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"Ich lebe" ( en, "I Live") is a song by Austrian recording artist
Christina Stürmer Christina Stürmer (born 9 June 1982) is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series '' Starmania''. Following her participation, ...
. It was written by Alexander Kahr, Eva Kraus, Harald Hanisch, and Leopold Zillinger for her debut studio album ''
Freier Fall ''Freier Fall'' (English: ''Free Fall'') is the debut studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. Recorded after her participation in the ORF 1 talent show Starmania, where she had finished runner-up, it was released by Amadeo, ...
'' (2003), while production was helmed by the former. Recorded after her participation in the
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talent show Starmania, where Stürmer had finished runner-up, it was released by
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on 24 March 2003 in Austria, where it debuted at number-one on the
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and remained atop for another seven weeks. In 2005, a slightly re-written version of "Ich lebe", featuring additional lyrics by Frank Ramond and
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as well as new production by
Thorsten Brötzmann Thorsten Brötzmann is a German record producer, composer, and arranger. He collaborated with No Angels, Bro'Sis, Christina Stürmer, Monrose, Jeanette, Nina Kraljić, Oonagh, Alexander Klaws, and Modern Talking Modern Talking was a Germa ...
, preceded the release of Stürmer's album ''
Schwarz Weiss ''Schwarz Weiss'' (English: ''Black White'') is a studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. Compromising alterations of songs from her first two albums ''Freier Fall'' (2003) and '' Soll das wirklich alles sein?'' (2004), it w ...
'', her first venture into the German and Swiss music markets. This version peaked at number four on the
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, and reached number 21 in Switzerland. It was eventually certified gold by
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(BVMI).


Music video

In the music video for "Ich lebe", Stürmer and her band are performing in a white room and as she sings about various things, shots of those things are shown...


Tracks


Original version

# "Ich lebe" (Radio Version) # "Ich lebe" (Unplugged) # "Ich lebe" (Karaoke Version)


Re-release

# "Ich lebe" (Radio Version) # "Ich lebe" (Live Version) # "Ich lebe" (Instrumental Version) # "Vorbei" (Live Version)


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References


External links

* {{authority control 2003 debut singles 2005 singles Christina Stürmer songs Number-one singles in Austria Songs written by Alexander Kahr 2003 songs