Fairytale Gone Bad

"Fairytale Gone Bad" is a song by rock quintet Sunrise Avenue,[1] which reached number one in several countries, and as a result, is one of the band's best-known songs. It charted successfully in many European countries, especially their native Finland as well as Germany and a number of other Northern and Eastern European countries.

"Fairytale Gone Bad"
Single by Sunrise Avenue
from the album On the Way to Wonderland
Released	25 August 2006
Genre	Pop rock, europop, post-grunge
Label	Capitol Music
Songwriter(s)	Jukka Backlund, Samu Haber
Sunrise Avenue singles chronology
"Romeo" (2006) "Fairytale Gone Bad" (2006) "Forever Yours" (2007)

Music video

The music video for "Fairytale Gone Bad" was filmed on 2006 in Barcelona, Spain and was directed by Ralf Strathmann.

Track listing

• CD single[2]

1. "Fairytale Gone Bad (Radio Edit)" – 3:33
2. "Fairytale Gone Bad (Album Version)" – 3:25
3. "Fairytale Gone Bad (Acoustic Version)" - 3:44
4. "Fairytale Gone Bad (Instrumental Version)" – 3:32
5. "Into The Blue" - 5:28

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006–07) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 12 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 2 Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 3 Italy (FIMI)[7] 23 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 2 Chart (2016) Peak position Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[10] 71

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 68 Chart (2007) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 16 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 62 Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 18 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 54 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[17]	Gold	150,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

External links

• "Fairytale Gone Bad" on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

References

1. "Fairytale Gone Bad - Sunrise Avenue". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
2. "Sunrise Avenue - Fairytale Gone Bad".
3. "Austriancharts.at – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
4. "Ultratop.be – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
5. "Sunrise Avenue: Fairytale Gone Bad" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
7. "Italiancharts.com – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
10. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
11. "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
12. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
13. "Jaaroverzichten 2007". Ultratop. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "Årslista Singlar – År 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
16. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
17. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sunrise Avenue; 'Fairytale Gone Bad')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.