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| genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sromaginc.com/apps/blog/show/41840357-deep-dive-6-ft-within-temptation-winery-dogs-the-pretty-reckless-and-choice-fatal- |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107211846/http://www.sromaginc.com/apps/blog/show/41840357-deep-dive-6-ft-within-temptation-winery-dogs-the-pretty-reckless-and-choice-fatal- |archive-date=2014-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sromaginc.com/apps/blog/show/41840357-deep-dive-6-ft-within-temptation-winery-dogs-the-pretty-reckless-and-choice-fatal- |title=Deep Dive #6 ft/ Within Temptation, Winery Dogs, the Pretty Reckless and Choice Fatal! |access-date=2014-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107211846/http://www.sromaginc.com/apps/blog/show/41840357-deep-dive-6-ft-within-temptation-winery-dogs-the-pretty-reckless-and-choice-fatal- |archive-date=2014-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| length = {{ubl|4:24 {{small|(album version)}}|3:16 {{small|(radio edit)}}}}
| length = {{ubl|4:24 {{small|(album version)}}|3:16 {{small|(radio edit)}}}}
| label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Sharon den Adel]]|[[Robert Westerholt]]|Daniel Gibson}}
| writer =
*[[Sharon den Adel]]
*[[Robert Westerholt]]
*Daniel Gibson
| producer =
| producer =
* Daniel Gibson
* Stefan Helleblad
* [[Within Temptation]]
| prev_title = [[Utopia (Within Temptation song)|Utopia]]
| prev_title = [[Utopia (Within Temptation song)|Utopia]]
| prev_year = 2009
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[Sinéad (Within Temptation song)|Sinėad]]
| next_title = [[Sinéad (Within Temptation song)|Sinėad]]
| next_year = 2011
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|qGdzgcDllYE|"Faster (Music Video) & Mother Maiden Short Film"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Faster'''" is the first single from Dutch [[symphonic metal]] and [[symphonic rock|rock]] band [[Within Temptation]]'s album ''[[The Unforgiving]]''. It had its worldwide radio première on [[96.3 Rock Radio]] on 21 January 2011.
"'''Faster'''" is a song by Dutch [[symphonic metal]] band [[Within Temptation]]. It was released as the first single from their fifth studio album ''[[The Unforgiving]]'' on 21 January 2011. It had its worldwide radio première on [[96.3 Rock Radio]] on the same day. The song was produced by their longtime producer Daniel Gibson, with Stefan Helleblad and Within Temptation serving as additional producers.


The song's accompanying music video was released on 31 January 2011 alongside the short film ''Mother Maiden'', and reached 35,000 views on YouTube in its first day.<ref>{{cite web|author=WT official |url=http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/faster-mother-maiden-short-film/ |title=Faster & Mother Maiden short film |publisher=Within Temptation |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>
The song is part of the [[transmedia storytelling]] project the band undertook with ''The Unforgiving''. It accompanied a music video released on 31 January 2011 and the short film ''Mother Maiden'', released alongside the official music video.<ref>{{cite web|author=WT official |url=http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/faster-mother-maiden-short-film/ |title=Faster & Mother Maiden short film |publisher=Within Temptation |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>


The single achieved commercial success in the band's homecountry, the [[Netherlands]], and moderate commercial success across [[Europe]]. It peaked at number 11 in the [[Single Top 100|Dutch Top 100]].,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=Faster&cat=s|title=Within Temptation - Faster}}</ref> entered single charts in [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Finland]], and [[Portugal]], and rock single charts in [[Czech Republic]] and in the [[United Kingdom]]. It has been featured on the annual Dutch [[Top 2000]] since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familieboers.eu/top2000/liedje.aspx?liedje=1167|title = Faster van Within Temptation}}</ref>
The single remained in the [[Single Top 100|Dutch Top 100]] for 13 weeks, peaking at number 11.<ref>http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=Faster&cat=s</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
[[Robert Westerholt]] said:
[[Robert Westerholt]] said:
{{cquote|"Faster" is a song which surprised ourselves. It's a very fresh new sound wrapped around the 80'ties heart and soul of the track. "Faster" reflects one of the many musical roots we have. Combined with the modern influences on our new album, it's like the past and future created the present.|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/first-single-faster-premiere-21-01/ | title = First single: "Faster". Premiere: 21-01! | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|"Faster" is a song which surprised ourselves. It's a very fresh new sound wrapped around the 80s heart and soul of the track. "Faster" reflects one of the many musical roots we have. Combined with the modern influences on our new album, it's like the past and future created the present.|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/first-single-faster-premiere-21-01/ | title = First single: "Faster". Premiere: 21-01! | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref>
}}


[[Sharon den Adel]] said in an interview with Metal Ways:
[[Sharon den Adel]] said in an interview with Metal Ways:
{{cquote|Actually, "Faster" sounds a bit like "[[Wicked Game]]"s... Yes, it has the same atmosphere. It has similar, almost the same, accords, but it is different... So, we've been going like: "Ooooh we have re-written Wicked Games" and then "No, the chords scheme is different, we don't have to worry. And it's a written song!" (laughs) "Yay!"|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-ways.com/229/interview-interview-with-sharon-den-adel-paris.html | title = Interview with Sharon Den Adel @ (Paris, FR) - 07.02.2011 | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|Actually, "Faster" sounds a bit like "[[Wicked Game]]"s... Yes, it has the same atmosphere. It has similar, almost the same, accords, but it is different... So, we've been going like: "Ooooh we have re-written Wicked Games" and then "No, the chords scheme is different, we don't have to worry. And it's a written song!" (laughs) "Yay!"|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-ways.com/229/interview-interview-with-sharon-den-adel-paris.html | title = Interview with Sharon Den Adel @ (Paris, FR) - 07.02.2011 | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref>
}}


Den Adel's explanation of the song's lyrics in an interview with Songfacts:
Den Adel's explanation of the song's lyrics in an interview with Songfacts:
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===''Mother Maiden'' short film===
===''Mother Maiden'' short film===
The Unforgiving's first short film, ''Mother Maiden'', was combined with the music video to "Faster" and released on 31 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/faster-mother-maiden-short-film/ | title = Faster and Mother Maiden released. | accessdate = 2011-05-23}}</ref> The film begins with the character of Mother Maiden (played by Dawn Mastin<ref>{{IMDb title|1836061|Mother Maiden}}</ref>) writing a letter and reciting a monologue which explains that she controls lost souls to seek revenge on "those with a dark heart."
The Unforgiving's first short film, ''Mother Maiden'', was combined with the music video to "Faster" and released on 31 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/faster-mother-maiden-short-film/ | title = Faster and Mother Maiden released. | accessdate = 2011-05-23}}</ref> The film begins with the character of Mother Maiden (played by Dawn Mastin<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q123563727|title=Mother Maiden}}</ref>) writing a letter and reciting a monologue which explains that she controls lost souls to seek revenge on "those with a dark heart."
While Mother Maiden continues to speak, the film cuts between her and the "lost souls" which she controls. Firstly, we see the character of Sinéad dragging an unconscious man on top of a train, who awakens just before being killed by a low hanging rail road signal. We then cut to "The Triplets" (more of Mother Maiden's workers) crawling into a window, after which an unseen woman screams and the Triplets reappear with their mouths smeared with blood. Finally, we are shown a man shaving before an arm bursts from his bathroom mirror and strangles him. At this point, the "Faster" music video begins with the band playing the song in full. As it ends, we see Sinéad's corpse awakening in a morgue.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdzgcDllYE | title = Within Temptation - Faster & Mother Maiden Short Film | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref> The script was written by Steven O'Connell and Tim Smit. The music video and short movie were directed by Joeri Molsheimer.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pravsCN0HrA</ref>
While Mother Maiden continues to speak, the film cuts between her and the "lost souls" which she controls. Firstly, we see the character of Sinéad dragging an unconscious man on top of a train, who awakens just before being killed by a low hanging rail road signal. We then cut to "The Triplets" (more of Mother Maiden's workers) crawling into a window, after which an unseen woman screams and the Triplets reappear with their mouths smeared with blood. Finally, we are shown a man shaving before an arm bursts from his bathroom mirror and strangles him. At this point, the "Faster" music video begins with the band playing the song in full. As it ends, we see Sinéad's corpse awakening in a morgue.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdzgcDllYE | title = Within Temptation - Faster & Mother Maiden Short Film | website = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2011-10-24}}</ref> The script was written by Steven O'Connell and Tim Smit. The music video and short movie were directed by Joeri Molsheimer.<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pravsCN0HrA |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pravsCN0HrA |title = Within Temptation - Mother Maiden short film |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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===Alternate music video===
===Alternate music video===
At the same time as the release of the full "Faster" music video and ''Mother Maiden'' short film, an edited version of the song was released on YouTube with the same footage inter-cut (rather than as originally presented in their separate components of the three short-films –''Mother Maiden'', ''Sinéad'' and ''Triplets'').<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJpf2mQ0w4&feature=relmfu | title = Shortened video to Faster | accessdate = 2011-05-23}}</ref>
At the same time as the release of the full "Faster" music video and ''Mother Maiden'' short film, an edited version of the song was released on YouTube with the same footage inter-cut (rather than as originally presented in their separate components of the three short-films –''Mother Maiden'', ''Sinéad'' and ''Triplets'').<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJpf2mQ0w4&feature=relmfu | title = Shortened video to Faster | website = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2011-05-23}}</ref>


==Track==
==Track==
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==Charts==
==Charts==


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===Weekly charts===
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|32|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}
! scope="row" {{single chart|Belgium (Flanders)|32|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Flanders Tip|9|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2014}}
! scope="row" {{single chart|Flanders Tip|9|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2014}}
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|-
!scope="row"| Czech Republic ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|Modern Rock]])<ref name="CZ">{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=21&titul=148947&sec=05ac878e75de34084d4d599a44cf988a|title=CZ - RADIO - TOP 20 MODERN ROCK WITHIN TEMPTATION|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Czech Republic]]|accessdate=May 5, 2018|language=Czech}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Czech Republic ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|Modern Rock]])<ref name="CZ">{{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/21/within-temptation/faster/148947|title = Faster - Within Temptation - Sony Music|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Czech Republic]]|accessdate=May 5, 2018|language=Czech}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Finnishdownload|24|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 21, 2016}}
! scope="row" {{single chart|Finnishdownload|24|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 21, 2016}}
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Germany|48|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|songid=796127|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}
! scope="row" {{single chart|Germany|48|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|songid=796127|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Dutch40|19|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=September 4, 2015|rowheader=true}}
! scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch40|19|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=September 4, 2015|rowheader=true}}
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! scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch100|11|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=28 September 2016}}
!scope="row"|Netherlands ([[Mega Top 50]])<ref>"[http://megatop50.3fm.nl/mobiel/weeklijst/2011-03-12]" (in Dutch). [[Mega Top 50]]</ref>
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! scope="row" |[[Portuguese Singles Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acharts.co/song/61298|title = Faster by within Temptation - Music Charts}}</ref>
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! scope="row" {{singlechart|Dutch100|11|artist=Within Temptation|song=Faster|accessdate=28 September 2016}}
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! scope="row" |[[Portuguese Singles Chart]]<ref>http://acharts.co/song/61298</ref>
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=== Year-end charts ===
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref name="dutch40year2">{{cite web |url=https://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2011.html |title=Dutch Top 40 Year End Chart - 2011 |publisher=[[MegaCharts]] |access-date=1 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630222551/https://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2011.html |archive-date=June 30, 2019 }}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Songs written by Robert Westerholt]]
[[Category:Hard rock songs]]
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 28 December 2023

"Faster"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Unforgiving
B-side"Where is the Edge"
Released21 January 2011
GenreHard rock[1]
Length
  • 4:24 (album version)
  • 3:16 (radio edit)
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Utopia"
(2009) 		"Faster"
(2011) 		"Sinėad"
(2011)
Music video
"Faster (Music Video) & Mother Maiden Short Film" on YouTube

"Faster" is a song by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released as the first single from their fifth studio album The Unforgiving on 21 January 2011. It had its worldwide radio première on 96.3 Rock Radio on the same day. The song was produced by their longtime producer Daniel Gibson, with Stefan Helleblad and Within Temptation serving as additional producers.

The song is part of the transmedia storytelling project the band undertook with The Unforgiving. It accompanied a music video released on 31 January 2011 and the short film Mother Maiden, released alongside the official music video.[2]

The single achieved commercial success in the band's homecountry, the Netherlands, and moderate commercial success across Europe. It peaked at number 11 in the Dutch Top 100.,[3] entered single charts in Belgium, Germany, Finland, and Portugal, and rock single charts in Czech Republic and in the United Kingdom. It has been featured on the annual Dutch Top 2000 since 2015.[4]

Background

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Robert Westerholt said:

"Faster" is a song which surprised ourselves. It's a very fresh new sound wrapped around the 80s heart and soul of the track. "Faster" reflects one of the many musical roots we have. Combined with the modern influences on our new album, it's like the past and future created the present.

Sharon den Adel said in an interview with Metal Ways:

Actually, "Faster" sounds a bit like "Wicked Game"s... Yes, it has the same atmosphere. It has similar, almost the same, accords, but it is different... So, we've been going like: "Ooooh we have re-written Wicked Games" and then "No, the chords scheme is different, we don't have to worry. And it's a written song!" (laughs) "Yay!"

Den Adel's explanation of the song's lyrics in an interview with Songfacts:

"Faster" is about the fact that you have to stay in conflict to get what you want as an individual in life. When you're working with a company or in a relationship, when you're working with other people, you've got to set some boundaries for yourself which you won't cross because ethically it's not okay to go over that boundary for yourself. Because that's what you stand for, that's who you are, those are your values. That's what the song is about: you can't live with lies. You just have to be who you are and what you stand for. And sometimes you're frustrated about it and you just want to fast forward away from the problem, but you also have to deal with the thing that's happening at that time in your life.

Videos

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Mother Maiden short film

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The Unforgiving's first short film, Mother Maiden, was combined with the music video to "Faster" and released on 31 January 2011.[5] The film begins with the character of Mother Maiden (played by Dawn Mastin[6]) writing a letter and reciting a monologue which explains that she controls lost souls to seek revenge on "those with a dark heart." While Mother Maiden continues to speak, the film cuts between her and the "lost souls" which she controls. Firstly, we see the character of Sinéad dragging an unconscious man on top of a train, who awakens just before being killed by a low hanging rail road signal. We then cut to "The Triplets" (more of Mother Maiden's workers) crawling into a window, after which an unseen woman screams and the Triplets reappear with their mouths smeared with blood. Finally, we are shown a man shaving before an arm bursts from his bathroom mirror and strangles him. At this point, the "Faster" music video begins with the band playing the song in full. As it ends, we see Sinéad's corpse awakening in a morgue.[7] The script was written by Steven O'Connell and Tim Smit. The music video and short movie were directed by Joeri Molsheimer.[8]

Personnel

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Cast

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  • Dawn Mastin as Mother Maiden
  • Nicola Hemink as Sinéad
  • Key Graham as Sinéad's Father
  • Christopher Van Dujin as Triplets
  • Matthijx Kat as Man on train
  • Banny Bakker as Shaving Man

Alternate music video

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At the same time as the release of the full "Faster" music video and Mother Maiden short film, an edited version of the song was released on YouTube with the same footage inter-cut (rather than as originally presented in their separate components of the three short-films –Mother Maiden, Sinéad and Triplets).[9]

Track

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Digital download
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Faster" (radio edit)
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
3:16
2."Faster" (international radio edit)
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
3:15
Total length:6:31
CD single
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Faster" (album version)
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
4:24
2."Where is the Edge"
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
3:59
Total length:8:23

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Deep Dive #6 ft/ Within Temptation, Winery Dogs, the Pretty Reckless and Choice Fatal!". Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  2. ^ WT official (2011-01-27). "Faster & Mother Maiden short film". Within Temptation. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  3. ^ "Within Temptation - Faster".
  4. ^ "Faster van Within Temptation".
  5. ^ "Faster and Mother Maiden released". Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  6. ^ Mother Maiden at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ "Within Temptation - Faster & Mother Maiden Short Film". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  8. ^ Within Temptation - Mother Maiden short film. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  9. ^ "Shortened video to Faster". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  10. ^ "Within Temptation – Faster" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "Within Temptation – Faster" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Faster - Within Temptation - Sony Music" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  13. ^ "Within Temptation: Faster" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  14. ^ "Within Temptation – Faster" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Within Temptation" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  16. ^ "Within Temptation – Faster" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Faster by within Temptation - Music Charts".
  18. ^ Official Charts
  19. ^ "Dutch Top 40 Year End Chart - 2011". MegaCharts. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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