Romeo and Juliet (Blue System song)

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"Romeo and Juliet"
Single by Blue System
from the album Hello America
Released1992
Label Hansa
Songwriter(s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s) Dieter Bohlen
Blue System singles chronology
"It's All Over"
(1991)
"Romeo and Juliet"
(1992)
"I Will Survive"
(1992)
Music video
"Romeo and Juliet" (ZDF, 1992) on YouTube

"Romeo and Juliet" is a song by Blue System. It is the first track on their 1992 seventh studio album, Hello America , and was released as its lead single.

Contents

The single debuted at number 97 in Germany for the week of March 9, 1992, peaking at number 25 two weeks later. [1]

Composition

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

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2] 22
Germany (Official German Charts) [1] 25

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