"Reason" is a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song written by Thorsten Brötzmann

Thorsten Brötzmann

Thorsten Brötzmann is a German record producer, composer, and arranger. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with the No Angels, Bro'Sis, Christina Stürmer, Monrose, Jeanette, Alexander Klaws, and Modern Talking.-Number-one singles:...

 and Alexander Geringas for the No Angels

No Angels

The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...

' debut studio album Elle'ments

Elle'ments

Special Winter Edition-Credits and personnel:* Laszlo Bencker - various* Thorsten Brötzmann - keyboards* Nico Fintzen - keyboards* Stefan Hansen - keyboards* Tony Laketos - sax* Ralf Lübke - guitar* Lesli Mandoki - various* Ossi Schaller - guitar...

(2001). Originally entitled "That's the Reason", a Brötzmann and Geringas produced and partially re-written version of the song was released as the band's farewell single on 24 November 2003 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

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) before their disbandment in December 2003. While "Reason" peaked at number 9 in Germany

Germany

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, number 12 in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 and number 28 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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, the song failed to enter the top 40 of the European charts.

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Reason."

CD single I

1. "Reason" (radio version)
2. "Reason" (orchester version)
3. "Reason" (karaoke version)
4. "That's the Reason" (original version)

Worldwide

Chart (2003)	Peak Position
Austrian Singles Chart	12
German Singles Chart	9
Swiss Singles Chart	28