You and I (Medina song)

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"You and I"
Medina - You and I.jpg
Single by Medina
from the album Welcome to Medina
Released21 September 2009 (2009-09-21)
Recorded2009
Genre Electropop
Length3:12
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel, Adam Powers, Julie Steincke
Producer(s) Providers
Medina singles chronology
"100 dage"
(2009)		"You and I"
(2009)		"Ensom"
(2009)

"You and I" is a song by Danish electropop singer Medina. It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2009 and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 3 May 2010. The song is an English version of the Danish song, "Kun for mig", released in late 2008 in Denmark, where it spent 52 weeks on the singles chart; six weeks at number one. Originally written by Medina, Jeppe Federspiel and Rasmus Stabell it was translated into English by Adam Powers and Julie Steincke, and released as Medina's debut single from her international studio album, Welcome to Medina .

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"You and I" peaked at number thirty-nine in the UK, and at number six in the United States on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart. It reached number three in Bulgaria and number ten in Germany (where it was also certified Gold [1] ) and Russia. The song also charted in Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.

Critical reception

David Balls of entertainment website Digital Spy gave the song four out of five stars writing, "With its wistful chorus and cool-but-insistent beats, it's an affecting slice of break-up disco given a frisson of distinction by some authentically Chilean pan pipe flourishes [...] this has all the right ingredients to become a very big hit." [2] Fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating, "There's some standard synthing in the background, which creates a lovely air of isolation, with Medina's haunting vocals on the top telling the story of a love gone wrong. [...] it's perhaps not groundbreaking in any big way, since you've probably heard a variation on the general theme of this song millions of times before, but this one is well-crafted enough to be counted among the better examples." [3]

Live performances

Medina performed the song on the Greece version of X Factor on 12 February 2010. On 20 May 2010 she performed "You and I" on the 54th episode of the German television music show The Dome in Stuttgart. It was broadcast on 30 May 2010 on RTL II. [4]

Track listing

Personnel

Source: [10]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [27] Gold150,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
United Kingdom21 September 2009 [28] Parlophone Digital download
12 October 2009 [29] CD single
United States11 October 2009 [30] EMI Digital download
Germany
Austria
Switzerland		3 May 2010 [31] Digital download
30 April 2010 [32] CD single

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