Genre Pop Label Polydor | Length 3:39 | |
Released May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01) Format CD single
digital download Writer(s) Sarah Connor
Daniel Faust
Peter Plate
Ulf Leo Sommer | ||
"Wie schön du bist" (German: How Beautiful You Are) is a song by German recording artist Sarah Connor. It was written and produced by Connor along with Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, and Daniel Faust for her ninth studio album Muttersprache (2015). An ode to her son Tyler, the uplifiting pop ballad was conceived after a dispute with him. Her first single in German, the song was released as the album's lead single on May 1, 2015 in German-speaking Europe; it has since reached number two on the German Singles Chart.
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Chart performance
In Germany, "Wie schön du bist" was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting sales/streams of 260,000 copies, including 240,000 digital downloads.
Parody
In September 2015, German comedian Carolin Kebekus performed a parody of this song in her show PussyTerror TV, mocking dim-witted German nationalists under the title "Wie blöd du bist" (German: How Daft You Are).