Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)

"Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)"
Single by DJ Ötzi featuring Nik P.
from the album Sternstunden
Released2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)
Length
  • 3:22 (radio mix)
  • 3:55 (party style)
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Nikolaus Presnik
Producer(s)
DJ Ötzi featuring Nik P. singles chronology
"I Am the Musicman"
(2006) 		"Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)"
(2007) 		"I will leb'n"
(2007)

"Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (lit. "A Star (...That Bears Your Name)") is a song by Austrian singers DJ Ötzi and Nik P. It was released in February 2007 as the lead single from the album Sternstunden. The song reached number one in Germany, where it stayed for 11 weeks, and in Austria despite that at the time of its release, several popular radio stations in Austria and Germany refused to play the song because its genre did not fit their programme style. The song is Germany's best-selling single of the 2000s decade, and it has sold more than two million copies.[1]

Background and release

Seven years after his smash hit "Hey Baby", DJ Ötzi released this single with the Austrian singer Nik P., who had written and released this song under his own name eight years ago. At the end of 2006, a German Schlager artist called Nic popularized a version of Nik P.'s "Einen Stern...", amongst the vacationing German club scene in Mallorca, Spain, where Schlagermusik is particularly popular. One month later, Ötzi recorded this single again and released it. The track debuted at number one in Austria, and two weeks later, topped the German Singles Chart, keeping Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" at number two for nine non-consecutive weeks.[2][3]

Spending 106 weeks on the German Singles Chart, "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" is the first song to be on that chart for two years or longer and also makes it the song with the longest run ever on that chart.[4] It was Germany's most successful song of both 2007 and the 2000s decade.[3][5]

Track listings

Charts and sales

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] 2× Platinum 60,000*
Germany (BVMI)[22] 4× Platinum 1,200,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23] Gold 15,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Austria 2 February 2007 CD Polydor [3]
Germany
Switzerland

Covers in other languages

The song has been covered in Dutch by the Belgian singer Christoff as Een Ster ('A Star'). It's also covered in Estonian by the Estonian punk-rock singer Laur Teär as "Ainus tee" ('Only Way'), in Lithuanian by Inga Valinskienė as "Žvaigždė" and in Italian by Chris Valco in a version written by Marco Tepoorten and approved by the author . In Denmark the song is famous in a Danish version with the band "Kandis", with the title, Det Dit Navn (It's your name). The Slovenian version of the song, sung by Miran Rudan, is called "Na nebo" ('Onto the Sky').

References

  1. ^ Sternregister
  2. ^ a b "DJ Ötzi & Nik P. – Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "DJ Ötzi & Nik P. – Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ Chartsurfer.de. "Dauerbrenner Top 100 Auswertung (ab Monat 06/1959)". Chartsurfer.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste" [Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List] (in German). RTL. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ^ Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (German CD single liner notes). DJ Ötzi. Polydor Records. 2007. 1749409.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (GSA CD single liner notes). DJ Ötzi. Polydor Records. 2007. 1724509.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (GSA maxi-CD single liner notes). DJ Ötzi. Polydor Records. 2007. 1721093.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (GSA maxi-CD single liner notes). DJ Ötzi. Polydor Records. 2007. 1737542.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (GSA maxi-CD single liner notes). DJ Ötzi. Polydor Records. 2007. 1755178.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Hits of the World: Eurocharts". Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 11. 17 March 2007. p. 67. See last week column.
  12. ^ "DJ Ötzi & Nik P. – Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  14. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2007" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2008". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Year End Charts: European Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2008" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2008". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Austrian single certifications – DJ Ötzi – Ein Stern" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  22. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (DJ Ötzi & Nik P.; 'Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Ein Stern')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.