Fairytale Gone Bad

"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.

"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)

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