Wackelkontakt
| "Wackelkontakt" | ||||
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| Single by Oimara | ||||
| Language | Bavarian | |||
| Released | 2 August 2024 | |||
| Genre | Partyschlager[1] | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Andreas Frei | |||
| Oimara singles chronology | ||||
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| "Wackelkontakt" on YouTube | ||||
"Wackelkontakt" is a song by German singer-songwriter Oimara. It was written by Oimara himself alongside Andreas Frei, Niklas Nubel, and Matthias Riegler and produced by Frei. The song was released on 2 August 2024.
Background and composition
[edit]Both the composition and the Bavarian lyrics were written by the artist Beni Hafner (Oimara) himself, along with co-writers Andreas Frei, Niklas Nubel, and Matthias Riegler.[2] Frei was also responsible for production.[3] The idea for the song came to Oimara while visiting a furniture store.[4]
"Wackelkontakt" was first released as a single on 2 August 2024. It was released as a digital single track for download and streaming on the music labels Stereopol Records, Virgin Records, and Zeitgeist Records. On 21 February 2025, a remix by HBz and Luca-Dante Spadafora was released as a digital single track. A week later, another remix by Harris & Ford was released.
The song was featured in a prime-time live performance on the Giovanni Zarrella Show.[5]
Music video
[edit]The accompanying music video was directed by Marcel Chylla and premiered on the video platform YouTube on 15 February 2025. By March 2025, it had received over four million views.[6]
Commercial performance
[edit]"Wackelkontakt" entered the German singles charts at number 34 on 24 January 2025, reached the top of the chart three weeks later, and stayed there for six weeks.[7] It is the first number-one hit in Bavarian in almost 44 years; the last to achieve this was the Spider Murphy Gang with Skandal im Sperrbezirk on 5 April 1982.[4][8] The song also reached number one in the German-language singles charts, topped the Breakthrough Artist Charts in February 2025,[9] and on 7 March 2025, at number 15 on the New Entry Airplay Chart, and in the same chart week at number 52 on the Airplay Chart.[10][11]
"Wackelkontakt" also became a number-one hit in Austria and Switzerland.[12][13] On the streaming platform Spotify, the song had more than 53 million streams by March 2025.[14] The song had over 16 million streams in Germany within one week, making it the most streamed domestic song within a week of all time; only "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Last Christmas" were able to record more streams within a chart week.[9]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] | 1 |
| Germany (GfK)[7] | 1 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[15] | 54 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] | 16 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] | 4 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Überall wird gewackelt, überall wird gesungen: Oimara's viraler Hit". Mix1 (in German). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Repertoiresuche" (in German). GEMA. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Wackelkontakt – Single von Oimara". Spotify. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b Sat.1 Bayern (4 March 2025). "Oimara im Interview: Der erste bayerische Nummer-1-Hit seit 44 Jahren! 🔥". YouTube (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Die Giovanni Zarrella Show – Folge 14". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Oimara (15 February 2025). "Oimara – Wackelkontakt – Offizielles Musikvideo". Youtube. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Oimara – Wackelkontakt" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Spider Murphy Gang – Skandal im Sperrbezirk" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ a b ""Wackelkontakt"-Sänger Oimara mit Breakthrough-Award und Streaming-Rekord". GfK Entertainment. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Radio-Charts Deutschland New Entry: Chartwoche 10/2025". MusicTrace. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Radio-Charts Deutschland: Chartwoche 10/2025". MusicTrace. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Oimara – Wackelkontakt" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Oimara – Wackelkontakt". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Oimara – Künstlerprofil". spotify.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Billboard Global 200: Week of March 15, 2025". Billboard. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 12, 2025" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Oimara – Wackelkontakt" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 March 2025.