Happening (song)

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"Happening"
Happening single cover.jpg
Single by Medina
from the album Forever
Released14 September 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Electropop, R&B
Length4:04 (Album Version)
3:09 (Radio Edit)
Label Labelmade, EMI
Songwriter(s) Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel, Ross Golan
Producer(s) Providers
Medina singles chronology
"Hvad der sker her"
(2012)		"Happening"
(2012)		"Har du glemt"
(2012)

Happening is a song by Danish singer Medina from her second English studio album Forever . The song is the English version of her Danish song "Kl. 10" from her third Danish album "For altid". It was released as the second single from the album on 14 September 2012. "Happening" was written by Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel and Ross Golan, and was produced by the Danish producer-team Providers.

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Background and inspiration

In a video interview about the song Medina stated that "[...] It's about meeting someone, he is unfaithful with his girlfriend, and I'm waiting for him to break-up with her, and he keeps promising me that in 10 o'clock or in this English version it's 2 am, he's gonna break up with her, so it's basically me waiting for him to do it, so him and I can be together forever".

Music video

The music video for the single was filmed in early August. The video premiered on 5 September 2012 on her official myvideo.de channel and a day later on the label's YouTube channel.

Live performances

Medina performed the song on 1 September 2012 at the box fight of the world champion Felix Sturm against Daniel Gaele, that was aired live on Sat 1. [1] She also performed the song on 15 September 2012 at the "SWR3 New Pop Festival" in Baden-Baden.

Track listing

  1. "Happening" (Radio Edit) – 3:09
  2. "Happening" (Ronen Dahan Remix) – 5:38
  3. "Happening" (Get No Sleep Collective Remix)– 5:48
  1. "Happening" (Radio Edit) – 3:09
  2. "Happening" (Decalicious Remix) – 4:15
  3. "Happening" (Granity Remix) – 4:02
  4. "Happening" (Ronen Dahan Remix) – 5:38
  5. "Happening" (Get No Sleep Collective Remix)– 5:48

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 68

Personnel

Source: [5]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Germany [6]
Switzerland [7] 		14 September 2012 Digital download EMI

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References

  1. ↑ "Felix Sturm gegen Daniel Geale - der Sieger ist Doppel-Weltmeister". Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  2. ↑ "Happening: Medina: Amazon.de: MP3-Download". Amazon.de. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Medina -Happening (Remixes) - EP". iTunes store (Germany). Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Medina – Happening" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  5. ↑ Forever (Liner Notes). Medina. EMI. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ "Medina - Happening". www.artist-area.de. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "MEDINA//Happening (iTunes)". EMI Switzerland. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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