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Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)

{{Short description|2007 single by DJ Ötzi}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)

| cover = DJOTZI-Stern.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = DJ Ötzi featuring Nik P.

| album = Sternstunden

| released = {{start date|2007|2|2|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length =

  • 3:22 (radio mix)
  • 3:55 (party style)

| label = Polydor

| writer = Nikolaus Presnik

| producer =

| prev_title = I Am the Musicman

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = I will leb'n

| next_year = 2007

}}

"Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" ({{lit}} "A Star (...That Bears Your Name)") is a song by Austrian singers DJ Ötzi and Nik P. It was released in February 2007 as the lead single from the album Sternstunden. The song reached number one in Germany, where it stayed for 11 weeks, and in Austria despite that at the time of its release, several popular radio stations in Austria and Germany refused to play the song because its genre did not fit their programme style. The song is Germany's best-selling single of the 2000s decade, and it has sold more than two million copies.[http://www.sternregister.de/blog/nik-p-stern.html Sternregister]

Background and release

Seven years after his smash hit "Hey Baby", DJ Ötzi released this single with the Austrian singer Nik P., who had written and released this song under his own name eight years ago. At the end of 2006, a German Schlager artist called Nic popularized a version of Nik P.'s "Einen Stern...", amongst the vacationing German club scene in Mallorca, Spain, where Schlagermusik is particularly popular. One month later, Ötzi recorded this single again and released it. The track debuted at number one in Austria, and two weeks later, topped the German Singles Chart, keeping Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" at number two for nine non-consecutive weeks.

Spending 106 weeks on the German Singles Chart, "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" is the first song to be on that chart for two years or longer and also makes it the song with the longest run ever on that chart.{{cite web |author=Chartsurfer.de |url=http://chartsurfer.de/dauerbrenner/single/de/2/index.html |title=Dauerbrenner Top 100 Auswertung (ab Monat 06/1959) |publisher=Chartsurfer.de |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213160756/http://www.chartsurfer.de/dauerbrenner/single/de/2/index.html |archive-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} It was Germany's most successful song of both 2007 and the 2000s decade.

Track listings

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CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|others=DJ Ötzi|year=2007|type=German CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=1749409}}

  1. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (party mix) – 3:55
  2. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (ballad version with orchestra) – 3:28

CD single: Single Pur series{{cite AV media notes|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|others=DJ Ötzi|year=2007|type=GSA CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=1724509}}

  1. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (party mix) – 3:55
  2. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (radio mix) – 3:22

Maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|others=DJ Ötzi|year=2007|type=GSA maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=1721093}}

  1. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (party mix) – 3:55
  2. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (radio mix) – 3:22
  3. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (extended mix) – 4:20
  4. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (karaoke mix) – 3:55
  5. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (video)

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Maxi-CD single: Platinum edition{{cite AV media notes|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|others=DJ Ötzi|year=2007|type=GSA maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=1737542}}

  1. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (party mix) – 3:55
  2. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (radio mix) – 3:22
  3. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (extended mix) – 4:20
  4. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (karaoke mix) – 3:55
  5. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (music clip with unreleased bonus footage and making-of)
  6. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (karaoke singalong video)

Maxi-CD single: Winter edition{{cite AV media notes|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|others=DJ Ötzi|year=2007|type=GSA maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=1755178}}

  1. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (ballad version with orchestra) – 3:28
  2. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (party mix) – 3:55
  3. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (radio mix) – 3:22
  4. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (backstage music clip video)
  5. "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (karaoke version video)

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Charts and sales

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2007–2008)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|1|artist=DJ Ötzi & Nik P.|song=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|rowheader=true|access-date=29 April 2020|refname="aut"}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67|title=Hits of the World: Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=119|issue=11|page=67|date=17 March 2007}} See last week column.

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{{single chart|Germany|1|songid=283118|artist=DJ Ötzi & Nik P.|song=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|rowheader=true|access-date=29 April 2020|refname="ger"}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=DJ Ötzi & Nik P.|song=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|rowheader=true|access-date=29 April 2020}}

=Decade-end charts=

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!Chart (2000–2009)

!Position

scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=0|title=Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste|trans-title=Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List|publisher=RTL|language=de|year=2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122132647/http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=0|archive-date=22 January 2011|access-date=28 November 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2007)

!Position

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2007|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2007|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

|1

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_singles.jsp|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513023130/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_singles.jsp|archive-date=13 May 2009|access-date=9 January 2022}}

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scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2007|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2007|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

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scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

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!Chart (2008)

!Position

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2008|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2008|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

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scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/european-hot-100-singles|title=Year End Charts: European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004235856/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/european-hot-100-singles|archive-date=4 October 2012|access-date=10 January 2022}}

|56

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2008|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2008|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

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scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2008|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2008|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=29 April 2020}}

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Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=DJ Ötzi|title=Ein Stern|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2007|certyear=2007}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=DJ Ötzi & Nik P.|title=Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2007|certyear=2016}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Nik P.|title=Ein Stern|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2007}}

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Release history

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Covers in other languages

The song has been covered in Dutch by the Belgian singer Christoff as Een Ster ('A Star'). It's also covered in Estonian by the Estonian punk-rock singer Laur Teär as "Ainus tee" ('Only Way'), in Lithuanian by Inga Valinskienė as "Žvaigždė" and in Italian by Chris Valco in a version written by Marco Tepoorten and approved by the author . In Denmark the song is famous in a Danish version with the band "Kandis", with the title, Det Dit Navn (It's your name). The Slovenian version of the song, sung by Miran Rudan, is called "Na nebo" ('Onto the Sky'). In 2018 Titanix released a Swedish version with the title "En stjärna med ditt namn" (A star with your name)

References

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Category:2007 singles

Category:2007 songs

Category:DJ Ötzi songs

Category:Number-one singles in Germany

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Polydor Records singles