Last Man Standing (Some & Any song)

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"Last Man Standing"
Some and any last man standing.jpg
Single by Some & Any
from the album First Shot
Released11 December 2009
Recorded2009
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length3:30
Label Warner
Songwriter(s) Lina Eriksson and Marti Dodson
Some & Any singles chronology
"Monsta (NYC Version)"
(2009)
"Last Man Standing"
(2009)

"Last Man Standing" is the debut single of the German pop duo Some & Any. It was written by Lina Eriksson and Marti Dodson and released on 11 December 2009. The song was recorded by all finalist duos in the talent show Popstars: Du & Ich and therefore the CD included all three different versions of the song. The version by Some & Any was released on its own as a digital download.

Contents

Promotion, release and booklet

The song was used as the theme song for the eighth season of Popstars: Du & Ich . It was also performed by former contestants. The version by Some & Any alone was released as digital download only; the two other versions of the song can also be downloaded. The CD includes all three different versions. The booklet can be folded to three different covers to show each duo that recorded the song.

Video

The music video included all three finalist duos and many other young people and was shot over several nights in Vienna. The videos shows all of them running through the city of Vienna at night, with flashlights. Most of the people give up the race or fail, so at the end there is only Vanessa and Leo left, showing that they are the winning duo. [1] The other two versions of the video show the other duos, Elif Demirezer & Niklas Dennin and Dagmara Woszczek & Daniel Dausner, winning the race. The clothes worn in the video represent not only the genre of their music but also the rebellion of the video. The video was released along with the CD and digital download on 11 December 2009.

Formats and track listings

German CD
No.TitleLength
1."Last Man Standing (Elif & Nik)"3:30
2."Last Man Standing (Vanessa & Leo)"3:30
3."Last Man Standing (Dagmara & Daniel)"3:30
Digital Download
No.TitleLength
1."Last Man Standing"3:30

Chart performance

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart [2] 27
German Singles Chart 16

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References

  1. "Diskographie Some & Any". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  2. "Austria Top 40 - Singles Top 75 15.10.2021 - austriancharts.at".