Cliffs of Gallipoli

"Cliffs of Gallipoli"
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	Sabaton
Sabaton singles chronology
"N/A" "'Cliffs of Gallipoli'" (2008) "Ghost Division" (May 2008) Music video "Cliffs of Gallipoli" on YouTube

"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 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
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

References

1. ^ Swedishcharts - "Cliff of Gallipoli" on the Swedish Singles Chart