Shame (Monrose song)

Infobox Single
Name = Shame
Artist = Monrose
Album = Temptation

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B-side = "Work It"
Released = December 1, 2006
Format = CD single, digital single,
ring tone, digital download
Writer = Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley, Andrew Murray
Producer = Jiant, Snowflakers
Recorded = 2006, Weryton Studios
(Munich, Germany)
Genre = Pop, ballad
Length = 3:29
Label = Starwatch/Warner
Certification = Platinum (GER, SUI)
3x Gold (GER)
Gold (AUT)
Last single =
This single = “Shame”
(2006)
Next single = “Even Heaven Cries”
(2007)

“Shame” is a pop song performed by German pop trio Monrose. It was written by Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley and Andrew Murray and co-produced by production teams Jiant and Snowflakers for the band's debut studio album, "Temptation" (2006).

The song was released as the band's debut single on December 1, 2006 (see 2006 in music) in German-speaking Europe, following the trio's formation on the television talent show "Popstars", and peaked at number one in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, where it became one of the best-selling and most-downloaded singles of the year.cite web|title="Monrose mit Verkaufsrekord"|work=Media Control|url=http://www.media-control.de/pressemitteilungen/monrose-mit-verkaufsrekord.html|accessdate=2006-12-08] “Shame” also reached the top 10 on the sales or airplay charts in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and on a composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart respectively.

Release

“Shame” worldpremiered on November 16, 2006 on the second last episode of the "Popstars" series in a special solo version performed by Bahar Kızıl. Even though the song was not advertised as the final group’s first single at this point, "Amazon.de" accidentally released a CD cover – which showed three (Katarzyna Zinkiewicz, Mandy Capristo and Bahar Kızıl) of the six remaining finalists – the day after. While the accident raised public concern about the significance of the final band voting, the cover soon was replaced by promotional artwork and "Popstars" broadcaster ProSieben instantly released an official statement which confirmed both the single’s title and the planned band name "Monrose" but also rejected reproaches of fraud.

However, on the season’s finale on Thursday, November 23, 2006, three different variants were presented in several constellations, ending with a final version of “Shame” sung by all three Monrose members in place. In the following days various audio ripping of the show spread, but it was not until November 30, 2006 the radio edit had leaked onto the internet.

Music video

The music video for “Shame” was directed by Oliver Sommer and entirely shot in the Berlin Ballhaus Studios in the week of October 30, 2006.cite web|title="POPSTARS – Nina’s Engel"|work=ProSieben|url=http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/ninas_engel/show/|accessdate=2007-02-26] Produced by the AVA Studios GmbH, it was shot over twenty-four hours and choreographed by "Popstars" judge Detlef “D!” Soost.cite web|title="POPSTARS – Nina’s Engel"|work=ProSieben|url=http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/ninas_engel/show/|accessdate=2007-02-26] As reported, the video was filmed in twenty different versions with all six finalists of the show since the jury had not laid down who would make the band at this time.cite web|title="POPSTARS – Nina’s Engel"|work=ProSieben|url=http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/ninas_engel/show/|accessdate=2007-02-26]

It begins with Kızıl waking up in her bedroom after an argument with her boyfriend the night before. She enters the bathroom, where she is confronted and churned up with his dental equipmenta and eventually dresses up. Her sequences are intercutted by Guemmour and Capristo who alternately switch into her role. The video ends with a young man entering the kitchen, apologizing to an impressed Capristo with a bunch of flowers.

A one and a half minutes preview of the edited music video was aired on November 24, 2006 on German television channel ProSieben’s daily gossip television magazine "taff".cite web|title="POPSTARS – Nina’s Engel"|work=ProSieben|url=http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/ninas_engel/show/|accessdate=2007-02-26] The full version was eventually premiered the same day at the end of VIVA’s show "Neu".

Chart performance

Although “Shame” was officially released on December 1, 2006, it appeared a week early on the German Airplay Chart, debuting at number 66, according to Nielsen Music Control.cite web|title="Airplay Charts Deutschland – KW 48/06"|work=Surfmusik|url=http://www.surfmusik.de/airplaycharts_2006_kw48.htm|accessdate=2007-06-26] However, it took another five weeks until the song reached the top position on particular chart, evetually becoming the first airplay number-one of the new year.cite web|title="Airplay Charts Deutschland – KW 2/07"|work=Surfmusik|url=http://www.surfmusik.de/airplaycharts_2007_kw01.htm|accessdate=2007-06-26]

With a total of more than 150,000 CD maxi singles shipped to stores within its first week of release the song also debuted on top of the German Top 100 singles chart, making Monrose one of the most successful musical debuts of the year.cite web|title="Monrose mit Verkaufsrekord"|work=Media Control|url=http://www.media-control.de/pressemitteilungen/monrose-mit-verkaufsrekord.html|accessdate=2006-12-08] Outselling 3/4 of the German Top 100’s singles sales combined, the song, moreover, emerged as the fastest selling CD single of 2006 and the biggest downloaded song since the introduction of the legal digital download charts in 2004. Although “Shame” spend two weeks on top of the charts only, it profited from constant sales and as a result remained on the charts until late March 2007, staying seventeen weeks on that particular chart. The song was eventually certified triple gold and one-time platinum by the German arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry,cite web|title=Database Search|work=IPI Germany|url=http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Monrose|accessdate=2007-06-26] and ranked seventh on the German "Media Control" singles year-end charts 2007.cite web|title="«Ein Stern» von DJ Ötzi ist Hit des Jahres"|work=Yahoo News|url=http://de.news.yahoo.com/ap/20071218/ten-ein-stern-von-dj-tzi-ist-hit-des-jah-4330d82_1.html|accessdate=2007-12-25]

In Austria and Switzerland the single also spent two weeks on top of the national singles charts, while remaining within the top 100 until mid-April 2007 – one month after the release of follow-up “Even Heaven Cries”. It was eventually certified gold by the IFPI Austria for more than 15,000 singles sold in its first week of releasecite web|title=Database Search|work=IPI Austria|url=http://www.ifpi.at/u_frame.php3?seite=search.php3&a_id=9|accessdate=2007-06-26] and ranked sixteenth on the Swiss singles year-end charts.cite web|title=Jahreshitparaden 2006|work=Swisscharts|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2006|accessdate=2007-06-26] Outside the German speaking countries “Shame” reached the top ten of the Lithuanian Airplay Chart, the Polish Top 50 and the Slovenian Singles Chart, and a peak position of number 47 on the Czech Singles Chart.

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of “Shame.”

CD single

# “Shame" (radio edit) – 3:29
# “Work It” (written by Richard Kelly, Anthony Little) – 3:49
# “Shame" (video edit) – 3:49
# “Shame" (instrumental) – 3:29

Credits and personnel

*Vocals: M. Capristo, S. Guemmour, B. Kızıl
*Writers: Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley, Andrew Murray
*Producers: Jiant/Snowflake
*All instruments: C. Ballard, T. Hawes, P. Kirtley, A. Murray
*Mixing: C. Ballard, Ren Swan
**Additional mixing: JEO
*Recorded at Werytin Studios, Munich
*Artwork: Claudia Macias

Charts

References

External links

*Youtube|dnzG5Rq9kas |"Shame" music video
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s-ttl | title = Austrian Singles Chart number-one single
years = December 15 2006 – January 4 2007 s-ttl | title = German Singles Chart number-one single
years = December 15 2006 – December 28 2006 s-ttl | title = Swiss Singles Chart number-one single
years = December 17 2006 – December 30 2006