Shame (Monrose song)

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“Shame”
“Shame” cover
Single by Monrose
from the album Temptation
B-side "Work It"
Released December 1, 2006
Format CD single, ring tone,
digital download
Recorded Weryton Studios,
Munich, Germany; 2006
Genre Pop
Length 3:29
Label Starwatch
Writer(s) Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley, Andrew Murray
Producer Jiant, Snowflakers
Certification Platinum (Germany, Switzerland)
3x Gold (Germany)
Gold (Austria)
Monrose singles chronology
“Shame”
(2006)		 “Even Heaven Cries”
(2007)

“Shame” is a pop song written by Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley, and Andrew Murray for Monrose's debut studio album, Temptation (2006). It was co-produced by production teams Jiant and Snowflakers, and received a positive reception from music critics. The song was released as the album’s lead single on December 1, 2006 (see 2006 in music), and peaked at number one in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. “Shame” also reached the top 10 on the sales and airplay charts in Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and a composite European Top 200 chart respectively.

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[edit] Song information

“Shame” worldpremiered on November 16, 2006 on the second last episode of the Popstars series in a special solo version performed by Bahar Kızıl. Even though the song was not advertised as the final group’s first single at this point, Amazon.de accidentally released a CD cover – which showed three (Katarzyna Zinkiewicz, Mandy Capristo and Bahar Kızıl) of the six remaining finalists – the day after. While the accident raised public concern about the significance of the final band voting, the cover soon was replaced by promotional artwork and Popstars broadcaster ProSieben instantly released an official statement which confirmed both the single’s title and the planned band name Monrose but also rejected reproaches of fraud.

However, on the season’s finale on Thursday, November 23, 2006, three different variants were presented in several constellations, ending with a final version of “Shame” sung by all three Monrose members in place. In the following days various audio ripping of the show spread, but it was not until November 30, 2006 the radio edit had leaked onto the internet.

[edit] Music video

Mandy, Senna and Bahar performing for the final version of the video for “Shame” (2006).
Mandy, Senna and Bahar performing for the final version of the video for “Shame” (2006).

The music video for “Shame” was directed by Oliver Sommer and entirely shot in the Berlin Ballhaus Studios in the week of October 30, 2006.[1] Produced by the AVA Studios GmbH, it was shot over twenty-four hours and choreographed by Popstars judge Detlef “D!” Soost.[1] As reported, the video was filmed in twenty different versions with all six finalists of the show since the jury had not laid down who would make the band at this time.[1]

It begins with Kızıl waking up in her bedroom after an argument with her boyfriend the night before. She enters the bathroom, where she is confronted and churned up with his dental equipmenta and eventually dresses up. Her sequences are intercutted by Guemmour and Capristo who alternately switch into her role. The video ends with a young man entering the kitchen, apologizing to an impressed Capristo with a bunch of flowers.

A one and a half minutes preview of the edited music video was aired on November 24, 2006 on German television channel ProSieben’s daily gossip television magazine taff.[1] The full version was eventually premiered the same day at the end of VIVA’s show Neu.

[edit] Chart performance

Although “Shame” was officially released on December 1, 2006, it appeared a week early on the German Airplay Chart, debuting at number 66.[2] However, it took another five weeks until the song reached the top position on particular chart, becoming the final airplay number-one of the year.[3] With more than 150,000 CD singles shipped to stores within its first week of release the song also debuted on top of the German Top 100 singles chart, making Monrose one of the most successful musical debuts of the year.[4] Outselling 3/4 of the German Top 100’s singles sales combined, the song, moreover, emerged as the fastest selling CD single of 2006 and the biggest downloaded song since the introduction of the legal digital download charts in 2004.[4] Although “Shame” spend two weeks on top of the charts only, it profited from constant sales and as a result remained on the charts until late March 2007.[5] The song was eventually certified triple gold and one-time platinum by the IFPI Germany,[6] and ranked ninth on the German Media Control singles year-end charts.[7]

In Austria and Switzerland the single also spent two weeks on top of the national singles charts, while remaining within the top 100 until mid-April 2007 – one month after the release of follow-up “Even Heaven Cries”. It was eventually certified gold by the IFPI Austria for more than 15,000 singles sold in its first week of release[8] and ranked sixteenth on the Swiss singles year-end charts.[9] Outside the German speaking countries “Shame” reached the top ten of the Lithuanian Airplay Chart, the Polish Top 50 and the Slovenian Singles Chart, and a peak position of number 47 on the Czech Singles Chart.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006/07) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart [5] 1
Czech Singles Chart [10] 47
Euro 200 Chart [11] 10
Euro Digital Tracks [12] 9
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles [13] 5
German Singles Chart [5] 1
Lithuania Airplay Chart [14] 6
Polish Singles Chart [15] 10
Slovenian Aiplay Chart [16] 2
Swiss Singles Chart [5] 1
United World Chart [17] 36

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of “Shame” .

[edit] CD single
  1. “Shame (Radio Edit)” – 3:29
  2. “Work It” (written by Richard Kelly, Anthony Little) – 3:49
  3. “Shame (Video Edit)” – 3:49
  4. “Shame (Instrumental)” – 3:29

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "POPSTARS – Nina’s Engel". ProSieben. Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
  2. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland – KW 48/06". Surfmusik. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  3. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland – KW 2/07". Surfmusik. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  4. ^ a b "Monrose mit Verkaufsrekord". Media Control. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
  5. ^ a b c d “Shame” – Hull History. top40-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  6. ^ Database Search. IPI Germany. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  7. ^ "«Ein Stern» von DJ Ötzi ist Hit des Jahres". Yahoo News. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.
  8. ^ Database Search. IPI Austria. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  9. ^ Jahreshitparaden 2006. Swisscharts. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  10. ^ Czech Singles Chart – “Shame”. CNS IPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  11. ^ European Top 200. APC Chart. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
  12. ^ Digital Tracks&model.chartId=3080490 Euro Digital Tracks 2006-12-16. Billboard.biz. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  13. ^ Hot 100 Singles&model.chartId=3080672 European Hot 100 Singles 2006-03-18. Billboard.biz. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  14. ^ Lithunia Airplay Chart. LCC. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  15. ^ Polish Top 50. apcchart.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  16. ^ Airplay Charts (Slovenian). Radio NET FM. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  17. ^ United World Chart (week 51/2006). Media traffic. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

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Preceded by
“Das Beste” by Silbermond		 Austrian number-one single
December 15, 2006–January 4, 2007		 Succeeded by
“All Good Things (Come to an End)” by Nelly Furtado
Preceded by
“Das Beste” by Silbermond		 German number-one single
December 15, 2006–December 28, 2006		 Succeeded by
“All Good Things (Come to an End)” by Nelly Furtado
Preceded by
“Patience” by Take That		 Swiss number-one single
December 17, 2006–December 30, 2006		 Succeeded by
“All Good Things (Come to an End)” by Nelly Furtado
v • d • e
Monrose
Mandy Capristo · Senna Guemmour · Bahar Kızıl
Studio albums
Temptation (2006) · Strictly Physical (2007) · I Am (2008)
Singles
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