Take Me Tonight (song)

"Take Me Tonight" is a song by German recording artist Alexander Klaws, the winner of the inaugural season of the television competition Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Written and produced by DSDS judge Dieter Bohlen, it was released as both his coronation song and debut single. Upon its release, it debuted at number-one on the German and Swiss Singles Charts. The song was later included on his debut album, Take Your Chance (2003).

"Take Me Tonight"
Single by Alexander Klaws
from the album Take Your Chance
Released17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
Format
Recorded2003
Genre
Length4:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dieter Bohlen
Alexander Klaws singles chronology
"Take Me Tonight"
(2003)		 "Stay with Me"
(2003)

Formats and track listings
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Tonight" (Radio Edit)4:00
2."Take Me Tonight" (Extended Version)5:19
3."Take Me Tonight" (Instrumental)4:00

Credits and personnel

Credits taken from Take Your Chance liner notes.[1]

  • Lyrics, music, production – Dieter Bohlen
  • Arrangement – Lalo Titenkov
  • Bass – Peter Weihe
  • Guitar – Peter Weihe
  • Choir – Anja Mahnken, Billy King, Chris Bendorff, Madeleine Lang
  • Artwork – Ronald Reinsberg
  • Mixing – Jeo

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] Platinum 30,000*
Germany (BVMI)[9] 5× Gold 750,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[10] Gold 20,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Take Your Chance (liner notes). Alexander Klaws. Hansa, SonyBMG. 2003.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "Austriancharts.at – Alexander – Take Me Tonight" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alexander – Take Me Tonight". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. "Swisscharts.com – Alexander – Take Me Tonight". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2003 – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  6. "Top 100 Singles-Jahrescharts (2003)". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  7. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 – swisscharts.com" (in German). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  8. "Austrian single certifications – Alexander – Take Me Tonight" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alexander; 'Take Me Tonight')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  10. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Alexander; 'Take Me Tonight')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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