"If I Wasn't Your Daughter" is a song by German singer

Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut (; born 23 May 1991), also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with the song "Satellite (Len ...

. It was written by Meyer-Landrut along with Vincent Stein, Nico Wellenbrink,

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, and Konstantin Scherer. The

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was released on 6 June 2017, coinciding with its stage premiere on the fourth season of the ''

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'', the German version of '' The Best Singers'' series.

Background

Lyrically, the song talks about Meyer-Landrut's relationship with her father Ladislas von Karatsony, the son of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, who left the family when she was two years old. Shortly before the

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Lena's father gave an interview with the German tabloid ''

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'' where he stated that he would not come into contact with her yet, but that a place is "always free on istable".

Chart performance

Upon Meyer-Landrut's performance on ''

'', "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" temporarily reached the top of the German iTunes Charts. In the week of 9 June 2017, it debuted at number 42 on the

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. In its second chart week it reached number 35 on the German Single Charts.

Music video

An accompanying

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for "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" was directed and edited by Vi-Dan Tran. It marked his third collaboration with Meyer-Landrut following his work on "Catapult" und "Home". Filmed at night throughout

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, including locations such as

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, it was produced by Max von Helldorff for BNTB-Agency, based on idea by Meyer-Landrut and her stylist Philipp Koch-Verheyen. Khoa Huynh served as a camera assistant, while second camera was handled by Max von Helldorff. The final video premiered online on 6 June 2017.

Live performances

Meyer-Landrut performed the song live for the first time on ''

'' on 6 June 2017 in an episode dedicated to her. Her performance received critical acclaim. She also performed the song on ''

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'' on

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on 21 June, to critical acclaim.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{authority control 2017 songs 2017 singles Lena Meyer-Landrut songs Universal Music Group singles Songs written by Jamie Hartman Songs written by Vincent Stein Songs written by Nico Santos (singer) Songs written by Lena Meyer-Landrut