"Perfekte Welle" (English: "Perfect Wave") is a song by German band Juli. It was written by band members Simon Triebel and Andreas Herde and produced by O.L.A.F. Opal for their debut album Es ist Juli (2004). It served as band's debut single and peaked at number two on the German and Austrian Single Charts. In December 2004, after the tsunami in south-east Asia, many German television and radio stations announced that they would no longer play the song as a mark of respect to the tsunami victims.[1] An Afrikaans version was released in South Africa by the group Shine4, called "Perfekte Wêreld" (Perfect World).

"Perfekte Welle"
Single by Juli
from the album Es ist Juli
Released2004
Genre
Length3:20
Songwriter(s)
  • Andreas Herde
  • Simon Triebel
Producer(s)O.L.A.F. Opal
Juli singles chronology
"Perfekte Welle"
(2004)
"Geile Zeit"
(2004)

Formats and track listings

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CD maxi single
No.TitleLength
1."Perfekte Welle" (Radio Version)3:16
2."Wenn du lachst" (Unplugged)2:39
3."Perfekte Welle" (Album Version)3:17
4."Lass mich nicht hängen" (Sofa Version)3:05

Other versions

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The song 'Perfekte Welle' was covered in frenchcore style in 2021 by hardstyle DJ: BadRabbitz.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[7] Gold 15,000*
Germany (BVMI)[8] Gold 150,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Hörfunk: Radiosender streichen "Die perfekte Welle"". Spiegel. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Juli – Perfekte Welle" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  3. ^ "Juli – Perfekte Welle" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  4. ^ "Juli – Perfekte Welle". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  5. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2004". Austrian Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 2004". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  7. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Juli – Perfekte Welle" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  8. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Juli; 'Perfekte Welle')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.