Ich Troje

Ich Troje ("The Three of Them") is a Polish pop band. Ich Troje was founded in 1996 by songwriter Michał Wiśniewski and composer Jacek Łągwa. Since 2000, Ich Troje has been one of the most successful Polish groups. They have sold more than 1.5 million records since June 2001. Their songs are typically about love, betrayal and break-ups. They represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: with "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" in 2003 and "Follow My Heart" in 2006.

Ich Troje
Background information
Origin	Łódź, Poland
Genres	pop
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Koch International Poland, Universal Music Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Etiennette Media, EMI Music Poland
Website	www.ichtroje.pl
Members	Michał Wiśniewski Jacek Łągwa Agata Buczkowska
Past members	Magda Femme Justyna Majkowska Anna Wiśniewska Jeanette Vik Justyna Panfilewicz Marta Milan

Members

Former members are Magdalena Pokora (a.k.a. Magda Femme, 1996–2000), Justyna Majkowska (2000–2003), Elli Mücke (2003) and Ania Wisniewska (2003–2010). After a series of auditions including fan votes, Norwegian singer Jeanette Vik was in December 2010 chosen as the band's next lead singer.

Eurovision 2003

On 25 January 2003, Polish TV viewers chose Ich Troje to represent them in 2003 Eurovision Song Contest by televoting. The band took part in the contest with the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" (English translation: "No Borders"), a trilingual song performed in German, Polish and Russian. The song is a dramatic ballad, in which the singers express their desire to be astronauts, gazing down from space at the earth. As well as the beauty of the spectacle, they sing that from that distance it is impossible to see borders, flags and warfare. The theme of the need for peace is underscored by the multilingual lyrics, in which Polish is performed alongside the languages of two neighbouring states which have historically fought with Poland. The song received the maximum 12 points from Germany but none from Russia. The song finished 7th in a field of 26 entries.

A fully German version of the song was recorded as well. Another trilingual version (French, English, Esperanto) was recorded in 2016.

Eurovision 2006

The group setup was arranged to add a fifth member when taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, by adding the German rapper O-Jay (Olaf Jeglitza) of the German Eurodance act, Real McCoy. For Eurovision, credit was Ich Troje featuring Real McCoy and the song was "Follow My Heart". Their music was castigated by critics. The song finished 11th in the semi-final failing to qualify to the final.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Intro	Released: September 9, 1996[7] Label: Koch International Poland Formats: CD, digital download[8]	—
ITI CD	Released: September 18, 1997[9] Label: Koch International Poland Formats: CD	44
3	Released: May 24, 1999[10] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	—	POL: 100,000+[11]	POL: Platinum[12]
Ad.4	Released: May 31, 2001[13] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[14]	1	POL: 500,000+[11]	POL: Diamond[15]
Po piąte...a niech gadają	Released: May 16, 2002[16] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[17]	1	POL: 500,000+[11]	POL: Diamond[15]
6-ty ostatni przystanek	Released: June 21, 2004[18] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[19]	2	POL: 35,000+[20]	POL: Gold[21]
7 grzechów głównych	Released: December 18, 2006[22] Label: Sony Music Poland Formats: CD	—
Ósmy obcy pasażer	Released: December 15, 2008[23] Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD	42
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [1]
The Best Of...	Released: September 28, 1999 Label: Koch International Poland Formats: CD	—
The Best Of...	Released: April 28, 2003[24] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	1	POL: 70,000+[20]	POL: Platinum[12]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2003-04-21. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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9. "ITI Cd. - Ich Troje - Muzyka - WP.PL". Muzyka. 1997-09-18. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
10. "3 - Ich Troje - Muzyka - WP.PL". Muzyka. 1999-05-24. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
11. "Golden - Platinum". Web.archive.org. 2001-05-24. Archived from the original on 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
12. Archived August 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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14. "Ad. 4 by Ich Troje on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2001-05-31. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
15. Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
16. "Po piąte...a niech gadają - (okładka biała) - Ich Troje - Muzyka - WP.PL". Muzyka. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
17. "1CD Po Piate... a Niech Gadaja by Ich Troje on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2002-05-16. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
18. Serwisy (2004-06-21). "Ich Troje - 6-ty ostatni przystanek - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
19. "6-ty Ostatni Przystanek by Ich Troje on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
20. Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
21. Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
22. Serwisy (2006-12-18). "Ich Troje - 7 grzechów głównych - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
23. Serwisy (2008-12-15). "Ich Troje - Ósmy obcy pasażer - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
24. Serwisy (2003-04-28). "Ich Troje - The Best Of - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

External links

Media related to Ich Troje at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Polish)