Fairytale Gone Bad

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"Fairytale Gone Bad"
Single by Sunrise Avenue
from the album On the Way to Wonderland
B-side "Into the Blue"
Released25 August 2006 (2006-08-25)
Genre Pop rock, post-grunge
Label Capitol Music
Songwriter(s) Jukka Backlund, Samu Haber
Sunrise Avenue singles chronology
"Romeo"
(2006)		"Fairytale Gone Bad"
(2006)		"Forever Yours"
(2007)

"Fairytale Gone Bad" is a song by rock band Sunrise Avenue. [1] It charted successfully in many European countries, especially their native Finland as well as Germany, Greece and a number of other Northern and Eastern European countries.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Fairytale Gone Bad" was filmed on 2006 in Barcelona, Spain and was directed by Ralf Strathmann.

Track listing

  1. "Fairytale Gone Bad (radio edit)" – 3:33
  2. "Fairytale Gone Bad (album version)" – 3:25
  3. "Fairytale Gone Bad (acoustic version)" – 3:44
  4. "Fairytale Gone Bad (instrumental version)" – 3:32
  5. "Into The Blue" – 5:28

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [24] Platinum6,323 [24]
Germany (BVMI) [25] Platinum300,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [26] Gold10,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27] Gold15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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