Heavy Cross

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"Heavy Cross"
Single by The Gossip
from the album Music For Men
Released April 28, 2009
Format CD
7" Vinyl
Recorded Shangri La Studios, Malibu
Genre Dance-punk
Length 4:02
Label Columbia
Music With A Twist
Writer(s) Beth Ditto
Brace Paine
Hannah Blilie
Producer Rick Rubin
The Gossip singles chronology
"Jealous Girls"
(2007)		 Heavy Cross
(2009)		 "Love Long Distance"
(2009)
Music video
"Heavy Cross" on YouTube

"Heavy Cross" is the first single taken from Music for Men, the fourth studio album by Gossip and was released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S. Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators." [1] The single was especially successful in Germany where it was certified triple gold,[2] for selling over 450,000 copies and is, as of September 2010, the "most successful internationally produced single" of all times.[3] As of April 2011, the single has been on the German Singles Chart for 97 weeks without ever reaching No. 1, making it the 2nd longest-running single ever there.[4] It spent also 27 weeks on that chart's top ten, making it the 9th longest run there.[5]

Contents

[edit] Music video

The video, directed by Price James, was premiered at Perez Hilton on June 12, 2009.

The song was used for a 2011 Christian Dior commercial for j'Adore perfume. The commercial features Charlize Theron.

[edit] Releases

[edit] UK CD track listing

  1. "Heavy Cross"
  2. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)

[edit] Australia CD track listing

  1. "Heavy Cross" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Heavy Cross"
  3. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)
  4. "Heavy Cross" (Burns Remix)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 7
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 4
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[7] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 3
Czech Republic Singles Chart[9] 63
Dutch Top 40[7] 20
French Digital Singles Chart [10] 4
German Singles Chart[11] 2
Greek Airplay Chart[citation needed] 1
Irish Singles Chart[7] 28
Italian Singles Chart[citation needed] 4
New Zealand Singles Chart[citation needed] 12
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 2
UK Singles Chart[7] 37
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[citation needed] 14

[edit] Year-End Charts

Chart (2009) Year-end
position
Australian Singles Chart[12] 48
Austrian Singles Chart[13] 14
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[14] 9
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[15] 16
German Singles Chart[16] 8
Italian Singles Chart[17] 23
Swiss Singles Chart[18] 9
Year-end Chart (2010) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[19] 24
European Hot 100 Singles[20] 44
German Singles Chart[21] 26
Swiss Singles Chart[22] 21

[edit] Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[23] 33

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[24] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] Platinum 30,000x
Belgium (BEA)[26] Platinum 30,000*
Germany (BVMI)[2] 3× Gold 450,000^
Italy (FIMI)[27] Platinum 30,000*
New Zealand (RIANZ)[28] Gold 7,500*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29] Platinum 30,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Heavy Cross Songfacts
  2. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gossip; 'Heavy Cross')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Heavy+Cross&strInterpret=Gossip&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
  3. ^ "Single-Rekord für Gossip - media control [Single Record for Gossip]" (in German). media-control.de. 2010-09-13. http://www.media-control.de/single-rekord-fuer-gossip.html. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  4. ^ http://chartsurfer.de/dauerbrenner/single/de/2/index.html
  5. ^ http://chartsurfer.de/dauerbrenner/single/de/1/index.html
  6. ^ "Australia Singes Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. acharts.com. August 10, 2009. http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2009/33. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
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  9. ^ Czech Republic IFPI Singles Chart
  10. ^ http://lescharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=si&year=2009&date=20090912
  11. ^ musicline.de
  12. ^ http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2009.htm
  13. ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/o-y2k1/2009/single2009/
  14. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2009
  15. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2009
  16. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2009
  17. ^ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 2010-01-19. http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=47. Retrieved 2010-12-18. 
  18. ^ http://www.hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2009
  19. ^ http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp
  20. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010#/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010
  21. ^ http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=20
  22. ^ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010
  23. ^ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html
  24. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accr.htm. 
  25. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Gossip in the field Interpret. Enter Heavy Cross in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  26. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina - 2011". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2011. 
  27. ^ "Italian single certifications – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in Italian) (PDF). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_022012.pdf. 
  28. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". Radioscope. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20110724195845/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61. 
  29. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gossip; 'Heavy Cross')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Gossip+Heavy+Cross. 
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