Kuschel Song

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"Kuschel Song"
Kuschel Song cover.jpg
Single by Schnuffel
from the album Ich hab' Dich lieb
LanguageGerman
English title"Snuggle Song"
Released8 February 2008 (2008-02-08)
Length2:50
Label Columbia, Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Sebastian Nussbaum and Andreas Wendorf, Markus Kretschmer, Tamara Luecke
Producer(s) Samuel Trevor Francis
Schnuffel singles chronology
"Kuschel Song"
(2008)		"Ich hab' Dich lieb"
(2008)

"Kuschel Song" (English: "Snuggle Song") is the debut single of German animated rabbit Schnuffel. Originally published by Jamba! as a ringtone, it was turned into a song by Sebastian Nussbaum and Andreas Marek-Wendorf. Released on 8 February 2008, "Kuschel Song" debuted at the top of the German Singles Chart, staying there for eight weeks, and was certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for 300,000 copies sold. After topping the Austrian Singles Chart and reaching number two in Switzerland, the song was released internationally. "Kuschel Song" was later included as the second track on Schnuffel's debut album, Ich hab' Dich lieb , released the same year. [1]

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A video of a person dressed as Schnuffel "singing" the song was created for the track. [2] At the beginning of 2009, Schnuffel received a nomination for the single of the year at the 2008 Echo Music Awards. Later, in 2013, "Kuschel Song" was chosen by the German TV show Die ultimative Chart Show as the most successful jingle of the new millennium. [3] The album Winterwunderland features an acoustic version of the song as the 14th track. [4]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [22] Gold15,000*
Germany (BVMI) [23] Platinum300,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Germany8 February 2008
  • CD1
  • maxi-CD
 [14]
14 March 2008CD2

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