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Geboren um zu leben

{{Infobox song

| name = Geboren um zu leben

| cover = Geboren_um_zu_Leban.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Unheilig

| album = Große Freiheit

| released = 29 January 2010

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Pop rock

| length = 7:53

| label = Vertigo Be (Universal)

| writer = Bernd Heinrich Graf, Henning Verlage

| producer = Der Graf

| prev_title = An deiner Seite

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Für immer

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{External music video|

{{YouTube|1YOovPkiMrk|"Geboren um zu leben"}}

}}

}}

"Geboren um zu leben" ("Born to Live") is the first single from Unheilig's album Grosse Freiheit and the sixth single of the band. As of December 2010, the single has been certified triple gold with 450,000 copies sold.{{Where|date=July 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch |title=Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank |publisher=Musikindustrie.de |date= |accessdate=2012-02-17}}

Meaning

The song "Geboren um zu leben" was inspired by the death of a close friend of Unheilig's frontman, Der Graf.[http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/musik/2010/03/04/newcomer-band-unheilig/auf-platz-1-der-deutschen-albumcharts.html (German)] In 2008, the friend suffered a heart attack and stroke, from which he did not recover; Der Graf was with him when he died.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = English Translation

| title1 = Geboren um zu leben

| extra1 = Born to Live

| length1 = 3:50

| title2 = Ein letztes Mal

| extra2 = One Last Time

| length2 = 4:03

}}

Music video

On 14 January 2010 the official music video for "Geboren um zu leben" was released.

Charts

class="wikitable"
Chart (2010)

! Peak
position

German Singles Chart

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

align="left"|German Airplay Chart[http://germancharts.com/airplay_charts.asp German Airplay Chart] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421210337/http://germancharts.com/airplay_charts.asp |date=April 21, 2011 }}, Retrieved on 2011-06-03

| style="text-align:center;"|9

Austrian Singles Chart[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Unheilig&titel=Geboren+um+zu+leben&cat=s Geboren Um Zu Leben at austriancharts.at]

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

Swiss Singles Chart

| style="text-align:center;"| 17

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable"
Chart (2010)

!Position

Ö3 Austria Top 40{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp |title=Jahreshitparade 2010 |publisher=austriancharts.at |date=2010-12-24 |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227055450/http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp |archivedate=February 27, 2011 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|8

European Hot 100 Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/european-hot-100-singles |title=European Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2010-12-31 |accessdate=2012-02-17}}

| style="text-align:center;"|25

German Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/musik-jahrescharts-sanfter-riese-und-der-graf-setzen-sich-durch.html |title=Musik-Jahrescharts: "Sanfter Riese" und der Graf setzen sich durch - media control |publisher=Media-control.de |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107110045/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/musik-jahrescharts-sanfter-riese-und-der-graf-setzen-sich-durch.html |archivedate=January 7, 2011 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Swiss Singles Top 75{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2010 |publisher=swisscharts.com |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712202416/http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010 |archivedate=2011-07-12 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|42

Chart (2011)

!Position

Austrian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/singleyear/ |title=Ö3 Austria Top40 - Single Charts 2011 |publisher=oe3.ORF.at |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104112351/http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/singleyear/ |archivedate=January 4, 2012 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|75

German Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2011 |title=:: MTV | Single Jahrescharts 2011 | charts |publisher=Mtv.de |date=2011-12-31 |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109011856/http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2011 |archivedate=January 9, 2012 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|86

Swiss Singles Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011 |publisher=hitparade.ch |accessdate=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815083859/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011 |archivedate=August 15, 2013 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|64

References

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Category:2010 singles

Category:2010 songs

Category:Unheilig songs

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Category:German songs