Fairytale Gone Bad

"Fairytale Gone Bad"
Single by Sunrise Avenue
from the album On the Way to Wonderland
B-side	"Into the Blue"
Released	25 August 2006 (2006-08-25)
Genre	Pop rock, post-grunge
Label	Capitol Music
Songwriter(s)	Jukka Backlund, Samu Haber
Sunrise Avenue singles chronology
"Romeo" (2006) "Fairytale Gone Bad" (2006) "Forever Yours" (2007)

"Fairytale Gone Bad" is a song by rock band Sunrise Avenue.^[1] It charted successfully in many European countries, especially their native Finland as well as Germany, Greece and a number of other Northern and Eastern European countries.

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

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)[2] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 12 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[4] 5 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 2 Germany (GfK)[6] 3 Italy (FIMI)[7] 23 Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[8] 2 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[9] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 2 Chart (2016) Peak position Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[12] 71

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 68 Chart (2007) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 16 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 62 CIS (TopHit)[16] 7 Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 18 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[18] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 54 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 18 Chart (2008) Position CIS (TopHit)[21] 173 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[22] 131 Decade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for "Fairytale Gone Bad" Chart (2000–2009) Position Russia Airplay (TopHit)[23] 10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[24]	Platinum	6,323[24]
Germany (BVMI)[25]	Platinum	300,000^‡
Sweden (GLF)[26]	Gold	10,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27]	Gold	15,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

External links

• "Fairytale Gone Bad" on YouTube

References

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4. Reamonn — Tonight. TopHit. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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8. "Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Poland Top 5". Nielsen Music Control on behalf of ZPAV. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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11. "Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
12. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
13. "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "Jaaroverzichten 2007". Ultratop. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
16. "Лучшие песни и музыка за 2007 год" (in Russian). TopHit. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
17. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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19. "Årslista Singlar – År 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
20. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
21. "Популярные хиты 2008" [Popular hits 2008] (in Russian). TopHit. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
22. "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2008". TopHit. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
23. "Top Radio Hits Russia Decade Chart: 00s". TopHit. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
24. "Sunrise Avenue" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
25. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sunrise Avenue; 'Fairytale Gone Bad')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
26. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2007" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
27. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Fairytale Gone Bad')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2023.