"Flieger" (English: "Aircraft") is a song by German singer

Helene Fischer Helene Fischer ( /heˈleːnə ˈfɪʃɚ/; German: eˈleːnə ˈfɪʃɐ born Jelena Petrovna Fischer, 5 August 1984) is a Russian-born German singer. Since her debut in 2005, she has won numerous awards, including 17 Echo awards, four "Die Kron ...

. It was written by German singer-songwriter

Kristina Bach Kristina Bach (*born Kerstin Bräuer on 07 April 1962 in Mettmann, North Rhine Westphalia, West Germany (BRD)) is a German " Schlager" , full Opern singer, lyricist, and music producer (Director). K. Bach is noted for her 3 ½- octave (f=1:8) vo ...

and Swedish musician

Figge Boström Fredrik "Figge" Boström (born 11 November 1969, in Stockholm) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and music producer. Eurovision Song Contest (national entries) Discography * 1998 Meja - Seven Sisters - All´bout The Money, Too Many Nigh's L ...

for her self-titled eighth studio album (2017), with production overseen by Andreas Herbig and Patrick Salmy along with co-producer Ricardo Munoz. An uplifting

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with heavy schlager elements, the song is built around a synthesizer instrumentation and

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

riffs. Lyrically, it has its narrator comparing her feelings towards her lover with an

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engine ...

flight. The song was released as the fourth single from ''Helene Fischer'' on 16 March 2018 and became the album's highest-charting single in Switzerland, where it peaked at number 12 on the Swiss Singles Chart. In Germany, the song reached number 19 on the

German Singles Chart The GfK Entertainment charts are the official music charts in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindust ...

, becoming Fischer's fifth top 20 entry. German DJ

Jay Frog Jürgen Frosch (born 7 May 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Frog, is a German DJ and house musician. He began a solo career when he departed the band Scooter in 2006. Since then he has released several singles on Kontor Records K ...

was consulted to produce additional remixes of the song, which appeared on a digital

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

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{{authority control 2017 songs 2018 singles Helene Fischer songs Songs in German Polydor Records singles Songs written by Figge Boström Songs written by Kristina Bach