Rannalle

"Shangri-la aka Rannalle"
Single by Ian Erix and TCT
Released 25 April 2014
Genre Pop, EDM, electropunk
Length 3:22
Label Universal Music Sony Music Entertainment Nordican Music Group

"Shangri-la aka Rannalle" is a song written by Ian Erix, TCT and Erik Nyholm.[1][2][3][4]

In Scandinavia, the song was nominated for the 2014 summer hit by radio station The Voice. The song was originally ranked second but it eventually won the vote to be named Best Song Of The Summer.[5] The track climbed to the top of the single charts for several consecutive weeks reaching #5 on national radio charts and #3 on the iTunes Download Chart.[6] Overall, the song was the fourth most played radio song in Finland in 2014[7] and on 24 July 2014, it was announced to have sold enough copies to be awarded gold record status.[8]

The TCT music video for the song was released in April 2014.[9] the video features several Finnish celebrity cameos.[10]

In 2015, American singer Ian Erix released the English language version of "Shangri-La".[1] Erix' video premiered on Vevo in Spring 2015 and features Erix on a wild summer holiday in the notorious hedonistic European party resort of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. As of 1 June 2015, a month before the single's official UK radio release date, the clip has been viewed nearly a million times and has broken into YouTube's Top 40 pop charts in Europe.[11][12] On July 10, 2015, in regard to Ian's video the UK's most famous newspaper The Guardian reported that music is over because Ian Erix has spoiled it for everyone! [13]

Tracks

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Official Singles Chart Finnish 5
official download list Finnish 3
Radio list 14

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Shangri-la". Essentially Pop. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ranalle". Musa24.fi. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rannalle". Fono.fi - Sound Database.
  4. ↑ Vehmas, Ilona (25 April 2014). "Boy band got its own genre of music: Here comes the TCT and the party-hop!". Iltalehti.
  5. ↑ "2014 Official Summer Hit". The Voice. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Music Producers - Statistics - Finland's official list: Tct, Jontte Valosaari - Rannalle". Music Producers. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Music Producers - Statistics - Finland's official list: Tct - 'Ranalle'". Music Producers. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "TCT gets Gold for debut single 'Ranalle'!". Universal Music Finland. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "TCT - Ranalle ft. Jontte Valosaari". 25 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Celebrity Beauties dazzling bathing suit - see TCT's summer smash the red-hot music video!". Nelonen. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Visit Ian Erix's Shangri-La". EQ Music Blog. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Top Music Tracks in Russia". YouTube. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Sampson, Issy (10 July 2015). "This week's new tracks: Petite Meller's Baby Love is the song of the summer". home>arts>music. The Guardian. Pop and rock: This week's new tracks. Retrieved 13 July 2015.


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