Anything but Love (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Anything but Love

| cover = Anything but Love (song).jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Daniel Schuhmacher

| album = The Album

| released = {{Start date|2009|05|15|df=y}}

| recorded = 2009

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}

| label = Sony Music

| writer = Dieter Bohlen

| producer = Dreamfactory

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Honestly

| next_year = 2009

}}

"Anything but Love" is a song by German recording artist Daniel Schuhmacher, the winner of the sixth season of the television competition Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Written and produced by DSDS judge Dieter Bohlen, it was released as both his coronation song and debut single. Upon its release, it debuted at number-one on the Austrian, German and Swiss Singles Charts and became one of the highest-selling singles of the year. The song was later included on his debut album, The Album (2009).

Chart performance

In Germany, "Anything but Love" debuted at number one on the German Singles Chart with the highest first week single sales in 2009.{{cite web|title=Daniel Schuhmacher stellt einen neuen Rekord auf |publisher=Bild-Zeitung |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/dsds/2009/05/26/daniel-schuhmacher-single-anything-but-love/auf-platz-eins-der-charts.html |date=2009-05-26 |accessdate=2015-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125230127/http://www.bild.de/BILD/dsds/2009/05/26/daniel-schuhmacher-single-anything-but-love/auf-platz-eins-der-charts.html |archivedate=2011-01-25 }} The song was eventually certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) and ranked 19th on the German year-end chart. In total, the single sold 270.000 copies.{{cite web|title=B.Z. im Luxus-Loft von DSDS-Daniel|work=Berliner Zeitung|publisher=BZ-Berlin.de|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/b-z-im-luxus-loft-von-dsds-daniel|date=2010-03-23|accessdate=2015-10-05}}

Formats and track listings

{{Track listing

| headline = CD single

| title1 = Anything but Love

| note1 = single version

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Anything but Love

| note2 = orchester version

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = Anything but Love

| note3 = instrumental

| length3 = 3:28

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\|Chart (2009) !scope="col"\|Peak position
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{{single chart\|Austria\|1\|artist=Daniel Schuhmacher\|song=Anything but Love \|accessdate=2015-10-08}}
{{single chart\|Germany\|1\|artist=Daniel Schuhmacher\|song=Anything but Love \|songid=580994\|accessdate=2019-02-18}}
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|1\|artist=Daniel Schuhmacher\|song=Anything but Love \|accessdate=2015-10-08}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
align="left"\|Chart (2009) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Position
align="left"\|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web \| title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003 – Austriancharts.at\| publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien\| url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2009&cat=s\| language=German\|accessdate=2015-03-22}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|36
align="left"\|Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web\|title=Single-Charts 2009 \|publisher=Media Control. Musikindustrie.de \|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/SingleCharts_2009_02.pdf \|language=German \|accessdate=2015-10-10 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128041310/http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/SingleCharts_2009_02.pdf \|archivedate=2013-01-28 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|19
align="left"\|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web \| title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 – swisscharts.com\| publisher=Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien\| url=http://www.hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2003\| language=German\|accessdate=2015-03-22}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|72

class="wikitable"

align="left"|Chart (2009)

! style="text-align:center;"|Position

align="left"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web | title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003 – Austriancharts.at| publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien| url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2009&cat=s| language=German|accessdate=2015-03-22}}

| style="text-align:center;"|36

align="left"|Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|title=Single-Charts 2009 |publisher=Media Control. Musikindustrie.de |url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/SingleCharts_2009_02.pdf |language=German |accessdate=2015-10-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128041310/http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/SingleCharts_2009_02.pdf |archivedate=2013-01-28 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|19

align="left"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web | title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 – swisscharts.com| publisher=Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien| url=http://www.hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2003| language=German|accessdate=2015-03-22}}

| style="text-align:center;"|72

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.daniel-schuhmacher.tv/}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Discogs artist|artist=Daniel Schuhmacher|name=Daniel Schuhmacher}}

Category:2009 singles

Category:2009 songs

Category:Daniel Schuhmacher songs

Category:Songs written by Dieter Bohlen

Category:Sony Music singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Dieter Bohlen

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Number-one singles in Germany

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland