Teardrops (song)

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“Teardrops”
“Teardrops” cover
Single by Womack & Womack
from the album Conscience
Released 1988
Format CD single, vinyl single, cassette single
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3:51
Label Island
Writer(s) Dr. Rue and The Gypsy Wave Banner (Cecil & Linda Womack)
Producer Chris Blackwell, Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
Womack & Womack singles chronology
"(I Wanna) Make Love to You"
(1987)		 "Teardrops"
(1988)		 "Life's Just a Ballgame"
(1988)

"Teardrops" is a pop song on Womack & Womack's fourth studio album, Conscience (1988). The song writers were listed as Dr Rue & The Gypsy Wave Banner, a pseudonym of Cecil and Linda Womack. It was produced by Chris Blackwell with Womack & Womack and released as the album's lead single during the third quarter of 1988 (see 1988 in music). The song charted highly around the world, among reaching number one in the Netherlands, number two in Australia, Germany and Switzerland, and number three in the UK. In 1993, singers Elton John and k.d. Lang covered "Teardrops" for John's album Duets, and in 2007, German pop band No Angels released their version as a single.

Contents

[edit] Original version

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart [1] 2
Austrian Singles Chart [1] 4
Dutch Top 40 [2] 1
French Singles Chart [1] 4
German Singles Chart [3] 2
Irish Singles Chart [4] 4
Swedish Singles Chart [1] 14
Swiss Singles Chart [1] 2
UK Singles Chart [5] 3

[edit] No Angels version

“Teardrops”
“Teardrops” cover
Single by No Angels
from the album Destiny Reloaded
A-side "Amaze Me"
B-side "Ain't Gonna Look
the Other Way"
Released October 19, 2007
Format CD single, ring tone,
digital download
Recorded Berlin, Germany;
June 2007
Genre Pop, dance
Length 3:08
Label Polydor/Universal
Producer Tobias Gustafsson, Vincent Pontare, Michel Zitron
No Angels singles chronology
"Maybe"
(2007)		 "Teardrops"/
"Amaze Me"
(2007)		 "Disappear"
(2008)

In early June 2007, German pop quartet No Angels entered recording studios in Berlin to re-record the song for the second half of the third single from their fourth studio album, Destiny (2007). Co-produced by Tobias Gustafsson, Vincent Pontare, and Michel Zitron, "Teardrops" was released alongside "Amaze Me" on October 19, 2007 (see 2007 in music).

The song was previewed on RTL's news programme Punkt 6 on August 22,[6] and by August 27 a thirty-seconds clip of the song had leaked onto the internet — the same week "Teardrops" was serviced to radio stations.[7] The quartet premiered the single on the television live show ZDF Fernsehgarten on September 9, 2007.

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Teardrops" was directed by Marcus Sternberg and shot in a filming studio between August 20 and 22, 2007 in Berlin, Germany.[8] Shot over twenty hours back-to-back with the video for "Amaze Me," the edited clip worldpremiered on September 29, 2007 on the Universal Music website. The clip received its first official airing in the week of September 29 on German music network iMusic1.[6]

The group has declared the filming of the "mammoth shoot" as "extremely exhausting," referring to its extraordinary length and a delay of several hours, caused by various technical defects.[6] Lucy Diakovska has described the plotless clip as a "funky disco-dance-energy-video," reflecting another facet of the band in music and style.[6] Inspired by a concept developed by all four members and based on Sternberg's treatment, the music video was eventually conceived as a stylistic counterpart to "Amaze Me".[6]

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Polish National Top 50 [9] 34

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Teardrops".

  • CD/Digital single ("Teardrops" edition)
  1. "Amaze Me" (album version) - 3:48
  2. "Teardrops" (single version) - 3:13
  3. "Teardrops" (Mozart&Friends club mix) - 3:45
  4. "Teardrops" (Mozart&Friends psychedelic mix) - 3:44
  5. "Teardrops" (Mozart&Friends house mix) - 5:26
  6. "Teardrops" (video)
  • CD/Digital Single ("Amaze Me" edition)
  1. "Amaze Me" (album version) - 3:47
  2. "Teardrops" (single version) - 3:13
  3. "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way" - 3:50
  4. "Amaze Me" (remix) - 3:47
  5. "Amaze Me" (instrumental) 3:47
  6. "Amaze Me" (video)

[edit] Kate Alexa version

“Teardrops”
“Teardrops” cover
Single by Kate Alexa featuring Baby Bash
from the album TBA
B-side "It's Alright"[10]
Released March 3, 2008 (2008-03-03) (Australia)[11]
Format CD, digital download
Recorded 2007
Genre Dance pop
Length 4:16
Label Liberation
Producer Molly Meldrum
Kate Alexa featuring Baby Bash singles chronology
"Better Than You"
(2006)		 "Teardrops"
(2008)
Baby Bash singles chronology
"What Is It"
(2008)		 "Teardrops"
(2008)

In early 2008 Australian singer Kate Alexa covered the song for her second studio album and was produced by Molly Meldrum and features the American rapper Baby Bash. It was released as the album's first single in Australia on March 3, 2008 as a CD single.[11] Alexa states that even though the song was released the same year she was born, she has always been a massive fan of the song.[12] The song was released to Australian radio on February 1, 2008 and has peaked at number sixty-four on the airplay chart.[13]

The songs producer, Molly Meldrum, suggested that Alexa should cover the song.[12] Alexa states "I was looking to do a single between albums, and Molly came up with the idea of doing "Teardrops". At first, I was a little sceptical because the original is such a classic and I love it so much. But then Molly and I spoke about how we could do it."[12] American rapper, Baby Bash, heard what Alexa was doing with the song through a friend of Alexa's manager and decided to take part in the song.[12] Alexa states "He's a very cool guy. He came in and did the rap in one take, and it fitted perfectly. It’s got such an incredible feel and groove and we wanted to keep that vibe. But we also wanted to do something different, and the rap takes the track to a whole new place."[12]

The song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on March 10, 2008 at number twenty-eight. The song also debuted at number seven on the physical singles chart and number eight on the Australian chart.[14]

[edit] Track listing

  • CD single/digital download[11]
  1. "Teardrops" (Meldrum radio edit) — 3:17
  2. "Teardrops" — 4:16
  3. "It's Alright" — 3:35
  4. "It's Alright" (karaoke version) — 3:36

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[14] 26

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Teardrops" Chart History. Swisscharts. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  2. ^ De Nederlandse Top 40, week 42, 1988. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  3. ^ Chart Trajectory. Chartsurfer. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  4. ^ Search. The Irish Charts. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  5. ^ Archive Search. everyHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Fallende Engel". RTLakutell.de. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
  7. ^ Official Preview. Radio Ohr. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  8. ^ "Neue Single!!". Sandy.tv. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
  9. ^ Poland Singles Chart. APC-Chart. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  10. ^ "Official Website - Love Kate". Katealexa.com. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
  11. ^ a b c "Teardrops - Australian release information". Herald Sun. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
  12. ^ a b c d e "KATE ALEXA LATEST NEWS". Liberation Music. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
  13. ^ "Australian Music Report Hot 100". Australian Music Report. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  14. ^ a b "Australian ARIA Top 50 SIngles Chart". ARIA Charts. Retrieved March 9, 2008.


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