Stadtaffe

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Stadtaffe (English: "urban ape") is the first solo album by German musician Peter Fox. Released 26 September 2008, the standard version contains twelve tracks, four of which have been released as singles. Fox performed the Single "Schwarz zu Blau" at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 in Potsdam while representing Berlin, and won, becoming the first person to win the contest twice (his first win coming in 2006 as a member of the band Seeed). The album was certified 6× Platin for shipping 1.2 million copies in Germany and is the 3rd most downloaded album of all time there, selling 100,000 copies just due to downloads.

Chart performance

"Stadtaffe" entered the German Albums Chart at #4 and reached its peak position #1, which it reached on 4 non-consecutive occasions. It managed to stay in the Top Ten for a total of 41 weeks and it stayed in the Top 50 for 92 weeks.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Alles neu"Pierre Baigorry, David ConenBaigorry, Conen, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vincent von Schlippenbach4:18
2."Schwarz zu Blau"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:36
3."Haus am See"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Ruth-Maria Renner3:36
4."Kopf verloren"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Grace Risch3:22
5."Das zweite Gesicht"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:53
6."Der letzte Tag"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Risch3:43
7."Ich Steine, du Steine"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Risch, Renner3:17
8."Lok auf 2 Beinen"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:44
9."Stadtaffe"Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:40
10."Fieber" (feat. K.I.Z.)Baigorry, Conen, Nico Seyfried, Tarek Ebéné, Maxi BrünerBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach4:14
11."Schüttel deinen Speck"Baigorry, Conen, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur FreedBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Brown, Freed2:51
12."Zucker" (feat. Vanessa Mason)Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Renner3:17
13."Shostakovitchovitch" (bonus track) Baigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach4:14
14."Saint Tropez" (bonus track) Baigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Renner3:36

The song "Alles neu" with its violin riff from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was sampled by both Plan B (Ill Manors) and Raffy L'z.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) 2× Platinum 40,000*
Germany (BVMI) 13× Gold 1,300,000double-dagger
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) Gold 15,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone