Colorado (Milky Chance song) explained

Colorado
Cover:	Colorado Milky Chance.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Milky Chance
Album:	Trip Tape
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	2:54
Label:	Muggelig
Producer:	Milky Chance Decco
Prev Title:	Don't Let Me Down
Prev Year:	2020

"Colorado" is a song by German folk rock band Milky Chance. It was released on 18 June 2021 as a single from the band's debut compilation album Trip Tape. The band's members Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Maximilian Dausch wrote the song with Joacim Bo Persson and Sebastian Arman, and produced it with Decco.^[1]

Content

The band's vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein told American Songwriter: "It's about consuming and compensating and being destructive or being weak for a moment, We all need it sometimes, but we also know it probably doesn’t bring us anywhere in the long run. This is what the song is about not to forget—with a little wink in the end. It's very honest but also not taking itself too seriously at the same time. We feel like that's a very realistic and maybe healthy way to look at this life we're all in".^[2] Wonderland magazine described "Colorado" as "a vibrant, up-tempo tune about the uneasiness of failed relationships, and horse tranquiliser".^[3]

Music video

The music video was released on 18 June 2021, and directed by Vincent Sylvain. It was filmed at "a visibly striking but faded hotel", with scenes set in the late 1970s. The band members play both employees and guests "engaged in strange, questionable, and hallucinatory practices". They end up in room 420, where they are "surrounded by swan-shaped towels, the[n] strum, sing, and fall into a trance".^[4]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[5]

• Decco– producer
• Milky Chance – producer
• Clemens Rehbein – composer
• Joacim Bo Persson – composer
• Philipp Maximilian Dausch – composer
• Sebastian Arman – composer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2021–2022)! scope="col"

Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	36
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)^[7]	92

Year-end charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"

Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[8]	64
Germany (Official German Charts)^[9]	70

Release history

Region! scope="col"

Date	Format	Label
Various	18 June 2021		Muggelig	^[10]
United States	29 June 2021	Alternative radio		^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Listen to the 420-friendly new single from Milky Chance, 'Colorado'. NME. Doria. Matt. 18 June 2021. 7 December 2021.
2. Web site: Milky Chance Get High Just Like "Colorado" In New Song. American Songwriter. Scott. Jason. 18 June 2021. 7 December 2021.
3. Web site: New Noise: Milky Chance. Wonderland. 18 June 2021. 7 December 2021.
4. Web site: Milky Chance – 'Colorado'. Essentially Pop. Hafey. Lisa. 29 September 2021. 7 December 2021.
5. Web site: Credits / Colorado / Milky Chance. Tidal. 17 June 2021. 7 December 2021.
6. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 28 June 2021. 7 December 2021.
7. Web site: ČNS IFPI. IFPI ČR. Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 202233 into search.. 22 August 2022.
8. Web site: Ö3-Austria Top40 Single-Jahrescharts 2021. 8 November 2019 . Ö3 Austria Top 40. 2 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220101195812/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3020713/. 1 January 2022.
9. Web site: Jahrescharts 2021. GfK Entertainment charts. 15 December 2021.
10. Web site: Colorado - Single by Milky Chance. Apple Music. 7 December 2021.
11. Web site: Alternative Radio Future Releases. All Access. 7 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621195900/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases. 21 June 2021.