The Sparrows and the Nightingales

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"The Sparrows and the Nightingales"
The Sparrows and The Nightingales single cover.jpg
CD version cover
Single by Wolfsheim
from the album No Happy View
B-side "It's All the Rage"
Released15 July 1991
Genre Synthpop
Length10:23
Label Strange Ways
Songwriters Peter Heppner, Martin Müller, Markus Reinhardt
Producer Carlos Peron
Wolfsheim singles chronology
"The Sparrows and the Nightingales"
(1991)		"It's Not Too Late (Don't Sorrow)"
(1992)

"The Sparrows and the Nightingales" is the debut single by Wolfsheim. Written by Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt, it was featured on their album No Happy View .

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Although the original release did not chart, the song has been covered by several artists, with the 1999 version by Mark 'Oh versus John Davies charting on the German Media Control charts for 14 weeks, peaking at number 14. [1]

Original release

The original Wolfsheim release of the song did not chart, but was a club hit [2] and was widely available on various compilations.

Reinhardt says the lyric was inspired by The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "wegen der 'lautmalerischen Spannung' zwischen Raubtier und Geborgenheit gereizt" ("in the 'onomatopoeic tension' between predator and security"). [2]

Track listing

12" single

  1. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" - 6:45
  2. "Leading Man" - 2:58 [3]

CD single

  1. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" - 6:45
  2. "Leading Man" - 2:58
  3. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (radio edit) - 3:11 [4]

Mark 'Oh versus John Davies version

"The Sparrows and the Nightingales"
Mark'Oh Vs.John Davies - The Sparrows and The Nightingales.jpg
Single by Mark 'Oh
from the album Rebirth
ReleasedMay 10, 1999
RecordedStudi'Oh for Randy Recordings
Length27:42
Songwriters Peter Heppner, Martin Müller, Markus Reinhardt
Producers Claus Hägele
Marko Albrecht
Mark 'Oh singles chronology
"The Team on Tour"
(1998)		"The Sparrows and the Nightingales"
(1999)		"Your Love"
(1999)

In 1999, Mark 'Oh versus John Davies covered the song for the album Rebirth. The single peaked at number 14 on the Media Control Charts, staying on the chart for 14 weeks.

Track listing

[5]

  1. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (short mix) (3:15)
  2. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (long mix) (5:11)
  3. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (Oliver Lieb main mix) (6:27)
  4. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (D.V. remix) (6:02)
  5. "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (Oliver Lieb club mix) (6:27)

Other versions

German gothic metal band Scream Silence covered the song in 2000. [6]

Electronic band the Echoing Green covered the song on the 2004 edition of their album The Winter of Our Discontent .

References

  1. ↑ "Mark 'Oh vs. John Davies - The Sparrows And The Nightingales". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 Kutzer, Christoph (23 April 2003). "Ohne Führer und Vaterland" [Without a guide and country]. taz.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Wolfsheim – The Sparrows And The Nightingales
  4. ↑ Wolfsheim – The Sparrows And The Nightingales
  5. ↑ Mark´Oh Discogs Profile
  6. ↑ Scream Silence Official Site on www.screamsilence.de
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