Visit to Vienna

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"Visit to Vienna"
Single by Sahara Hotnights
from the album What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing
ReleasedAugust 20, 2007 (2007-08-20)
Recorded Atlantis Studio and Decibel Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre indie rock
Length3:53
Songwriter(s) Maria Andersson, Josephine Forsman
Producer(s) Björn Yttling, Sahara Hotnights
Sahara Hotnightssingles chronology
"Cheek to Cheek"
(2007)
"Visit to Vienna"
(2007)
"The Loneliest City of All"
(2008)

"Visit to Vienna" is a song recorded by Sahara Hotnights on their 2007 studio album What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing (2007). [1] Released as the second single from the album, it peaked at 49th position at the Swedish singles chart. The song was written by bandmembers Maria Andersson and Josephine Forsman, and was produced while collaboration with Björn Yttling.

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The song charted at Trackslistan for 17 weeks between 25 August – 15 December 2007, peaking at second position. Also charting at Svensktoppen it stayed there for 31 weeks between 2 September 2007 – 30 March 2008, [2] [3] peaking at 4th position before leaving chart. [4]

The band also performed the song during the 2008 Grammis Awards Ceremony. [5] The following up music video was directed by Magnus Renfors. [6]

Contributors

Sahara Hotnights
Productions

Source: [7]

Charts

Chart (2007–2008)Peak
position
Svensktoppen 4
Sverigetopplistan [8] 49
Trackslistan 2

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References

  1. Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  2. Svensktoppen - 2 September 2007
  3. Svensktoppen - 30 Mars 2008
  4. Svensktoppen - 6 april 2008
  5. "Lillasyster hyllar Thore Skogman".
  6. "Sahara Hotnights - Visit to vienna". Vimeo. Accessdate: 30 June 2014.
  7. "Sahara Hotnights - Visit To Vienna (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  8. Listplacering