Colorado (Milky Chance song)

2021 single by Milky Chance

"Colorado"

Single by Milky Chance
from the album  Trip Tape
Released| 18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)
Genre|

* Indie rock

Length| 2:54
Label| Muggelig
Songwriter(s)|

* Clemens Rehbein
* Joacim Bo Persson
* Philipp Maximilian Dausch
* Sebastian Arman

Producer(s)|

* Milky Chance
* Decco

Milky Chance singles chronology
| "Don't Let Me Down"
(2020)  | "Colorado"
(2021)  |

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Music video
"Colorado" on YouTube

"Colorado" is a song by German folk rock band Milky Chance. It was released on 18 June 2021 as a single from the band's debut compilation album Trip Tape. The band's members Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Maximilian Dausch wrote the song with Joacim Bo Persson and Sebastian Arman, and produced it with Decco.[1]

## Content

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The band's vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein told American Songwriter: "It's about consuming and compensating and being destructive or being weak for a moment, We all need it sometimes, but we also know it probably doesn’t bring us anywhere in the long run. This is what the song is about not to forget—with a little wink in the end. It's very honest but also not taking itself too seriously at the same time. We feel like that's a very realistic and maybe healthy way to look at this life we're all in".[2] Wonderland magazine described "Colorado" as "a vibrant, up-tempo tune about the uneasiness of failed relationships, and horse tranquiliser".[3]

## Music video

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The music video was released on 18 June 2021, and directed by Vincent Sylvain. It was filmed at "a visibly striking but faded hotel", with scenes set in the late 1970s. The band members play both employees and guests "engaged in strange, questionable, and hallucinatory practices". They end up in room 420, where they are "surrounded by swan-shaped towels, the[n] strum, sing, and fall into a trance".[4]

## Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[5]

* Decco– producer
* Milky Chance – producer
* Clemens Rehbein – composer
* Joacim Bo Persson – composer
* Philipp Maximilian Dausch – composer
* Sebastian Arman – composer

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart performance for "Colorado"  | Chart (2021–2022)  | Peak
position

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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] | 18
Canada Rock (Billboard)[7] | 8
Germany (GfK)[8] | 28
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 36
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[10] | 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 83
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[12] | 26
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[13] | 4

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Colorado"  | Chart (2021)  | Position

|

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] | 64
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] | 70

## Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Colorado"  Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

|
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Austria (IFPI Austria)[16] | Platinum  | 30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[17] | Gold  | 40,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[18] | Gold  | 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## Release history

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Release history for "Colorado"  Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref.

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Various  | 18 June 2021  |

* Digital download
* streaming

| Muggelig  | [19]
United States  | 29 June 2021  | Alternative radio | [20]

## References

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1. ^ Doria, Matt (18 June 2021). "Listen to the 420-friendly new single from Milky Chance, 'Colorado'". NME. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
2. ^ Scott, Jason (18 June 2021). "Milky Chance Get High Just Like "Colorado" In New Song". American Songwriter. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
3. ^ "New Noise: Milky Chance". Wonderland. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
4. ^ Hafey, Lisa (29 September 2021). "Milky Chance – 'Colorado'". Essentially Pop. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
5. ^ "Credits / Colorado / Milky Chance". Tidal. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
6. ^ "Milky Chance – Colorado" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
7. ^ "Milky Chance Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
8. ^ "Milky Chance – Colorado" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
9. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
10. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 12. týden 2022 in the date selector. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
11. ^ "Milky Chance – Colorado". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
12. ^ "Milky Chance Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
13. ^ "Milky Chance Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
14. ^ "Ö3-Austria Top40 Single-Jahrescharts 2021". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
15. ^ "Jahrescharts 2021". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
16. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Milky Chance – Colorado" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
17. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Milky Chance – Colorado". Music Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Milky Chance; 'Colorado')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
19. ^ "Colorado - Single by Milky Chance". Retrieved 7 December 2021 - via Apple Music.
20. ^ "Alternative Radio Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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Milky Chance

Discography

Studio albums|

* Sadnecessary (2013)
* Blossom (2017)

Extended plays|

* Stolen Dance EP (2013)

Singles|

* "Stolen Dance"
* "Down by the River"
* "Flashed Junk Mind"
* "Cocoon"
* "Don't Let Me Down"
* "Colorado"

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