"Three hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody - How Felix Harrer invented the fairytale hit
DJ Felix Harrer and his colleague Jaques Raupé have gone viral in recent weeks with a techno version of the famous flute melody from the Christmas movie "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella".
For Harrer, "3 Hazelnuts" is the biggest success he has achieved with his music to date. In the German charts - be it the iTunes or single charts - the song has already reached first place everywhere. By December 22, it had already been played almost six million times on Spotify. Harrer himself is now invited to appear on programs such as Sat.1 breakfast television as a TikTok phenomenon.
"3 Hazelnuts": Nostalgia and techno
The DJ revealed to Bild that the fairytale movie is also shown at home every year. "It has a nostalgic charm that always goes down well," says Harrer. He also used this nostalgic charm for his song. In the song, the typical melody of the classic forest scene is in the foreground, but is given a lot of pressure by a techno beat.
Harrer has now revealed to "MDR" how the unusual musical combination came about: because he regularly searches through old music for remix potential, he came up with the idea for the Cinderella remix. However, he was not the first to do so: his colleague Jaques Raupé had already mixed the song in 2011. The two DJs networked via his label and released the new version together.
Harrer had not expected the success
The breakthrough finally came with a self-made TikTok video that went viral almost immediately: after just one day, two million people had already seen and, above all, heard it. The self-proclaimed popular DJ had not expected this, as Felix Harrer assured "MDR".
Incidentally, the original melody of the song was written by Czech composer Karel Svoboda (1938-2007). He had a knack for melodies that were suitable for fairy tales and children's films: among others, he wrote the music for "Maya the Bee", "Pinocchio" and "Wickie and the Strong Men".
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- On Sat.1 breakfast television, DJ Felix Harrer discussed his recent viral success with the techno remix of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody.
- Felix Harrer mentioned in an interview with MDR that the original melody from "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" is a favorite at his home and holds a special nostalgic charm.
- The new techno version of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody by DJ Felix Harrer and Jaques Raupé reached number one on various German charts, including iTunes and single charts.
- The techno remix of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody by DJ Felix Harrer and Jaques Raupé has garnered over six million streams on Spotify since its release.
- On Apple Music and Spotify, you can find the techno remix of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody by DJ Felix Harrer and Jaques Raupé, available for purchase and streaming.
- Felix Harrer's techno remix of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody has gained further popularity due to a self-made TikTok video that went viral on the platform.
- DJ Felix Harrer and Jaques Raupé were not the first to create a remix of the "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" melody, as Jaques Raupé had already mixed the song in 2011.
Source: www.stern.de
