David (David Hasselhoff album)

David is the fifth studio album by American actor and singer David Hasselhoff released in September 1991 by White Records.[1] It was produced by German music producer Jack White, and features writing from White, Charles Blackwell and Mark Spiro, among others.

David
German cover art
Studio album by
David Hasselhoff
ReleasedSeptember 1991
Genre
Label
ProducerJack White
David Hasselhoff chronology
Crazy for You
(1990)		 David
(1991)		 Everybody Sunshine
(1992)
Singles from David
  1. "Do the Limbo Dance"
    Released: July 1991
  2. "Gipsy Girl"
    Released: October 1991
  3. "Hands Up for Rock 'n' Roll"
    Released: December 1991
  4. "Are You Still in Love With Me"
    Released: 1991
  5. "Casablanca"
    Released: 1992

Five singles were released from the album. Its lead single, "Do The Limbo Dance", became Hasselhoff's second number-one single in Austria, and also reached the top twenty in Germany and Switzerland. The second single, "Gipsy Girl", peaked at number 12 in Austria. The third single, "Hands Up for Rock'n Roll" peaked at number 30 in Austria. The last two singles, "Are You Still in Love with Me" and "Casablanca", failed to chart.

David reached number one in Austria and was certified double-Platinum. The album also reached the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland, and was certified Platinum in both countries. To promote the album, Hasselhoff embarked on his third tour, Dreams Come True Tour, which took across Germany, Austria and Switzerland between November and December 1991.

The album was re-released that year under the title Close to Heaven,[2] which was also the name of one of the tracks from the original David album. This version contains 10 of its 12 original tracks, with the songs "In Stereo" and "Feeling So High" not being included.

Track listing
CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do the Limbo Dance"Jack White, Charles Blackwell3:47
2."Gipsy Girl"White, Blackwell4:31
3."Are You Still in Love with Me"White, Mark Spiro4:27
4."Casablanca"White, Spiro4:11
5."I Feel Your Love in the Air"White, Spiro, Jerry Rix4:17
6."In Stereo"White, Spiro4:07
7."Hands Up for Rock'n Roll"Blackwell, White5:00
8."Feeling So High"Blackwell, White4:35
9."Close to Heaven"Rix, Peter Bischof4:11
10."Room in Your Heart"White, Spiro3:58
11."Who's Leaving Who"White, Spiro4:27
12."Taylor Ann"White3:29

Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 7

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[7] Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[8] Platinum 50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "David by David Hasselhoff". amazon.de. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. "Close to Heaven by David Hasselhoff". Discogs. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – David Hasselhoff – DAVID" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. "Swisscharts.com – David Hasselhoff – David". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. "Austrian album certifications – David Hasselhoff – David" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (David Hasselhoff; 'David')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  8. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (David Hasselhoff; 'David')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.



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