Omen III (song)

"Omen III"
Single by Magic Affair
from the album Omen...The Story Continues
B-side Remix
Released January 14, 1994
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded 1993
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:56
Writer(s) Mike Staab
Rainer Kempf
A.K. S.W.I.F.T.
B. Waldstädt
Producer(s) Mike Staab
Magic Affair singles chronology
"Omen III"
(1994)		 "Give Me All Your Love"
(1994)

"Omen III" is a song recorded by the German eurodance band Magic Affair. It was released in January 1994 as the lead single from their debut album Omen...The Story Continues. The song reached number 1 in Germany and number 2 in Austria and Finland.

Track listings

CD maxi-single (Germany, 1993)
  1. "Omen III" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Omen III" (Maxi Version) - 6:10
  3. "Omen III" (Instrumental Version) - 4:40
CD maxi-single (Europe, 1994)
  1. "Omen III" (Cyber-Remix) - 5:10
  2. "Omen III" (Cyber-Hyper-Remix) - 7:29
  3. "Omen III" (Single Version) - 3:56

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1993-1994) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 2
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[2] 7
Denmark (Tracklisten)[3] 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 2
France (SNEP)[1] 12
Germany (Media Control Charts)[5] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 3
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[7] 17

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Austria[8] Gold May 11, 1994 15,000
Germany[9] Platinum 1994 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Sting & Rod Stewart		 German number-one single
March 11, 1994 - April 1, 1994 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Omen III", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  2. ↑ Belgian peak
  3. ↑ Danish peak
  4. ↑ Finnish peak
  5. ↑ "Culture Beat singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  7. ↑ "Omen III", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  8. ↑ Austrian certifications, database ifpi.at (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
  9. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Omen III')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 6, 2008.