Geboren um zu leben

"Geboren um zu leben"
Single by Unheilig
from the album Große Freiheit
Released January 29, 2010
Genre Neue Deutsche Härte
Length 7:53
Label Vertigo Be (Universal)
Producer Der Graf
Unheilig singles chronology
"An deiner Seite"
(2008)		 "Geboren um zu leben"
(2010)		 "Für immer"
(2010)

"Geboren um zu leben" (Born to Live) is the first single from Unheilig's album Grosse Freiheit and the sixth single of the band. As of December 2010, the single has been certified triple gold with 450,000 copies sold.[1]

Contents

Meaning

The song "Geboren um zu leben" was inspired by the death of a close friend.[2] Der Graf, the frontman of Unheilig, says in the interview that he was deeply hit by his friend's early death, he even was staying with his heart-attacked friend at that very moment and realized how worthy life is.

Track listing

No. Title English Translation Length
1. "Geboren um zu leben"   Born to Live 3:50
2. "Ein letztes Mal"   One Last Time 4:03

Music video

On January 14, 2010, the official music video for "Geboren um zu leben" was released.

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
German Singles Chart 1
German Airplay Chart[3] 9
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 8
Swiss Singles Chart 17

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Ö3 Austria Top 40[5] 8
European Hot 100 Singles[6] 25
German Singles Chart[7] 4
Swiss Singles Top 75[8] 42
Chart (2011) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[9] 75
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 64

References

  1. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch
  2. ^ http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/musik/2010/03/04/newcomer-band-unheilig/auf-platz-1-der-deutschen-albumcharts.html (German)
  3. ^ German Airplay Chart, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
  4. ^ Geboren Um Zu Leben at austriancharts.at
  5. ^ http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010#/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010
  7. ^ http://www.media-control.de/musik-jahrescharts-sanfter-riese-und-der-graf-setzen-sich-durch.html
  8. ^ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010
  9. ^ http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/singleyear/
  10. ^ http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011
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