Shooting Star (Modern Talking song)

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"Shooting Star"
Single by Modern Talking
from the album Dieter: Der Film
Released3 March 2006
Recorded Thomas Anders voice: 1998–2001
Falsetto choruses: 2006
Genre Synthpop
Length4:08
Label Hansa
Songwriter(s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s) Dieter Bohlen
Audio sample
"Shooting Star"

"Shooting Star" is a song by Modern Talking that was first released on the Dieter: Der Film soundtrack (2006), almost three years after the band's second split. The song was produced by Dieter Bohlen and consists of fragments of older Modern Talking songs set to a new melody. It features the falsetto choruses characteristic of the band and samples Louis Armstrong's voice in the beginning.

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Background

In 2003, three years before "Shooting Star" was released, Modern Talking dissolved for the second time in controversial fashion. Bohlen had announced the end of the band during a June concert in Rostock, to the shock of lead singer Thomas Anders and of the audience. [1] The relationship between Bohlen and Anders further deteriorated following the publication of Bohlen's second autobiography Hinter den Kulissen (English: "Behind the Scenes") in October 2003, in which he accused Anders of stealing money from him. In 2005, Anders won the process for libel and succeeded in having certain passages removed, [2] but lost the process for compensation. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Modern Talking: Dieter macht Schluss mit Thomas". Stern (in German). June 8, 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Prozess: Dieter Bohlen verliert gegen Thomas Anders". fan-lexikon.de (in German). June 17, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Prozess gegen Bohlen: Thomas Anders verliert Millionen-Klage". spiegel.de (in German). February 17, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Back for Gold at Discogs (list of releases)
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