Even Heaven Cries

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“Even Heaven Cries”
“Even Heaven Cries” cover
Single by Monrose
from the album Temptation
B-side "Diamonds and Pearls"
"Butt Butt"
Released March 2, 2007
Format CD single, ring tone,
digital download
Recorded Weryton Studios,
Munich, Germany; 2007
Genre Pop
Length 3:56 (album version)
2:55 (single version)
Label Starwatch
Writer(s) Philip Denker, Lauren Evans, Jonas Jeberg, Jens Lumholt, Robbie Nevil
Producer Jonas Jeberg;
Thorsten Brötzmann (single)
Monrose singles chronology
"Shame"
(2006)		 "Even Heaven Cries"
(2007)		 "Hot Summer"
(2007)

"Even Heaven Cries" is a pop ballad written by Robbie Nevil, Lauren Evans, Philip Denker, Jonas Jeberg, and Jens Lumholt for Monrose's debut studio album Temptation (2006). It also was produced by Jeberg and released as the album's second single on March 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music). The song reached the top 10 in Germany and Slovenia and the top 20 in Austria, Switzerland and on a composite European Top 200 chart. "Even Heaven Cries" also served as Monrose's competition song for the Deutscher Vorentscheid, the pre-selection show of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest 2007, where it eventually placed second.

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[edit] Writing and recording

Commissioned by the band's A&R manager Nik Hafemann, "Even Heaven Cries" was one of the first songs on Temptation to be recorded by all six Popstars finalists during the album sessions in late October 2006.[1] An early draft of the song was premiered by subsequent band member Mandy Capristo and Popstars finalists Katarzyna "Kati" Zinkiewicz and Romina Reinhardt in a one-time live version,[2] specially-produced for the second last episode of the Popstars series on November 16, 2006;[2] however, this version featured different addlips and vocal harmonies from the one on the album. In the final episode of the show the song was staged again in various variants but also without being advertised as Monrose's second single then.

In January 2007, it was announced that either "Your Love Is Right Over Me," "Even Heaven Cries," or "Push Up on Me" would be the next single and Starwatch started a poll asking the fans to decide.[3] However, "Even Heaven Cries" finished first with 47% of all votes and was eventually chosen as the group's second single.[3] Thus, the song also served as the albums's competition song in the pre-selection show of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest 2007 but to get a better result than the under deadline pressure mixed album version, the girls re-entered recording studios with Thorsten Brötzmann to re-record several parts of the song.[3] However, the shortened single version of the song world-premiered on the ProSieben network's prime time boxing show ProSieben Fight Night on February 16, 2007.[3]

The final trio has described the track as one of the "most sentimental" records on Temptation:[1] "'Even Heaven Cries' is pure emotion and has always been one of our favourites on the album",[1] Mandy Capristo said in an interview with the band's official website. "This emotional ballad has still become more pathetic through its overwork." Senna Guemmour called the song a personal concern: "It [the song] is a notice to signify to yourself! And that's so absolutely us!"[1]

[edit] Music video

Mandy, Senna and Bahar inside an animated glass globe in the music video for "Even Heaven Cries" (2007).
Mandy, Senna and Bahar inside an animated glass globe in the music video for "Even Heaven Cries" (2007).

The music video for "Even Heaven Cries" was co-directed by Katja Kuhl and Moritz Krebs and entirely shot in Berlin-Spandau in early February 2007. It officially worldpremiered on February 22 on the band's official website, and received its first official airing on the German music television channel VIVA on February 23. The video, however, was not included into its music video rotation since Popstars broadcaster ProSieben wanted to promote the official video premiere with the start of second cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel on March 1 - almost one week after its initial first airing.

The video shows Monrose in a flowery garden, Bahar Kızıl sitting on a swing while Senna Guemmour is standing in front of a cherry tree and Mandy Capristo is shown sitting on a bench. Scenes of two harassed women and one father whose son smudged his apartment with yellow paint are cut in. They seem to despair but then the garden in which Monrose are placed turns out to be a glass globe that encourages the three tormented. The music video plays with two heavy contrasted worlds: On the one hand the glass globe which shows a gaudy fairylike dreamland but on the other hand the grey, drab, depressing world where injustice and grief happens. However the video attempts to convey what the song's lyrics say: There are always ups and downs in life you just have to be loyal to yourself and everything will become fine again.

[edit] Chart performance

Although "Even Heaven Cries" was not officially released until March 2, 2007, it entered the German Download Chart at number 9 in December 2006, based solely on digital downloads whose numbers were pushed by several live performanes by the end of the Popstars season. In February 2007 the confirmed single appeared a week early on the German Airplay Chart, debuting at number 36.[4] However, it took another four weeks until the song reached its peak position of number 16 on particular chart.[5]

On March 16, 2007, "Even Heaven Cries" debuted at number 7 in Germany, and number 19 in Austria and Switzerland. The following week the song jumped one spot to number 6 on the German Singles Chart and to number 17 in Austria,[6] mainly due to increasing CD singles and digital sales following Monrose's live performance of the song on the Deutscher Vorentscheid, the pre-selection show for the ESC 2007, on March 8, 2007. Those two formats spawned two previously unreleased songs entitled "Diamonds and Pearls" and "Butt Butt."

Outside the German speaking countries the song reached the top 40 on the Lithuanian Airplay Chart,[7] and the Polish Top 50.[8] While peaked at number 16 on the Euro 200 chart.[9]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart [10] 17
Euro 200 Chart [9] 16
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles [11] 21
German Singles Chart [10] 6
German Airplay Chart [12] 16
Lithuania Airplay Chart [7] 34
Polish Top 50 Singles [8] 49
Slovenian Airplay Chart [13] 3
Swiss Singles Chart [10] 19

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Even Heaven Cries".

  • CD single
  1. "Even Heaven Cries" (Single Version 2007)
  2. "Diamonds and Pearls" (written by Vincent Degiorgio, Tony Malm)
  3. "Butt Butt" (written by Jasmine Baird, Alex James)
  4. "Even Heaven Cries" (Jeo Mix)
  5. "Even Heaven Cries" (Instrumental)
  • Digital single
  1. "Even Heaven Cries" (Single Version 2007)
  2. "Butt Butt"
  3. "Even Heaven Cries" (Jeo Mix)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2007". NDR.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
  2. ^ a b "Das Bandhaus - Sendung 6". ProSieben.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
  3. ^ a b c d News Archive. ProSieben.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
  4. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland - KW 10/07". Surfmusik. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  5. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland - KW 13/07". Surfmusik. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  6. ^ "Even Heaven Cries" Trajectory. Austrian Charts. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  7. ^ a b Lithunia Airplay Chart. LCC. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  8. ^ a b accessdate=2007-05-10 Polish Top 50. apcchart.com.
  9. ^ a b History Archive. APC-Chart. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  10. ^ a b c Monrose - "Even Heaven Cries". A-Charts. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  11. ^ Hot 100 Singles&model.chartId=3083148 European Hot 100 Singles 2007-03-31. Billboard.biz. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  12. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland - KW 14/07". Surfmusik. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
  13. ^ Airplay Charts (Slovenian). Radio NET FM. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.

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Monrose
Mandy Capristo · Senna Guemmour · Bahar Kızıl
Studio albums
Temptation (2006) · Strictly Physical (2007)
Singles
"Shame" · "Even Heaven Cries" · "Hot Summer" · "Strictly Physical" · "What You Don't Know"  · "We Love"  · "Strike the Match"
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