Der letzte Tag

"Der letzte Tag"
Single by Tokio Hotel
from the album Schrei
B-side Frei im freien fall
Released August 28, 2006 (Germany)
Format CD single, digital download
Genre Alternative Rock
Label Island, Universal Music
Writer(s) Dave Roth, Pat Benzner, David Jost and Bill Kaulitz
Tokio Hotel singles chronology
"Rette Mich"
(2005)		 "Der letzte Tag"
(2006)		 "Übers Ende der Welt"
(2007)

"Der letzte Tag" (English: The Last Day) is the fourth single by German Alternative rock band Tokio Hotel. Whilst the song appears on their 2005 debut album Schrei, the single version is a re-recording, because singer Bill Kaulitz's voice broke after the album was released. The re-recording, along with a new song called "Wir schliessen uns ein" and a b-side "Frei im freien fall" can be found on Part 1 of this single, and on some copies of the re-released and expanded Schrei album Schrei—so laut du kannst. The song was later translated into English for their Scream album, and called Final Day. It was not released as an English single.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song Der letzte Tag is a video of the band performing live on a roof top in Berlin. When the video starts, fans run down the street toward the building as the band begins to assemble. Bill begins singing while sitting on the building's edge, his legs dangling. During the video, Georg, Tom and Bill are constantly running back and forth on the roof while playing, the result being that their positions are constantly changing. By the time the band plays the final chorus of the song, Georg, Tom and Bill are bouncing up and down while playing and singing. The fans are doing the same. The music video for "Wir schliessen uns ein" begins on the same roof, as the band is descending the building.

Tracklist

CD single Pt. 1
  1. "Der letzte Tag" (Single version) - 3:14
  2. "Der letzte Tag" (Grizzly remix) - 3:14
  3. "Frei im freien fall" - 3:03
  4. "Wir schliessen uns ein" - 3:14
  5. "Wir schliessen uns ein" (Music video) - 3:14
CD single Pt. 2
  1. "Der letzte Tag" (Single version) - 3:14
  2. "Der letzte Tag" (Acoustic version) - 3:10
  3. "Der letzte Tag" (Music video) - 4:50
  4. Tokio Hotel Gallery
  5. "Der letzte Tag" (FanSpecial backstage live clip) - 3:20

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40[1] 1
German Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 7
European Hot 100 8[2]
Sales and certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[3] Gold 15,000x

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ ""Der Leztze Tag" Chart Positions and Trajectories". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?key=146248&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-05-16. 
  2. ^ url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/tokio-hotel/chart-history/699968?f=349&g=Singles
  3. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Tokio Hotel – Der letzte Tag" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Tokio Hotel in the field Interpret. Enter Der letzte Tag in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
Preceded by
"Danke" by Xavier Naidoo		 German Singles Chart
September 8, 2006		 Succeeded by
"Rudebox" by Robbie Williams
Preceded by
"Um bei dir zu sein" by Christina Stürmer		 Austrian Singles Chart
September 1, 2006		 Succeeded by
"Um bei dir zu sein" by Christina Stürmer
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