "Something about Us" (R&B single edit)
3. "Something about Us" (Club radio edit)
4. "Something about Us" (Extended edit)
5. "Like Ice in the Sunshine"

[edit] References

• "Something about Us - Full History". Top40-charts.com. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
• "No Angels - Trajectories". Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved November 14, 2006.

[edit] External link

Something about Us – watch the single at YouTube.

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Preceded by "Like a Prayer" by Mad'house	German number-one single May 17, 2002 - June 16, 2002	Succeeded by "Without Me" by Eminem
Preceded by "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Ronan Keating	Austrian number-one single May 30, 2002	Succeeded by "Without Me" by Eminem