"Fairytale Gone Bad" is a song by rock quintet 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.

"Fairytale Gone Bad"
Single by Sunrise Avenue
from the album On the Way to Wonderland
B-side"Into the Blue"
Released25 August 2006 (2006-08-25)
GenrePop rock, europop, post-grunge
LabelCapitol Music
Songwriter(s)Jukka Backlund, Samu Haber
Sunrise Avenue singles chronology
"Romeo"
(2006)
"Fairytale Gone Bad"
(2006)
"Forever Yours"
(2007)

Music video edit

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

Track listing edit

  • CD single
  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 edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[24] Platinum 6,323[24]
Germany (BVMI)[25] Platinum 300,000
Sweden (GLF)[26] Gold 10,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27] Gold 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

External links edit

References edit

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  13. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2007". Ultratop. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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  17. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2007". TopHit. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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  20. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Популярные хиты 2008" [Popular hits 2008] (in Russian). TopHit. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2008". TopHit. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Top Radio Hits Russia Decade Chart: 00s". TopHit. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Sunrise Avenue" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  25. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sunrise Avenue; 'Fairytale Gone Bad')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  26. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2007" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  27. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Fairytale Gone Bad')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2023.