Everytime We Touch was released in the United States by Robbins Entertainment in December 2005, and peaked at #10 on March 11, 2006 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, #5 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart, #4 on the Billboard Hot Digital chart, and #1 on the Billboard Dance Radio Airplay chart. It peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Charts. Robbins has stated that they are excited by the success of this single without a ballad version to carry it on radio, even though after the Everytime We Touch album was released, stations also started playing the new Candlelight Mix.
Cascada’s first single Miracle which was released in Germany in March 2004. It would go on to be a success in that country and consequently grab the attention of Robbins Entertainment, the American label responsible for breaking European club and rhythmic artists like DJ Sammy, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Narcotic Thrust and D.H.T. onto the US pop market.
Cascada's first album, titled Everytime We Touch, was released in 2006 and peaked at #67 on the US Billboard 200, #3 on the US Billboard Top Electric Albums and #2 on the UK Album Charts. Cascada released a total of 8 singles from the album in different countries, including their first single Miracle, their breakthrough single Everytime We Touch and a few others such as Bad Boy, How Do You Do, Ready For Love, A Never Ending Dream and a cover of Savage Garden's Truly, Madly, Deeply.
Their second album, titled Perfect Day, was released in late 2007 and peaked at #70 on the US Billboard 200, #9 on the UK Albums Chart and #2 on the US Billboard Top Electric Albums. Cascada released 5 songs from this album, 3 in the US and 3 in the UK. What Hurts The Most, written by Jeffrey Steele, was the title track from the album peaking at #52 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #29 on the US Billboard Pop 100, #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay and #10 on the UK Singles Chart. Faded and Perfect Day were released in the US, with What Do You Want From Me? and Because The Night being released in the UK.
Their third album, Evacuate The Dancefloor, was released July 3. 2009. It reached #8 on the UK album chart, although it did not do so well commercial elsewhere, failing to reach the top 10 in any other country. The title single Evacuate The Dancefloor (Radio Edit) went straight into #1 in the UK singles charts, holding off competition from the late Michael Jackson. It is Cascada's first #1 in the UK. The single also reached #1 in Holland, and the top 10 in 13 other countries including Australia and Canada. It peaked at #25 in America. Fever was the second single (third in the UK) and was released October 9th 2009. It peaked at inside the top 20 in 4 countries. Dangerous was the final single from the album. It peaked at #3 in Slovenia, #10 in Finland and #67 on the UK singles chart, respectively.
Cascada has so far sold 11 million album copies, making them the most sucessful German dance act.
Faded
Cascada Lyrics
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Faded, hated (hated)
Faded, hated (hated)
You never take
Take the time to really look
Look at the one
The one I really am
You try to fit
To fit me in a perfect box
You let me slip between the cracks
Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be (don't wanna be)
Yeah I'm faded
My true color's gone
Like a picture nobody sees
I'll bet you don't
Don't even know my favorite song
You tell me how
How I should wear my hair
You wanna change
Everything I ever was
Try to erase me
Till I'm not there (Till I'm not there)
Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be (don't wanna be)
Yeah I'm faded
My true color's gone
Like a picture nobody sees
Now I've faded
Like I never was
Till I don't even know myself (myself)
Yeah I'm faded
Into what you want
But I'm not taking it too well
I don't wanna be your little picture perfect pretty girl
Who's got nothing to say (say)
I'm not gonna wait around
Let you run my whole life down
So you can watch me fade away
(Faded, hated)
You try to fit
Fit me in your perfect box
(Faded, hated)
You try to fit
Fit me in your perfect box
You try to fit
Fit me in a perfect box (perfect box, perfect box)
You let me slip (let me slip, let me slip, let me slip)
Between the cracks (between the cracks)
Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be(don't wanna be)
Yeah I'm faded
My true color's gone
Like a picture nobody sees
Yeah I've faded
Like I never was
Till I don't even know myself (myself)
Now I'm faded
Into what you want
But I'm not taking it too well
Now I'm faded
The song "Faded" by Cascada is an emotional and powerful ballad that speaks to the frustration and sadness of feeling like someone is trying to change you into someone you're not. The repeated phrase "faded, hated" reflects a feeling of loss and rejection as the singer feels themselves slipping away and being erased. The first verse speaks to the feeling of not being truly seen by someone you care about. The singer feels like they are constantly being pushed into a box that doesn't quite fit them, and that their true self is slipping away unnoticed. The second verse is more forceful, with the singer pushing back against the idea that they need to change in order to please someone else. They express their desire to be seen as they truly are and not as someone else's ideal. The bridge is an empowering moment as the singer declares that they won't be a "picture perfect pretty girl" anymore and won't let someone else run their life down. Overall, "Faded" is a moving and relatable song that speaks to the struggles of maintaining your own identity in the face of pressure to conform.
Line by Line Meaning
Faded, hated (hated)
Feeling lost and unappreciated and trapped in your expectations
You never take
You never take a moment to notice
Take the time to really look
Give me the time to notice and really understand me
Look at the one
Look at the person I truly am
The one I really am
The real me that exists beyond your judgments and preconceptions
You try to fit
You try to make me conform
To fit me in a perfect box
To mold me into what you think I should be
You let me slip between the cracks
You allowed me to fall through the gaps of your false expectations
Now I've faded
I have become a shell of who I truly am
Into someone else
I have become a distorted version of myself
Made me someone I don't wanna be (don't wanna be)
I have become a person I don't recognize or want to be
Yeah I'm faded
I've lost myself
My true color's gone
The essence of my true self is missing
Like a picture nobody sees
No one sees me for who I truly am
I'll bet you don't
I doubt you even know
Don't even know my favorite song
You don't even know something as simple as my favorite song
You tell me how
You dictate to me
How I should wear my hair
How I should present myself to the world
You wanna change
You want to mold me
Everything I ever was
You want to change everything about me
Try to erase me
You are trying to remove me from myself
Till I'm not there (Till I'm not there)
Until there's no trace of who I was
Like I never was
Like I never existed
Till I don't even know myself (myself)
Until I have lost touch with who I am
I don't wanna be your little picture perfect pretty girl
I don't want to be what you want me to be
Who's got nothing to say (say)
I want to have my own voice and say in my own life
I'm not gonna wait around
I won't sit and watch
Let you run my whole life down
Let you control my entire existence
So you can watch me fade away
So you can watch me disappear into your false expectations
You try to fit
You try to force me into your mold
Fit me in your perfect box
Mold me into your ideal version of me
Now I'm faded
Now I am lost
Into what you want
Into the version of me that you demand
But I'm not taking it too well
But I am not happy about it
Perfect box, perfect box
The idealized mold you want me to fit into
Let me slip, let me slip, let me slip, let me slip
Allow me to fall away from your expectations
Between the cracks, between the cracks
Lost in the space where your expectations fail
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JESSICA LOUISE ORIGLIASSO, LISA MARIE ORIGLIASSO, MATTHEW GERRARD, ROBERT S ROBBIE NEVIL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@supervegito2277
Vanimic If you know it why make that post??
Btw you CAN edit posts, If i have my facts straight you need google + now in order to reply to comments (i have it but i dont use it, think its cause i use gmail) it also allows for you to edit your own comments
I just replied that because my own mother DID make that assumption, and i believed it until i googled the band name
....sigh... its alot easier with Aqua that has 2 singers instead of one (im danish btw)
As for who would call themselves that?
1st off online ids and pseudonyms can give some really crazy names
2nd. not all countries have naming laws, and those that do have a pretty good reason for having them
@larziebabe
I absolutely love Cascada. She has such a beautiful powerful voice. Her songs have so much emotion and...there's nothing else like her in the entire universe. =) and she's super pretty!!!!
@tonebeatz24
Natalie has a great voice. All her hits were huge. Those were the good ol days of dance music great era early 2000's.
@corkyremano5419
This is Mid-2000s
@hisokamix4461
2000s <3 best days
@EspaALSC
This is a great song! Truly one of her best
@SeraphineMayumi
I love this song! It expresses my feelings whenever my parents are yelling at me or forcing me to do something. (Like cleaning my room!)
@otakuwinx3615
Sending love to u💜
@nanashixii8332
If there were a Candlelight Mix of Cascada's version of Faded that would be the shit. I love Natalie's voice; she sounds amazing live/acoustic.
@MyniaNY
Świetna wokalistka!!!Bardzo ładnie śpiewa i teledyski są extra!!!!Poland.
@claudielicious
this song is really good i've sung it a lot of times