Exit (Darin album)

Exit is the sixth studio album by Swedish singer/songwriter Darin Zanyar. The album was released on 30 January 2013 and debuted at number one on Swedish Charts. Exit was certified Gold on its first week of release.^[1] The album includes the platinum-selling hit Nobody Knows.

Background

On 10 February 2012 Darin released his first single "Nobody Knows". The project was to release two EPs containing 4-5 tracks each, the first one in April and the second one in August. The release date for the first EP initially was 4 April 2012. However, due to unknown reasons, it was pushed back to 14 April. In the meanwhile, Darin made some public appearances, performing his latest single and two more new songs, "All Gone" and "Right To This Point". The album release was one more time delayed and eventually, on 11 June, Darin's team announced on his Facebook page that he would no longer release two EPs and that a new album was set to release early in 2013. Darin stated several times that the reason why he trashed the whole project was that he was not satisfied with the sound. According to him, the songs on the first EP were very good but he "couldn't let go something that was not 110 percent good".^[2] In October, Darin went on a songwriting tour to USA, where he worked with worldwide famous producers as Jim Beanz, The Jackie Boyz, Victoria Horn and the RedOne Team. They wrote 25 songs, but only 10 of them made it to the final track list. On 16 November, during an interview for the Swedish NRJ Radio channel, Darin stated that the album would get released at the end of January 2013 and it is a mixture of pop, R&B and club music. The following month, he also revealed the album title in an interview, Exit. On 21 December 2012 Darin announced on his Facebook page that the album is out on 30 January 2013 and posted the album artwork and track listing. The album was released in a Limited Edition, including the six Darin's songs from the Swedish TV program Så mycket bättre, which he was in from October to December 2012.^[3]

Singles

"Nobody Knows" was released digitally on 10 February 2012 as lead single from the album. It reached the number 1 position on iTunes the same day and it's Darin's most successful hit to date, being certified platinum on 28 November 2012.
"Playing With Fire" was announced as second single from the album as Darin posted its cover art as Twitter and Facebook profile picture. It was released on 18 January 2013 in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The single debuted at number 28 on the Swedish Singles Chart.
"Check You Out" was announced as third single from the album in April, during a radio interview. On 22 April 2013 Darin posted on his Instagram account the cover art for the single which was released along with a remix of the song by John De Sohn on 2 May.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Playing With Fire"	Darin Zanyar, J Nick, Jim Beanz	Jim Beanz	3:25
2.	"Before I Pass Out (feat. Lil Jon)"	Darin Zanyar, J Nick, Jim Beanz, Lil Jon	Jim Beanz	3:34
3.	"Surrender"	Darin Zanyar, Baptiste, Sacha Skarbek, Cosi	Sacha Skarbek, Lorenzo Cosi	3:23
4.	"What It's Like"	Darin Zanyar, Jim Beanz	Jim Beanz, Justin Hind	4:29
5.	"F Your Love"	Darin Zanyar, J Nick, Jim Beanz	Jim Beanz	3:59
6.	"Check You Out"	Zanyar, David Gamson, Angel	David Gamson	3:21
7.	"Give Me Tonight"	Zanyar, Lars Halvor Jensen, McEwan	DEEKAY, Data	3:33
8.	"Same Old Song"	Darin Zanyar, Jim Beanz	Jim Beanz	4:11
9.	"That Love"	Darin Zanyar, Battey, Luke Madden, Victoria Horn	Luke Madden, Niklas Bergwall	3:17
10.	"Nobody Knows"	Zanyar, Tony Nilsson, Niklas Rune, Bilal Hajji	Tony Nilsson	3:36

Tolkningarna (Limited edition bonus CD)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"En Apa Som Liknar Dig"	Olle Ljungström, Heinz Liljedahl	Zanyar	3:45
2.	"I Can't Get You Off My Mind"	Linda Carlsson, Sonny Gustavsson	Zanyar	3:12
3.	"Stockholm"	Pugh Rogefeldt	Zanyar	2:43
4.	"Seven Days A Week"	The Sounds	Zanyar	3:37
5.	"Astrologen"	Magnus Uggla	Zanyar	3:11
6.	"Magdalena (Livet Före Döden)"	Kristian Anttila	Zanyar	3:32

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Sweden	30 January 2013	Universal Music Sweden	CD, Digital Download	060253728170
Norway	30 January 2013	Universal Music Sweden		060253728170
Finland	22 February 2013	Warner Music Finland

Charts, certifications and sales

The album debuted at number 1 on the Swedish Album Chart being certified Gold in its first week on sale.

Chart	Country	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Swedish Albums Chart	Sweden	IFPI	1^[4]	Gold	+20,000

References

↑ "bengans.se". Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ "darinworldwide.com". Retrieved October 31, 2012.
↑ "twitter.com". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
↑ Exit in the Swedish charts

Darin
Studio albums	The Anthem Darin Break the News Flashback Lovekiller Exit Fjärilar i magen
Compilation albums	Det bästa av
Singles	"Money for Nothing" "Why Does It Rain" "Step Up" "Who's That Girl" "Want Ya!" "Perfect" "Everything But the Girl" "Insanity" "Desire" "Breathing Your Love" "See U At The Club" "Runaway" "What If" "Viva La Vida" "You're Out of My Life" "Can't Stop Love" "Lovekiller" "Microphone" "Nobody Knows" "Playing With Fire" "So Yours" "Check You Out" "Mamma Mia" "Ta mig tillbaka"

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