Heavy Cross

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"Heavy Cross"
Single by Gossip
from the album Music for Men
Released April 28, 2009
Format CD
7" Vinyl
Recorded Shangri La Studios, Malibu
Genre Dance-punk, dance-rock
Length 4:02
Label Columbia
Music With A Twist
Writer(s) Beth Ditto
Brace Paine
Hannah Blilie
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Gossip singles chronology

"Jealous Girls"
(2007)		 Heavy Cross
(2009)		 "Love Long Distance"
(2009)

Music video
"Heavy Cross" on YouTube

"Heavy Cross" is a song by American band Gossip. It was released on April 28, 2009 as the first single from the band's fourth album Music for Men. The single was especially successful in Germany where it was certified triple gold,[1] for selling over 450,000 copies and is, as of September 2010, the "most successful internationally produced single of all times".[2] As of April 2011, the single has been on the German Singles Chart for 97 weeks without ever reaching No. 1, making it the 2nd longest-running single ever there.[3] It spent also 27 weeks on that chart's top ten, making it the 9th longest run there.[4] In 2013, it was included in a J'Adore advert from Dior, making it rise to fame again.

Background and writing

Singer Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is: "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators."[5]

Music video

The video, directed by Price James, was premiered at PerezHilton.com on June 12, 2009.

Releases

UK CD track listing

  1. "Heavy Cross"
  2. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)

Australia CD track listing

  1. "Heavy Cross" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Heavy Cross"
  3. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)
  4. "Heavy Cross" (Burns Remix)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009-10) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[ 1] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[ 1] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[ 1] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[ 1] 3
Czech Republic (IFPI)[ 1] 63
France (SNEP)[ 1] 23
Germany (Media Control AG)[ 1] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 28
Israel (Media Forest)[7] 7
Italy (FIMI)[ 1] 4
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[8] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[ 1] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[ 1] 12
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[ 1] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 1] 2
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] 37
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [citation needed] 14

NRJ Session:

Chart (2012) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[ 1] 82

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Year-end
position
Australian Singles Chart[9] 48
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 14
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[11] 9
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[12] 16
German Singles Chart[13] 8
Italian Singles Chart[14] 23
Swiss Singles Chart[15] 9
Year-end Chart (2010) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[16] 24
European Hot 100 Singles[17] 44
German Singles Chart[18] 26
Swiss Singles Chart[19] 21
Chart (2012) Position
Belgian Backcatalogue Singles Chart (Flanders)[20] 5
Belgian Backcatalogue Singles Chart (Wallonia)[20] 1

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[21] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[22] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Platinum 30,000x
Belgium (BEA)[24] Platinum 30,000*
Germany (BVMI)[1] 3× Gold 450,000^
Italy (FIMI)[25] Platinum 30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[26] Gold 7,500*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27] Platinum 30,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gossip; 'Heavy Cross')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
  2. ↑ "Single-Rekord für Gossip - media control" [Single Record for Gossip]. media-control.de (in German). 2010-09-13. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  3. ↑ Chartsurfer.de (2012-02-17). " Dauerbrenner Top 100 Auswertung (ab Monat 06/1959)". Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  4. ↑ Chartsurfer.de (2012-02-17). " Dauerbrenner Top 10 Auswertung (ab Monat 06/1959)". Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  5. ↑ Heavy Cross Songfacts
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 acharts.us
  7. ↑ "Media Forest: Airplay chart". mediaforest.biz. 
  8. ↑ "Luxembourg Digital Songs - October 17, 2009". Billboard. 
  9. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Singles 2008". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  10. ↑ "oe3.ORF.at / SingleCharts 2009". Charts.orf.at. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  11. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  12. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-12-18. 
  15. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2009". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  16. ↑ Steffen Hung (2010-12-24). "Jahreshitparade 2010". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  17. ↑ "European Hot 100". Billboard.com. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  18. ↑ http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=20
  19. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Year-End Charts 2010". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2012&cat=a
  21. ↑ "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download". RTL.de. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  22. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 
  23. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in German). IFPI Austria.  Enter Gossip in the field Interpret. Enter Heavy Cross in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  24. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2011" (in Dutch). Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. 
  25. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry.  Select Online in the field Scegli la sezione. Select Week -- and Year ----. Enter Gossip in the field Artista. Click Avvia la ricerca
  26. ↑ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. 
  27. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gossip; 'Heavy Cross')". Hung Medien. 

External links

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