Cliffs of Gallipoli

"Cliffs of Gallipoli"
Single by Sabaton
from the album The Art of War
B-side Ghost Division
Released 9 May 2008
Format CD single
Genre Power metal
Length 5:41
Label Black Lodge
Writer(s) Joakim Brodén, Sundström
Producer(s) Sabaton
Sabaton singles chronology
"N/A" "'Cliffs of Gallipoli'"
(2008)
"Ghost Division"
(May 2008)
Music video
"Cliffs of Gallipoli" on YouTube

"Cliffs of Gallipoli" is a single by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton and it is also the seventh track from their album The Art of War inspired by Turkish songwriter Selim Tangerli.

"Cliffs of Gallipoli" was the first single from the album and it also contains the B-side Ghost Division.

The song is about the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. The song is written as a tribute to the soldiers who fought and died there. Lyrics are inspired by the words of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander at Gallipoli and also the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.

The B-side, "Ghost Division", is about Rommel's 7th Panzer division during the invasion of France in 1940.

Chart

Year (2008) Top position
Swedish Singles Chart 1 [1]
Preceded by
"Fotbollsfest" by Frans feat. Elias
Swedish Singles Chart number-one single
June 5, 2008 – June 12, 2008
Succeeded by
"Sverige, det bästa på vår jord" by Markoolio

References

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