Cliffs of Gallipoli
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| Single by Sabaton | ||||||||||
| from the album The Art of War | ||||||||||
| B-side | Ghost Division | |||||||||
| Released | 9 May 2008 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Genre | Power metal | |||||||||
| Length | 5:41 | |||||||||
| Label | Black Lodge | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Joakim Brodén | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Sabaton | |||||||||
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"Cliffs of Gallipoli" is a single by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton and it is also the seventh track from their album The Art of War inspired by Turkish song writer Selim Tangerli.
"Cliffs of Gallipoli" was the first single from the album and it also contains the B-side Ghost Division.
The song is about the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. The song is written as a tribute to the soldiers who fought and died there. Lyrics are inspired by the words of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander at Gallipoli and also the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
The B-side, "Ghost Division", is about Rommel's 7th Panzer division during the invasion of France in 1940.
Chart
| Year (2008) | Top position |
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| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 [1] |
| Preceded by "Fotbollsfest" by Frans feat. Elias |
Swedish Singles Chart number-one single June 5, 2008 – June 12, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Sverige, det bästa på vår jord" by Markoolio |
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