Lucifer (Blue System song)

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"Lucifer"
Single by Blue System
from the album Seeds of Heaven
Released1991
Label Hansa
Songwriter(s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s) Dieter Bohlen
Blue System singles chronology
"When Sarah Smiles"
(1990)
"Lucifer"
(1991)
"Testamente d'Amelia"
(1991)
Music video
"Lucifer" (ZDF, 1991) on YouTube

"Lucifer" is a song by Blue System. It is the first (not counting an "overture") song on their 1991 fifth studio album, Seeds of Heaven , and was released as its lead single.

Contents

The single debuted at number 91 in Germany for the week of April 15, 1991, re-entered at number 25 two weeks later and stayed there for one more week before dropping to number 26. [1]

Composition

The song is written and produced by Dieter Bohlen. [1]

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2] 8
Germany (Official German Charts) [1] 25

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