Heavy Cross

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"Heavy Cross"
Single by Gossip
from the album Music for Men
Released April 28, 2009
Format CD, 7" vinyl
Recorded Shangri La Studios, Malibu
Genre Dance-punk, dance-rock
Length 4:02
Label Columbia, Music with a Twist
Writer(s) Beth Ditto, Brace Paine, Hannah Blilie
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Gossip singles chronology
"Jealous Girls"
(2007)		 "Heavy Cross"
(2009)		 "Love Long Distance"
(2009)
Music video
"Heavy Cross" on YouTube

"Heavy Cross" is a song by American band Gossip. It was released on April 28, 2009 as the first single from the band's fourth album Music for Men. The song was the first international hit for Gossip, reaching the top ten across Europe, in Australia and on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart from mid- to late 2009. It peaked just outside the top 10 in New Zealand, and made the top 40 in Ireland and the UK; Gossip had already achieved two top 40 singles in the latter region, with "Standing in the Way of Control" and "Listen Up!" in 2006.

The single was especially successful in Germany, where it was certified triple gold,[1] for selling over 450,000 copies and is, as of September 2010, the "most successful internationally produced single of all time".[2] As of April 2011, the single has been on the German Singles Chart for 97 weeks without ever reaching No. 1, making it the second-longest running single ever there.[3] It spent also 27 weeks in that chart's top ten, making it the ninth-longest run there.[4] In 2013, it was included in a J'Adore advert from Dior, making it rise to fame again.

Background and writing

Singer Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is: "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators."[5]

Music video

The video, directed by Price James, premiered on PerezHilton.com on June 12, 2009.

Track listings

UK CD

  1. "Heavy Cross"
  2. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)

Australia CD

  1. "Heavy Cross" (radio edit)
  2. "Heavy Cross"
  3. "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix)
  4. "Heavy Cross" (Burns Remix)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 3
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[10] 63
France (SNEP)[11] 23
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 28
Israel (Media Forest)[14] 7
Italy (FIMI)[15] 4
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[16] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 12
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 37
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[21] 8

NRJ Session:

Chart (2012) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[11] 82

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Year-end
position
Australian Singles Chart[22] 48
Austrian Singles Chart[23] 14
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[24] 9
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[25] 16
German Singles Chart[26] 8
Italian Singles Chart[27] 23
Swiss Singles Chart[28] 9
Chart (2010) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[29] 24
European Hot 100 Singles[30] 44
German Singles Chart[31] 26
Swiss Singles Chart[32] 21
Chart (2012) Position
Belgian Backcatalogue Singles Chart (Flanders)[33] 5
Belgian Backcatalogue Singles Chart (Wallonia)[33] 1

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[34] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[35] Platinum 70,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[36] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BEA)[37] Platinum 30,000
Germany (BVMI)[1] 3× Gold 450,000
Italy (FIMI)[38] Platinum 30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[39] Gold 7,500
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[40] Platinum 30,000

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

References

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  5. ↑ Heavy Cross Songfacts
  6. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Gossip – Heavy Cross". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200946 into search.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Lescharts.com – Gossip – Heavy Cross" (in French). Les classement single. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "sc_France_Gossip" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ "Musicline.de – Gossip Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 acharts.us
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Gossip – Heavy Cross". Top Digital Download.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gossip search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  18. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Gossip – Heavy Cross". Top 40 Singles.
  19. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Gossip – Heavy Cross" Canciones Top 50.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Gossip – Heavy Cross". Swiss Singles Chart.
  21. ↑ "The Gossip – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for The Gossip.
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  26. ↑ [1] Archived February 1, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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  31. ↑ http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=20
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2012&cat=a
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  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Gossip in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
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