| You have to win Zweikampf | ||||
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| Released | May 19, 2006 | |||
| Genre | German rock, indie | |||
| Length | 41:05 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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You have to win Zweikampf is the fourth studio album released by the German rock band Sportfreunde Stiller. It was released on May 19, 2006, only a few weeks before the opening of the 2006 FIFA World Cup that was being hosted in Germany. The album is a concept album focused around Association football.[1] Football has featured prominently in the band previous releases (cf. "10:1" on So wie einst Real Madrid), but this was their first album with solely football-related tracks.[2]
While Herbert Grönemeyer's "Zeit, dass sich was dreht" was the official World Cup theme song, the single "'54, '74, '90, 2006" became a fan hymn for the German World Cup squad and was a number one hit in Germany.[3][4] The song commemorates German championships in the 1954, 1974, and 1990 World Cups. After Germany lost in the semi-final against Italy on July 4, 2006, the song was reworked as "'54, '74, '90, 2010" in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[5]
The title quotes Bixente Lizarazu.[6]
Chart performance
The album spent fifteen weeks on the German charts, peaking at second place, where it spent three weeks.[7] The song "'54, '74, '90, 2006" was released as a single, where it was a number-one hit for three weeks, and spent 37 weeks on the "Top 100 Singles" chart.[8]
Track listing
- Unser Freund ist aus Leder ("Our Friend is Made of Leather")
- Pogo in Togo
- '54, '74, '90, 2006
- Eine Liebe, die nie endet ("A Love that Never Ends")
- Nix geht mehr ("Nothing Works Anymore")
- Budenzauber ("Jamboree")
- Die Frisur von Björn Borg ("Björn Borg's haircut")
- Dem Fritz sein Wetter ("Fritz Walter's Weather")
- Come Sara? ("How Will It Be?")
- Mag Tischtennis! ("We Like Table Tennis!")
- All die Schlachten, die wir schlagen ("All the Battles that We Fight")
References
- ^ Fuchs, Benjamin (19 May 2006). "Sportfreunde Stiller: You Have To Win Zweikampf". laut.de. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Winkler, Thomas (3 June 2006). "Der Ballack ist ab". taz. p. 22. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Fußballpop - Beats, Balladen, Beckenbauer". Der Spiegel. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Folge 4096". Volle Kanne. ZDF. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Die inoffizielle WM-Hyme, umgedichtet". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "You have to win Zweikampf". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Sportfreunde Stiller: You Have To Win Zweikampf". offiziellecharts.de. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Sportfreunde Stiller: '54, '74, '90, 2006". offiziellecharts.de. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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