Campari Soda is a song of the Swiss band Taxi released in 1977. It was written by Dominique Grandjean who works as a psychiatrist today.

Writing and inspiration

The song is sung in the

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

dialect of Zurich and deals with the incomparable feeling of flying and the painful longing of the faraway. The first lines of the song read as follows: :Ich nime no'n Campari soda :Wit under mir liit's Wolkemeer :De Ventilator summet liisli :Es isch as gäbs mich nüme mee English translation: :I take another Campari soda :The sea of clouds lies underneath me :The fan is humming quietly :It is as if I didn't exist any longer

Composition

The dreamy singing is underlain by unostentatious piano sounds. The song begins with a saxophone-solo.

Chart performance

In 2006, the song experienced a revival, when it was used in an advertising spot of the

Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines AG, colloquially known as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland, operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Zurich Airport serves as its sole hub and Geneva ...

and released as a single for the first time because of the remarkable success of the advertisement. "Campari Soda" debuted at #6 on December 12, 2006. It rose to and peaked at #3 in its fourth week. The song spent a total of 35 weeks on the

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Cover versions and adaptations

The song was unsuccessful during its original release. ''Campari Soda'' gained popularity only by the interpretations by numerous Swiss musicians, among others

Stephan Eicher Stephan Eicher (born 17 August 1960) is a Swiss singer. He sings in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss German and Romansh, sometimes using different languages in the same song. Eicher's success started ...

, Span, Doppelgänger. Golden Boy and

Miss Kittin Caroline Hervé (born 1973), known professionally as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles " 1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked ...

covered "Campari Soda" for their 2002 album '' Or''.Golden Boy With Miss Kittin - Or (CD, Album)

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. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

Charts

References

Literature

*Daum, Matthias: ''Vom Verschwinden. Zur Geschichte des besten Schweizer Popsongs – «Campari Soda»''. In:

Neue Zürcher Zeitung The ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' (''NZZ''; "New Journal of Zürich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich. The paper was founded in 1780. It was described as having a reputation as a high-quality ne ...

, 8.12.2006
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External links

Excerpt of ''Campari Soda''
(CSR Records,

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''Campari Soda'' video clip
*The Swiss advertisement (Swiss German)
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