| "Übers Ende Der Welt" | ||||
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| Single by Tokio Hotel | ||||
| from the album Zimmer 483 | ||||
| B-side | "Hilf mir fliegen" | |||
| Released | 26 January 2007 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Island, Universal Music | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz | |||
| Producer | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner | |||
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| "Ready, Set, Go!" | ||||
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| Single by Tokio Hotel | ||||
| from the album Scream and Room 483 | ||||
| B-side | "Live Every Second" | |||
| Released | 24 August 2007 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | |||
| Producer | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | |||
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"Übers Ende der Welt" (English: Over the End of the World) and "Ready, Set, Go!" are rock songs by German alternative rock band Tokio Hotel. The German version of the song, "Übers Ende der Welt", was released as the first single from their second album Zimmer 483 and it is the album's opening track.
The song was later translated into English and re-recorded for Tokio Hotel's first English-language album Scream under the title "Ready, Set, Go!". The English version was released as the second single from the album Scream in mainland Europe and was released as the band's debut single in the United Kingdom. This song was also released as the debut single in Canada via MuchMusic. The music video was nominated for the "Best Pop Video" award as well as winning the "Best New Artist" award at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[1] The English version later appeared as a playable track in the European version of Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades and as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series.
They collaborated with Jade Puget of AFI to create a remix of Ready Set Go. It was included as a bonus track on their album Scream.
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The music video for the German version, "Übers Ende der Welt", features the four band members as workers, walking through a futuristic but bleak city, along with a group of catatonic co-workers. They are all dressed in the same grey overalls while carrying large pipes. When the workers pass a corridor, they notice Tokio Hotel playing the song on a stage at the end of the corridor. The workers, including the band members in their worker-characters, run towards the performance and subsequently escape from the city by climbing up the walls of the sky-scrapers around the stage. Scenes of the catatonic workers in a dining hall, silently watching a test screen (which eventually explodes) are also included in the video. The video concludes with a shot of the band members (in their worker-characters) standing on top of one of the city's sky-scrapers, blinded by the sunlight.
The most recent version of the music video for "Ready, Set, Go!" is visually identical to the German "Übers Ende der Welt" music video.
In early 2008, an alternate music video for "Ready, Set, Go!" was frequently shown on The N cable television channel. The music video played in between commercial breaks. This version did not feature the band members portrayed as workers, but it did feature the band playing in front of the test screen seen in the original German music video.
The video had entered the Much More Music Top 10 countdown briefly during the time when the band performed a concert in Toronto on February 10, 2008 at The Mod Club.
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Übers Ende der Welt" and "Ready, Set, Go!".
| Song | Country | Date |
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| "Übers Ende der Welt" | Germany | 26 January 2007 |
| "Ready, Set, Go!" | Europe | 24 August 2007 |
| United Kingdom | 27 August 2007 | |
| United States | 11 March 2008 |
| Chart (2007) 1 | Peak position[2] |
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| Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 30 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 3 |
| French Singles Chart | 5 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 2 |
| Chart (2007-2008) 2 | Peak position [3][4] |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 26 |
| Canadian Hot 100 [5] | 80 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 31 |
| UK Singles Chart | 77 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[6] | 19 |
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| Chart (2007) | Rank |
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| German Singles Chart [7] | 56 |
| Preceded by "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado |
German Singles Chart 9 February 2007 |
Succeeded by "Stück vom Himmel" by Herbert Grönemeyer |
| Austrian Singles Chart 9 February 2007 |
Succeeded by "Ein Stern (…der deinen Namen trägt)" by DJ Ötzi and Nik P. |
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| Preceded by Gym Class Heroes (2007) |
2008 MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist 2008 |
Succeeded by Lady Gaga (2009) |
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