Fairytale Gone Bad Explained

Fairytale Gone Bad
Type:single
Artist:Sunrise Avenue
Album:On the Way to Wonderland
B-Side:Into the Blue
Genre:Pop rock, post-grunge
Label:Capitol Music
Prev Title:Romeo
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Forever Yours
Next Year:2007

"Fairytale Gone Bad" is a song by rock band Sunrise Avenue.[1] It charted successfully in many European countries, especially their native Finland as well as Germany, Greece and a number of other Northern and Eastern European countries.

Music video

The music video for "Fairytale Gone Bad" was filmed on 2006 in Barcelona, Spain and was directed by Ralf Strathmann.

Track listing

  1. "Fairytale Gone Bad (radio edit)" – 3:33
  2. "Fairytale Gone Bad (album version)" – 3:25
  3. "Fairytale Gone Bad (acoustic version)" – 3:44
  4. "Fairytale Gone Bad (instrumental version)" – 3:32
  5. "Into The Blue" – 5:28

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–07)Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[2] 2
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[3] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 68
Chart (2007)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 16
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 62
CIS (TopHit)[7] 7
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 18
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[9] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 54
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 18
Chart (2008)Position
CIS (TopHit)[12] 173
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[13] 131

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)! scope="col"
Position
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[14] 10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sunrise avenue|chart=all}} Fairytale Gone Bad – Sunrise Avenue]. Billboard. 18 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Poland Top 5 . Nielsen Music Control on behalf of ZPAV. 17 February 2023 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070623144454/http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/index_pol . 23 June 2007.
  3. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Aug 30, 2007. TopHit. 26 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2006. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 6 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2007. austriancharts.at. 6 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2007. Ultratop. 6 May 2020.
  7. Web site: Лучшие песни и музыка за 2007 год . . 31 October 2021 . ru.
  8. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 6 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2007. TopHit. 26 April 2024. 26 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426131857/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2007. live.
  10. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2007. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 6 May 2020.
  11. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 6 May 2020.
  12. Web site: Популярные хиты 2008 . . ru . Popular hits 2008 . 2 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211029081449/https://tophit.ru/ru/best-music-2008 . 29 October 2021.
  13. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2008. TopHit. 27 April 2024. 27 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240427112021/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2008. live.
  14. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Decade Chart: 00s. TopHit. 1 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240421192151/https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/decade/2000. 21 April 2024.