| "If a Song Could Get Me You" | |||||||||||
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| Single by Marit Larsen | |||||||||||
| from the album If a Song Could Get Me You / The Chase | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Addicted" | ||||||||||
| Released | August 2008 (NOR) July 24, 2009 (GER/AUT/SUI/ICE) August 2010 (ARG) |
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| Genre | Pop, folk | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:28 | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Marit Larsen & Jay Bradford | ||||||||||
| Marit Larsen chronology | |||||||||||
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If a Song Could Get Me You is a single by Norwegian singer-songwriter Marit Larsen. It is Larsen's first international single, and it was released in Norway, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
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The song deals with a broken relationship. The singer would do everything and try every song to get her boyfriend back.
In Norway the single entered the chart at #1 and stayed there for two consecutive weeks. In Germany it entered at #15, rose to #3 the next week and in the third week it was #1. It stayed there for five consecutive weeks. The song charted at #32 in its first week in Austria and in the fourth week, it became #1. After one week, it was beaten by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. Then, it returned to its peak position and held it for three more weeks. In Switzerland, it held the #2 spot for one week, only beaten by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. On airplay the song peaked at #1 in Austria, #3 in Germany and #5 in Switzerland.
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Year-End Charts
Decade-end charts
Best of All Time
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| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Austria (IFPI Austria)[12] | Gold | 15,000x |
| Germany (BVMI)[13] | Gold | 150,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[14] | Platinum | 30,000x |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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| Preceded by "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz |
Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single 18 August 2008 - 31 August 2008 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "The Day That Never Comes" by Metallica |
| Preceded by "Jungle Drum" by Emilíana Torrini |
German Singles Chart number-one single 28 August 2009 - 1 October 2009 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Pussy" by Rammstein |
| Preceded by "Jungle Drum" by Emilíana Torrini "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas |
Austrian Singles Chart number-one single 28 August 2009 - 3 September 2009 (1 week) 11 September 2009 - 1 October 2009 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas "Sexy Bitch" by David Guetta feat. Akon |
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