"Automatisch"
Single by Tokio Hotel
from the album Humanoid
B-side"Humanoid"
Released18 September 2009 (Germany)
GenrePop rock
Length3:15
LabelInterscope, Cherrytree
Songwriter(s)Lukasz Gottwald B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz
Producer(s)Dr. Luke
"Automatic"
Single by Tokio Hotel
from the album Humanoid
Released22 September 2009 (United States)
GenrePop rock
Length3:15
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost
Producer(s)David Roth, Patrick Benzner, David Jost
Tokio Hotel singles chronology
"Heilig"
(2008)		 "Automatisch" / "Automatic"
(2009)		 ""World Behind My Wall/Lass Uns Laufen""
(2010)

"Automatisch" and "Automatic" are the first singles from German pop rock band Tokio Hotel's third German studio album and second English studio album Humanoid. "Automatisch" was released in German-speaking countries on 18 September 2009 and "Automatic" was released in the United States on 22 September 2009.[1][2]

Music video

Craig Wessels of Wicked Pixels, the most-awarded animation-studio in South Africa,[3] directed the music video, shot over three days in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.[4] The video features the band driving separately in muscle cars and with computer generated humanoid robots.[5] The music video for "Automatic" was released online on September 3, 2009, while the video for "Automatisch" was released a day later.[6][7]

Formats and track listings

  • Automatisch CD-Single: 2 Track
# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Automatisch" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:16
2 "Automatic" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:16
  • Automatisch CD-Single: Premium
# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Automatisch" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:16
2 "Humanoid" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:45
  • Bonus Tokio Hotel fan magnet
  • Automatic CD-Single
# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Automatic" T. Kaulitz, B. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:16
2 "Automatisch" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:16
  • Automatic Australian iTunes Download
# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Automatic" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:15
2 "Automatisch" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:15
3 "Humanoid (English Version)" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:48
4 "Automatic (Remote Control Mix)" B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, D. Roth, P. Benzner, D. Jost 3:17

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position [8]
Austrian Singles Chart[9] 14
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[10] 23
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[11] 16
Dutch Singles Chart[12] 75
French Singles Chart[13] 2
German Singles Chart[14] 5
Hungarian Singles Chart[15] 10
South Africa 5FM Charts 11
Spanish Singles Chart[16] 21
Swedish Singles Chart[17] 36
Swiss Singles Chart[18] 44

References

  1. ↑ "Tokio Hotel mit "Automatisch" zurück" (in German). Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  2. ↑ "News Ticker: Neil Young, Jack White, Tokio Hotel, Riot Fest West". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  3. ↑ "MTV's best new artist, Tokio Hotel selects South African director". Wicked Pixels (Pty) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  5. ↑ Montgomery, James. "Tokio Hotel Premiere Epic 'Automatic' Video". MTV. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  6. ↑ ""Automatic" video premiere!!". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  7. ↑ ""Automatisch" video premiere!". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  8. ↑ ""Automatic/Automatisch" Chart Positions and Trajectories". Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatisch". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  10. ↑ "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  11. ↑ "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  12. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  13. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatisch". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Madonnas Traumstart in den Album-Charts - media control". Media-control.de. 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  15. ↑ "MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége - Slágerlisták". 2009-04-18. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  16. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". spanishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  17. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatic". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  18. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Tokio Hotel - Automatisch". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
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