Goodbye to Yesterday

Infobox Single |
Name = Goodbye to Yesterday
Artist = No Angels
from Album = Destiny

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Released = March 16, 2007
Format = CD single, ring tone, digital single, digital download
Writer = Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson
Producer = Twin, Pelle Ankarberg
Recorded = January 2007, Sound Studio N
(Cologne, Germany)
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:30
Label = Polydor/Universal
Last single = "Reason"
(2003)
This single = "Goodbye to Yesterday"
(2007)
Next single = "Maybe"
(2007)Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternative cover
Type = Studio


Lower caption = Promotional CD"Goodbye to Yesterday" is a pop song performed by German pop group the No Angels. It was written and produced by Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, and Joacim Persson for the band's fourth studio album "Destiny" (2007), and released as its leading single on March 16, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in German-speaking Europe. The band's first release in over three years, the comeback song was the first commercial single release to feature the No Angels' current lineup, excluding original band member Vanessa Petruo.

Following a three year absence from the charts, "Goodbye to Yesterday" reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart. It also entered the top 20 in Switzerland and Lithuania, and the top 30 in Austria and on a composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart.

Writing and recording

"Goodbye to Yesterday" was written exclusively for the band's comeback album "Destiny",cite web|title="Wir haben keine Lust zu warten"|work=1Live.de|url=http://www.einslive.de/musik/interviews/2007/no_angels.jsp|accessdate=2007-03-15] following a request by the No Angels' A&R manager Niklas Hafemann after their secret reformation in mid-2006.cite web|title=No Angels @ "Viva Live"|work=Youtube|url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=HGqOt22N7R0|accessdate=2007-02-01] Fully completed and conveyed shortly prior to recording start in late January 2007, "Goodbye to Yesterday" was an eleventh-hour addition to the album's recording listing and the last song out of eight proposed tracks to be recorded by the group, with most of it being recorded spontaneously due to timing conflicts. ["Himmlisch!". "BILD am Sonntag". Retrieved on 2007-04-22]

The band has described the mid-tempo song as an example of their musical and lyrical development and personal maturity in the last few years of their break: "It typifies everything we have to say," Lucy Diakovska said in an interview with "NRJ Radio Energy".cite web|title="Popband «No Angels» wieder vereint"|work=Limmatta Online|url=http://www.limmattalonline.ch/pages/index.cfm?dom=12&rub=100004702&nrub=0&sda=1&Artikel_ID=101478473jhtml|accessdate=2007-02-01] "It's not about biding farewell to something, but about flipping a new chapter open and [...] putting experiences into practice."cite web|title=No Angels interview|work=Energy.de|url=http://www.limmattalonline.ch/pages/index.cfm?dom=http://www.energy.de/galleries/starschnitten/2810/|accessdate=2007-03-02] However, Sandy Mölling noted that the song and its title "may not be appreciated as a motto," since the band felt no regret of their acts and decisions in the past. Co-produced by longtime contributors Niclas Molinder, Pelle Ankarberg and Joacim Persson, "Goodbye to Yesterday" was eventually selected as the album's lead single out of a total of seven songs.

Although the full track was given its first ever radio airplay at midnight of February 1, 2007, following the official announcement of the band reunion, a twenty-second clip of "Goodbye to Yesterday" was previewed on RTL's news programme "Punkt 12" during a press conference the day before. By February 2 the entire track had beeb ripped from radio, and leaked onto the internet. Officially released on March 16, 2007 in all German-speaking countries, both the CD and the digital single spawned dance, electronic and house music-influenced remixes by German producers and DJs Klaas and Black Dog.

Music video

The music video for "Goodbye to Yesterday" saw the band reuniting with German director Marcus Sternberg, with whom the band had previously collaborated on five clips between the years of 2002 and 2003, including their ECHO Award-winning video for "Something about Us." Entirely filmed at the Berlin Union Studios in Berlin-Tempelhof, Germany on February 9, 2007,cite web|title=No Angels Videodreh|work=Yam.de|url=http://www.yam.de/No_Angels_Videodreh.html|accessdate=2007-02-21] it was shot over seventeen hours, involving choreography by former "Fame Academy" judge, Mölling's spouse Renick Bernadina.cite web | title=No Angels on set of "Goodbye to Yesterday"| work=Youtube| url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_tuPTH3fU| accessdate=2007-02-21] As reported, the four band members bore the production costs of an estimated €90,000 partly by themselves as their record company Universal Music Domestic considered the shoot too high in price to incur additional expenses.cite web | title=Video report| work=RTLaktuell.de| url=http://www.rtl.de/news/rtl_aktuell_videoplayer.php?cat=1&lstart=0&video_id=33914&stream=ms_h| accessdate=2007-02-21]

The video does not have a substantial plot but incorporates the idea of a documentary film look, involving outtakes and making-of shots. It primarily focuses on each of the girls performing their verses on one of the four main sets; with Nadja Benaissa sitting at a pier, Jessica Wahls standing in the rain in front of a bar, Sandy Mölling performing in an artificial snow flurry, and Diakovska dancing on a chimney-pocked rooftop.

A one and a half minutes preview of the edited music video was aired on February 22, 2007 on German television channel ProSieben at 8.13 PM.cite web|title="Comeback-Video feiert Premiere"|work=Viviano|url=http://www.viviano.de/ak/News-Musik/no-angels-9492.shtml|accessdate=2007-06-01] The full version was eventually premiered on February 23 at the end of VIVA's show "Neu". A making-of-clip of the video was released on a digital video disc on the album's re-release edition, "Destiny Reloaded" (2008).

Chart performance

Released at midnight of February 1, 2007 to European radio stations, "Goodbye to Yesterday" debuted at number 22 on the German Airplay Chart only three days after its release.cite web|title="Airplay Charts Deutschland 16.02.2007- 23.02.2007"|work=Surfmusik.de|url=http://www.surfmusik.de/airplaycharts_2007_kw08.htm|accessdate=2008-06-21] It eventually reached its peak position of number 14 in its second week, but remained another ten weeks within the top 30 of that particular chart, according to Nielsen Music Control. Following its physical release on March 16, 2007 in German-speaking Europe, the single debuted at number 4 on the German Singles Chart based on composite digital singles and CD singles sales, becoming No Angels' highest-charting single since 2003's "Feelgood Lies." However, as the song failed to climb again during its nine-week chart run, it also became the band's first leading single not to reach the top position on the German "Media Control" Chart. [cite web|title=Chartverfolgung|work=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Goodbye+To+Yesterday/single|accessdate=2008-06-21]

In Switzerland, the single opened and peaked at number 16 on the Swiss Singles Chart, where it became the group's highest-charting single since 2002's "Still in Love with You." It remained eight weeks on the chart. By contrast, in Austria, "Goodbye to Yesterday" became the No Angels' lowest-charting single since 2002's "All Cried Out:" It debuted at number 21 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and fell out of the top 100 in its seventh week, also becoming the band's shortest-running single until then. In Poland, the track missed the Polish National Top 50, reaching number two on its Bubbling Under chart only.

On a composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles the song peaked at number 19 in the week of April 7, 2007. In addition, "Goodbye to Yesterday" entered the independent Euro 200 chart at number 21 as well as the European Airplay Chart at number 58. On foreign music markets, the single peaked at number 20 on the Lithuanian Airplay Chart.

Altogether, "Goodbye to Yesterday" sold more than 30,000 copies domestically. [cite web|title="Dritte Single, letzte Chance?"|work=Bild.de|url=http://www.bild.de/BTO/leute/2007/08/26/no-angels-comeback/versuch-single,geo=2383826.html|accessdate=2008-06-23|language=German|author=Oliver Köster]

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Goodbye to Yesterday."

CD single

# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Radio Edit) - 3:29
# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Milan East RMX) - 5:14
# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Klaas RMX Out Cut) - 4:19
# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Black Dog RMX) - 3:49
# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Instrumental) - 3:29

2-Track CD single

# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Radio Edit) - 3:29
# "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Black Dog RMX) - 3:49

Charts

Worldwide

References

External links

*Youtube|3bSwxt9FNnE|"Goodbye to Yesterday" music video