Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]

Lucky Star (Lied)

2009-04-05T10:47:07Z

Modbear: + ru

{{otheruses4|the song by Madonna|other songs with the same title|Lucky Star (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Lucky Star
| Cover = Lucky Star Single Cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| from Album = [[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]
| B-side = "I Know It" "Everybody" (Japan)
| Released = September 1983 (UK) March 1984 (UK re-issue) [[April 19]] 1984 (Germany) [[August 8]] 1984 (Worldwide) [[August 25]] 1984 (Japan)
| Format = [[Vinyl record|Vinyl]] (12") [[CD Single]] Vinyl (7")
| Recorded = [[1983 in music|1983]]
| Length = 5:37 (Album Version) 3:37 (''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' version) 
| Genre = [[Dance-pop|Dance-Pop]]
| Label = [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Writer = Madonna
| Producer = [[Reggie Lucas]]
| Chart position = * #4 ([[U.S.]])
* #14 ([[UK]])
| Last single = "[[Borderline (song)|Borderline]]" ([[1984 in music|1984]])
| This single = "Lucky Star" ([[1984 in music|1984]])
| Next single = "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" ([[1984 in music|1984]])
|Misc = {{Extra tracklisting
| Album = [[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track =
| prev_no =
| this_track = "Lucky Star"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "[[Borderline (song)|Borderline]]"
| next_no = 2
}}
{{Extra tracklisting
| Album = [[The Immaculate Collection]]
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]"
| prev_no = 1
| this_track = "Lucky Star"
| track_no = 2
| next_track = "[[Borderline (song)|Borderline]]"
| next_no = 3
}}
}}
{{listen
|pos=right
| filename = Madonna-lucky star.ogg
| title = "Lucky Star"
| description =
| format = [[Ogg]]
}}
"'''Lucky Star'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] singer-songwriter [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]. It was first released as a single by [[Sire Records]] in the UK in September 1983, an international single release did not come until August [[1984 in music|1984]]. It appears on her [[1983 in music|1983]] debut studio album, ''[[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]'', and on the [[1990 in music|1990]] hits compilation ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]''.

==Background==
"Lucky Star" was penned by Madonna and produced by Reggie Lucas. The song was released as the last single from her debut album in August 1984, charting in the top ten in multiple countries—ultimately peaking at number four in the United States, becoming Madonna's first top five charting single. The song's chorus is famed for incorporating the famous [[Mother Goose]] nursery rhyme "Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight…"

The song was originally released in September 1983 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], as Madonna's first single release in that country, but failed to make an impact on the charts (it peaked at #171), though it eventually climbed to #14 on the UK singles chart after being re-promoted following the Top 10 success of "Holiday". The UK 7" single - in a 'Sunglasses' sleeve - is one of Madonna's rarest single releases and sells for around £500, while the 'Sunglasses' 12" is more common but still desirable and sells for £100.

The single's B-side was the album version of "I Know It," a song written by Madonna. On the [[Germany|German]] 7" vinyl single, the song "Think of Me" was included as the B-side. Again, like "I Know It", "Think of Me" was also originally included on Madonna's debut album. Some maxi-singles also featured "[[Borderline (song)|Borderline]]" as a B-side.

==Chart performance==
"Lucky Star" became Madonna's first Top 5 hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. More importantly, the single was the first of 16 consecutive Top 5 hits on the chart for her, a feat that surpassed even [[The Beatles]]' record. The track also had modest showings on both the [[Adult Contemporary]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] charts.

The single debuted on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart at #49, the week of August 25, 1984, becoming Madonna's highest debuting single at that time. The single experienced notable strides during its journey up the chart, finally peaking at #4 the week of October 20, 1984. "Lucky Star" remained in the Top 10 for 5 weeks, in the Top 20 for 8 weeks, and in the Top 40 for 12 weeks.

In the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the song was a moderate success, peaking within the Top 20 in March 1984. The original release, in Sept 1983, missed the Top 100. "Lucky Star" is one of only seven Madonna singles to miss the UK Top 10 (Everybody - 1982, Take A Bow - 1994, Oh Father - 1996, One More Chance - 1996, Love Profusion - 2003 and Miles Away - 2008 being the others).

In [[Australia]], the first territory where Madonna had enjoyed immediate chart success, the single performed rather modestly, only reaching #36 in November 1984. This can perhaps be attributed to the large Australian sales of the parent album throughout the year and the release of the "Like a Virgin" single within weeks of "Lucky Star"'s chart debut.

==Music video==
[[File:Luckystar music video.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A split screen from the music video showing Madonna in her boy-toy look, and flanked by her backup dancers]]The music video was filmed in early [[February 1984]] at [[Charlie Chaplin|Chaplin Studios]] in [[Los Angeles]] and was directed by Arthur Pierson. The video showed Madonna dancing around with her backup dancers (her brother [[Christopher Ciccone]] and friend [[Erika Belle]]), dressed in black on a white background.
<ref>[http://www.queenmadonna.com/image/screen-caps/lucky%20star/03.jpg Lucky star screencap 1]</ref>
The minimalist video exploited her "Boy Toy" image and featured Madonna with a wild haircut and dressed in black punky clothes, that she would later describe as 'rags'. The video was styled by designer [[Maripol]].<ref>[http://www.queenmadonna.com/image/screen-caps/lucky%20star/09.jpg Lucky star 2]</ref> The video is also famous for showing off her much talked about belly button.<ref>[http://www.queenmadonna.com/image/screen-caps/lucky%20star/17.jpg Lucky star 3]</ref> Two versions of the video were released commercially: an extended version using an edited [[remix]] of the song was released on Madonna's first 1984 video collection ''[[Madonna EP|Madonna]]'' (which also included "Burning Up", "Borderline", and "Like A Virgin"), and a shorter version using the album edit of the song was released on the 1990 compilation ''[[The Immaculate Collection (video)|The Immaculate Collection]]''.

*Director: Arthur Pierson
*Producer: Glenn Goodwin
*Director of Photography: Wayne Isham
*Art Director: Madonna
*Production Company: Faultline Films

== Tracklisting & formats==
'''Original versions'''
* Lucky Star (Album Version) 5:37
* Lucky Star (''Immaculate Collection'' Version) 3:37

'''Remixes'''
* Lucky Star (Extended Dance Remix) 7:15
* Lucky Star (El Gato Remix) 7:24

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Peak Position
|-
|align="left"|Australia [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|36
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|South African Singles Chart
|align="center"|4 (1986)
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|42
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|}

==Live performances==
[[File:85 virgin-078.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Performing at The Virgin tour]]
Madonna has performed "Lucky Star" during three of her concert tours, firstly on 1985's "[[The Virgin Tour]]", again on 1987's "[[Who's That Girl World Tour]]", and most recently 2006's "[[Confessions Tour]]", featuring the bassline of following song "[[Hung Up]]".

==Trivia==
* Madonna re-recorded this song in 1990 for ''The Immaculate Collection'', but this version was later abandoned and a remix of the original was used. {{Fact|date=February 2009}}
*This video was ranked number fifty on [[MTV]]'s 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made.

==Personnel==
*[[Vocals]] by Madonna.
*[[Arranged]] by Dean Gant
*[[Synthesizers]] by Dean Gant, Programming- Ed Walsh.
*Electric and acoustic [[piano]]s by Dean Gant
*[[Guitar]]s by Reggie Lucas, Ira Siegal and Paul Pesco.
*Drum programming by Reggie Lucas and Leslie Ming.
*Tenor [[saxophone]] by Bobby Malach.
*Background vocals by Gwen Guthrie, Norma Jean Wright, Madonna, Brenda White and Chrissy Faith.

==Credits==
* Written by Madonna
* Produced by Reggie Lucas.
* Remixed by [[John "Jellybean" Benitez]].

==Included on==
*''[[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]''
*''[[The Immaculate Collection]]''
*''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'' Original Soundtrack
*''[[The Confessions Tour]]''

==Cover versions==
* The 2000 album ''Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 2'' included a [[trip hop]] cover of the song by [[Switchblade Symphony]].<ref>http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/29e22.html</ref>
* A [[folk music]] cover of the song by Alexandra Hope was included on the 2007 Madonna tribute compilation ''[[Through the Wilderness]]''.

==Appearances in other media==
* This song was featured in the 1988 movie ''[[Running on Empty (film)|Running on Empty]]'' in the scene where River Phoenix's character is in music class.
* This song was featured twice in the 2000 British movie ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]''. First as character Bullet Tooth Tony is shot and second as he assaults another man. Upon hearing this he proclaims: "I love this track."

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/first/lucky-star.htm Mad-Eyes.net - "Lucky Star" Single Page]

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rockit]]" by [[Herbie Hancock]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[Number-one dance hits of 1983 (USA)|number-one single]] (with "[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]")
| years = [[September 24]], [[1983]] - [[November 22]], [[1983]]
| after = "[[Let the Music Play (song)|Let the Music Play]]" by [[Shannon (singer)|Shannon]]
}}
{{end box}}

{{Madonna}}
{{Madonna songs}}

[[Category:1980s pop songs]]
[[Category:1984 singles]]
[[Category:1984 songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Madonna songs]]

[[es:Lucky Star]]
[[fr:Lucky Star (chanson)]]
[[it:Lucky Star (canzone)]]
[[ka:Lucky Star]]
[[pl:Lucky Star (singel)]]
[[pt:Lucky Star]]
[[ro:Lucky Star]]
[[ru:Lucky Star]]
[[tr:Lucky Star]]

Die!

2009-04-05T07:50:46Z

Modbear: + ru

{{DISPLAYTITLE:die!}}
{{Korrekter Titel|[die!]}}
{{Infobox Band
|Bild =
|Bildbeschreibung =
|Bildbreite =
|Name = [die!]
|Gründung = 1995
|Auflösung =
|Genre = [[Neue Deutsche Härte]]
|Gründer1a = Kai Engel
|Gründer1b = Gesang & Keyboard
|Gründer2a = Oliver „Olli“ Jung
|Gründer2b = Gesang & Gitarre
|Besetzung1a = Matthias „Matze“ Elsholz (seit 2007)
|Besetzung1b = Gesang
|Besetzung2a = Georg Platen (seit 1995)
|Besetzung2b = Gitarre
|Besetzung3a = Mathias Fieberg (seit 2001)
|Besetzung3b = Bass
|Besetzung4a = Patric Busch (seit 1995)
|Besetzung4b = Schlagzeug
|Ehemalige1a = Arthur Pucilowski (2001)
|Ehemalige1b = Bass
|Ehemalige2a = Oliver „Olli“ Jung (seit 2007)
|Ehemalige2b = Gesang
|Ehemalige3a = Kai Engel (seit 1996)
|Ehemalige3b = Gesang & Keyboard
}}

'''[die!]''' ist eine 1995 gegründete [[Neue Deutsche Härte|Neue-Deutsche-Härte]]-Band.

== Bandgeschichte ==

[Die!] wurde 1995 von Oliver Jung und Kai Engel gegründet. Kurz darauf stiegen Georg Platen und Patric Busch in die Band ein. 1996 zog sich Kai Engel zurück und verließ die Band. Im selben Jahr fand man dann den Bassisten Arthur Pucilowski.
Mit ihm brachte die Band 1998 Das [[Debüt]]-Album ''Schluss mit lustig'' auf den Markt, das einzige Album mit Pucilowski - er verließ die Band im September 2001. Matthias Fieberg stieß Ende September 2001 zur Band und vervollständigte das Quartett.

Im September 2002 unterschrieb [die!] einen Vertrag mit der Firma ZAP PRODUCTION über drei Songs. Ab hier begann die
professionelle Arbeit mit dem Produzenten Christian Dzida. Es entstand der CD Sampler ''DER GREIF - Die Musikversion'', inspiriert von [[Wolfgang Hohlbein]]s [[Fantasy]] Roman ''Der Greif''. Unter anderem sind auch Songs von [[Ayman]], [[Glashaus (Band)|Glashaus]] und [[Megaherz]] auf dem Album, [die!] steuerte zwei Stücke bei.

Im August 2004 unterschrieb [die!] bei der [[Gummersbach]]er [[Plattenfirma]] ''Black Bards Entertainment''. Im Januar 2005 wurde das erste gemeinsame Projekt ''Manche bluten ewig'', zum 10 jährigen Bandbestehen, veröffentlicht. Im selben Jahr ging die Band als [[Support]] von Megaherz auf eine dreiwöchige Deutschland-[[Tournee]].

Im Jahr 2006 veröffentlichte die Band das neue Album ''Stigmata'', bei dem der ehemalige Sänger der Band Megaherz, Matthias Elsholz mitwirkte. 2007 verließ Oliver Jung die Band und wurde durch Matthias Elsholz ersetzt.

== Diskografie ==
=== Alben ===

* 1998: ''Schwarz''
* 2000: ''Schluss mit lustig''
* 2005: ''Manche bluten Ewig''
* 2006: ''Stigmata''

=== Sonstige & Sampler ===

* 2002: ''Der Greif "Hörspiel-Mit kleinen Sprechrollen von Olli, Georg & Patric"''
* 2002: ''Der Greif "Musikversion-Mit zwei Songs von [die!]"''
* 2005: ''[[Zillo]] 02/05''
* 2005: ''Orkus Compilation 6''
* 2005: ''Gothic Compilation 27''
* 2006: ''Gothic Compilation 35''
* 2007: ''Mystic Spirits Vol.16''
''
== Weblinks ==
*[http://www.die-music.de/ Offizielle Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/diemusic Myspace Website]

[[Kategorie:Deutsche Band]]
[[Kategorie:Neue-Deutsche-Härte-Band]]

[[ru:DIE!]]

Darkseed

2009-04-03T19:36:09Z

Modbear: + ru:Darkseed

{{Infobox Band
|Foto =
|Name = Darkseed
|Gründung = 1992
|Auflösung =
|Neugründung =
|Genre = [[Gothic Metal]]
|Website = http://www.darkseed.com
|Gründer =
|Gründer1a = Stefan Hertrich (bis 2006)
|Gründer1b = [[Gesang]], [[Elektronik]] und [[Liedtext]]e
|Gründer2a = Harald Winkler (bis 1996)
|Gründer2b = [[Schlagzeug]]
|Besetzung =
|Besetzung1a = Harald Winkler (seit 2008)
|Besetzung1b = Gesang
|Besetzung2a = Tom Gilcher (seit 1999)
|Besetzung2b = [[E-Gitarre|Gitarre]]
|Besetzung3a = Thomas Herrmann (seit 1995)
|Besetzung3b = Gitarre
|Besetzung4a = Armin Dörfler (seit 2003)
|Besetzung4b = [[Keyboard]]
|Besetzung5a = Michael Behnke (seit 2008)
|Besetzung5b = [[E-Bass|Bass]]
|Besetzung6a = Maurizio Guolo (seit 2004)
|Besetzung6b = Schlagzeug
|Ehemalige =
|Ehemalige1a = Andi Wecker
|Ehemalige1b = Gitarre
|Ehemalige2a = Jacek Dworok
|Ehemalige2b = Gitarre
|Ehemalige3a = Daniel Kirstein
|Ehemalige3b = Gitarre
|Ehemalige4a = Rico Galvagno
|Ehemalige4b = Bass
|Ehemalige5a = Martin Motnik
|Ehemalige5b = Bass
|Ehemalige6a = Willi Wurm
|Ehemalige6b = Schlagzeug
}}
'''Darkseed''' ist eine deutsche [[Gothic Metal|Gothic-Metal]]-Band, die 1992 von Stefan Hertrich und Harald Winkler gegründet wurde.

Ihren Durchbruch schaffte die Band mit dem im Jahre 2000 erschienenen "Diving Into Darkness". Die Musik der sechs Mitglieder stellt eine Mischung aus harten Metalriffs mit dem melancholischen Klang eines düsteren Goth-Songs ohne weitläufige Klischees dar.
Darkseed steuerte zu dem [[Endzeit]]-[[Computer-Rollenspiel|Rollenspiel]] [[The Fall (Computerspiel)|"The Fall - Last Days of Gaya"]] den OST bei, welcher auf dem 2005 erschienenen Album "Ultimate Darkness" zu finden ist. Die Songtexte sind sowohl in Englisch als auch in Deutsch gesungen.

Mitte August 2006 verließen Stefan Hertrich und Martin Motnik die Band. Nach Stefan Hertrichs Austritt, der fast alle Songs selbst schrieb, schien die Band vor ihrem endgültigen Aus zu stehen.
Doch am 24.Juni 2008 wurde auf der offiziellen Webseite ein Auftritt auf dem Helion Festival am 4.Oktober in [[München]] bekannt gegeben. Als neuer Sänger soll der ehemalige Schlagzeuger Harald Winkler auftreten.

== Diskografie ==
*''Romantic Tales'' (MCD, 1994)
*''Midnight Solemnly Dance'' (1996)
*''Spellcraft'' (1997)
*''Romantic Tales'' ([[Wiederveröffentlichung]], MCD, 1998)
*''Give Me Light'' (1999)
*''Diving Into Darkness'' (2000)
*''Astral Adventures'' (2003)
*''Ultimate Darkness'' (2005)

== Weblinks ==
* [http://www.darkseed.com Offizielle Darkseed-Seite]
* [http://laut.de/wortlaut/artists/d/darkseed/index.htm Darkseed] bei [[laut.de]]

[[Kategorie:Gothic-Metal-Band]]
[[Kategorie:Deutsche Band]]

[[en:Darkseed (German band)]]
[[es:Darkseed]]
[[it:Darkseed (gruppo musicale)]]
[[pl:Darkseed]]
[[ru:Darkseed]]

X87

2009-03-27T23:08:40Z

Modbear: interlanguage links

{{lowercase}}

{{Mergefrom|Intel 80287|date=March 2008}}
{{Mergefrom|Intel 80387|date=March 2008}}
{{Mergefrom|Intel 80487|date=March 2008}}

'''x87''' is a math-related instruction subset of the [[x86 architecture]] of [[Central processing unit|processors]]. It is so called because initially such instructions were processed by an [[coprocessor#Intel coprocessors| external coprocessor]] chip [[8087| with a number ending in 87]]. Like other extensions to the basic processor instruction set, these instructions are not strictly needed to construct working programs, but provide hardware implementation of common mathematical tasks, allowing these tasks to be performed much faster. For example, the x87 instruction set includes instructions to calculate the [[Trigonometric function|sine]] or [[Trigonometric function|cosine]] of a value.

All Intel and AMD processors since the [[Intel 80486|80486DX]] have had these instructions built into the main CPU. The term 'x87' is still used to refer to that part of the instruction set that performs conventional floating point operations; [[compiler]]s may use these instructions to make code that operates faster than if it used library calls to perform floating-point operations.

The x87 instructions are compatible with the [[IEEE-754]] standard for floating-point. However, x87 does not perform operations according to strict IEEE-754 formats, since it uses wide registers internally. A given sequence of arithmetic operations may thus behave differently on a x87 and a processor implementing strict IEEE-754 formats.<ref>David Monniaux, ''[http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00128124/en The pitfalls of verifying floating-point computations]'', to appear in ACM TOPLAS</ref>

The x87 does not organise its registers as a register array, as most computer architectures do, but as a ''register stack'', meaning that only the top two registers are available for operations, and that accessing the other registers requires stack-manipulation operations. While convenient for human programmers, this organisation makes it difficult for compilers to schedule x87 code effectively.

Starting from the [[Pentium 4]], the [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]] unit implements single-precision, then in later versions double-precision, IEEE-754 formats. The x87 unit is largely deprecated{{Fact|date=September 2008}} on the 64-bit [[x86-64]] architecture and associated 64-bit implementations of operating systems such as [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and [[Linux]] though it is still well supported for full compatibility with older applications.

==List of x87 generations==
* [[Intel 8087]]
* [[Intel 80C187]]
* [[Intel 80287]]
* [[Intel 80387]]
* [[Intel 80487]] - actually a full-blown [[Intel 80486|80486DX]] processor
* NexGen [[Nx587]] - the only member

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [[Intel Corporation|Intel Corp.]], ''IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 1: Basic Architecture'', order number 253665-017

==See also==

*[[x86]]
*[[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]]
*[[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]], [[SSE2]], [[SSE3]], [[SSSE3]], [[SSE4]], [[SSE5]]
*[[3DNow!]]
*[[SIMD]]

==External links==
*[http://www.coprocessor.info Coprocessor.info : x86 Coprocessor development & history knowledge]
*[http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Techdoc/Cpu/coproc.txt Everything you always wanted to know about math coprocessors]

[[Category:X86 architecture]]

{{comp-eng-stub}}

[[bg:X87]]
[[es:X87]]
[[it:Architettura x87]]
[[pl:X87]]
[[pt:X87]]
[[ru:X87]]