Hollywood Hills (song)

"Hollywood Hills"
Single by Sunrise Avenue
from the album Out of Style
B-side	"What I Like About You"
Released	25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Emo pop rock
Length	3:30
Label	Capitol Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Samu Haber
Producer(s)	Jukka Immonen
Sunrise Avenue singles chronology
"Welcome to My Life" (2009) "Hollywood Hills" (2011) "I Don't Dance" (2011)
Music video
"Hollywood Hills" on YouTube

"Hollywood Hills" is a song recorded by the Finnish rock band Sunrise Avenue for their third studio album, Out of Style (2011).

Overview

"Hollywood Hills" was written by the lead vocalist of the band, Samu Haber, while the production was done by Finnish producer and musician Jukka Immonen. It is an emo pop song, which according to Jon O'Brien of AllMusic helps the band sound tighter than ever. ^[1]

It was released as the lead single from the album on 25 February 2011; the song was made available for digital download via Amazon. ^[2] Following its release it charted in several European countries. It was more successful in Finland where it reached #2. It also reached #3 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Out of Style. ^[3]

Locations

• Recorded at Studio Petrax and Fried Music in Finland

Personnel

• Samu Haber – vocals, guitar, songwriting
• Raul Ruutu – bass guitar
• Sami Osala – drums, percussion
• Riku Rajamaa – guitar
• Lasse Enersen – strings
• Svante Forsbäck – mastering
• Jesse Vainio – mixing
• Jukka Immonen – production, recording, programming
• Arttu Peljo – recording

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011–2012) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 15 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 2 Germany (GfK) [7] 3 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [8] 4 Slovenia (SloTop50) [9] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 24 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 3 Chart (2024) Peak position Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [12] 84

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [13] 18 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 84 Germany (Official German Charts) [15] 11 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 87 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [18]	Platinum	30,000*
Germany (BVMI) [19]	3× Gold	450,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [20]	2× Platinum	80,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [21]	Platinum	30,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. O'Brien, Jon. "Out of Style - Sunrise Avenue". AllMusic. All Media Group . Retrieved 22 January 2015.
2. "Hollywood Hills: Sunrise Avenue: MP3 Downloads" (in German). Amazon.com (DE). Retrieved 22 January 2015.
3. Out of Style (inlay cover). Sunrise Avenue. Capitol. 2011.
4. "Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
5. "Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
6. "Sunrise Avenue: Hollywood Hills" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
7. "Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
8. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 10. týden 2012 in the date selector. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
9. "SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart". SloTop50 . Retrieved 5 June 2015.
10. "Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
11. "Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
12. "OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay" (Select week 13.04.2024–19.04.2024.) (in Polish). OLiS . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
13. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2011". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
14. "Jaaroverzichten 2011". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
15. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
16. "Årslista Singlar – År 2011" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
17. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
18. "Austrian single certifications – Sunrise Avenue – Hollywood Hills" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
19. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sunrise Avenue; 'Hollywood Hills')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
20. "Sverigetopplistan – Sunrise Avenue" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
21. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Hollywood Hills')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2022.