Sweetest Poison

"Sweetest Poison" is a song by short-lived German pop band Nu Pagadi. After winning the fourth series of German reality television show Popstars in 2004, Nu Pagadi recorded "Sweetest Poison" and released it as their debut single on 13 December 2004. Written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Lukas Hilbert, and Rea Garvey (as "R. G."), the song became a number-one hit in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and was included on the band's only studio album, Your Dark Side, the following year. Despite the song's success, Nu Pagadi would release one more single before disbanding less than a year after winning Popstars.

"Sweetest Poison"
Single by Nu Pagadi
from the album Your Dark Side
Released13 December 2004 (2004-12-13)
RecordedDecember 2004
StudioWeryton (Unterföhring, Munich)
Length3:52
LabelCheyenne
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
  • Lukas Hilbert
  • R. G.
Producer(s)
  • Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
  • Lukas Hilbert
Nu Pagadi singles chronology
"Sweetest Poison"
(2004)		 "Dying Words"
(2005)
Music video
"Sweetest Poison" on YouTube

Background and release

On 8 December 2004, during the concluding episode of Popstars series four, Patrick Boinet, Kristina Dörfer, Markus Grimm, and Doreen Steinert were chosen as the four winners of the competition after singing "Sweetest Poison", written by Lukas Hilbert, Rea Garvey (as "R. G."), and Nena keyboardist Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen.[1][2][3] Following their victory, the quartet received the band name Nu Pagadi and recorded a studio version of "Sweetest Poison" that would be released as a single.[1][2] Five days after the programme's conclusion, on 13 December, Cheyenne Records issued the "Sweetest Poison" single in German-speaking Europe across the two formats: a CD single and a Pock It! mini-CD single.[4] The mini-CD contains the original version of "Sweetest Poison" plus an instrumental while the regular CD features two additional mixes: an "Electromix" and an extended version.[3][5] In 2005, the song and its Electromix were included on Nu Pagaldi's only studio album, Your Dark Side.[6]

Commercial performance and aftermath

"Sweetest Poison" debuted atop the German Singles Chart on 27 December 2004, staying there for only one week before falling to number two for three weeks. Afterwards, the song descended the chart, staying in the top 100 for 14 weeks until dropping out on 4 April 2005.[4] In Austria, the single debuted at number one on the Ö3 Singles Chart on 26 December 2004. It spent a further three weeks atop the chart before losing the number-one spot on 23 January 2005. The track spent 17 weeks on the Austrian chart and was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for selling over 15,000 copies.[7][8] On Switzerland's Hitparade listing, "Sweetest Poison" first appeared at number two on 2 January 2005, rising to number one the following week and staying there for three issues in total. The song spent eight more weeks on the ranking, last appearing at number 97 on 20 March.[9]

After "Sweetest Poison", Nu Pagaldi released their second and final single, "Dying Words", which stalled at number 22 in Germany and failed to reach the top 30 in Austria and Switzerland.[10][11][12] In May 2005, Steinert left the band due to creative differences, and four months later, the band permanently disbanded for the same reasons.[1][2]

Track listings

German CD single[3]

  1. "Sweetest Poison" (original version) – 3:52
  2. "Sweetest Poison" (Elektromix) – 5:55
  3. "Sweetest Poison" (extended version) – 4:50
  4. "Sweetest Poison" (instrumental) – 3:52

German mini-CD single[5]

  1. "Sweetest Poison" (original version) – 3:52
  2. "Sweetest Poison" (instrumental) – 3:52

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the German CD single liner notes.[3]

Credits

Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] Gold 15,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Kyeck, Sibylle (8 December 2020). "'Popstars': Was wurde eigentlich aus Nu Pagadi?" ['Popstars': What actually became of Nu Pagadi?]. klatsch-tratsch.de. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. "Nu Pagadi". laut.de. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. Sweetest Poison (German CD single liner notes). Nu Pagadi. Cheyenne Records. 2004. 986 967 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Nu Pagadi – Sweetest Poison" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. Sweetest Poison (German mini-CD single liner notes). Nu Pagadi. Cheyenne Records. 2004. 986 967 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. "Nu Pagadi: Your Dark Side". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. "Nu Pagadi – Sweetest Poison" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. "Austrian single certifications – Nu Pagadi – Sweetest Poison" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  9. "Nu Pagadi – Sweetest Poison". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  10. "Nu Pagadi – Dying Words". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  11. "Nu Pagadi – Dying Words". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  12. "Nu Pagadi – Dying Words". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  13. "Hits of the World: Eurocharts". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 4. 22 January 2005. p. 43.
  14. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2005" (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  15. "Year End European Hot 100 Singles Chart 2005 01 – 2005 52" (PDF). Billboard. VNU Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  16. "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 2005" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  17. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2005" (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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