Limited Tour Edition Bonus DVD

Releases and commercial success

Four singles

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 were released off the album: “Guten Tag

Guten Tag

“Guten Tag” is a 2002 song by German band Wir sind Helden. It was first released on an EP of the same title in 2002 and one year later as the first single of their debut album Die Reklamation. It was composed by Jean-Michel Tourette, Judith Holofernes and Pola Roy while the lyrics were written by...

”, “Müssen nur wollen”, “Aurélie” and “Denkmal”. In 2004, a new version of the album with a red cover called “Die rote Reklamation” (“The Red Complaint”) was released. This limited tour edition included the official video clips of all four singles and two short movies about the band.

The album peaked at #2 on the German album chart, at #3 in Austria and at #38 in Switzerland. More than 800,000 copies of the album were sold in Germany alone and was awarded triple platinum. The album remains one of the most successful German albums ever (#19 based on chart position).
It managed to stay in the German Albums Chart for a total of 94 weeks, making it the album, that stayed the longest time on that chart in their career

Album

Chart (2003/2004)	Peak position
German Albums Chart	2
Austrian Albums Chart	3
Swiss Albums Chart	38

Singles

Year	Single	#
		DE	AT	CH
2003	“Guten Tag Guten Tag “Guten Tag” is a 2002 song by German band Wir sind Helden. It was first released on an EP of the same title in 2002 and one year later as the first single of their debut album Die Reklamation. It was composed by Jean-Michel Tourette, Judith Holofernes and Pola Roy while the lyrics were written by... ”	53	-	-
	“Müssen nur wollen”	57	-	-
	“Aurelie”	47	-	-
2004	“Denkmal”	26	41	-

Reception

The album was a success with the critics. laut.de gave it five out of five points calling it “the perfect soundtrack for an urban summer”. They describe the lyrics as “awesome and damn clever” and Judith Holofernes as “one of the most intelligent and funniest women of our time.” kulturnews.de also praised the lyrics and the originality of the album, calling Wir sind Helden worthy successors of Neue Deutsche Welle

Neue Deutsche Welle

Neue Deutsche Welle is a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music...

 acts like Nena

Nena

Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she...

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Awards

Wir sind Helden were awarded three ECHO awards in 2004 related to their debut album making them the most successful act of that year.

• Best Marketing (to EMI)
• Best national video clip (for “Müssen nur wollen”)
• Best national newcomer (Radio award)

External links

• Die Reklamation lyrics