"Runnin' (Dying to Live)" Enters the German Singles Chart and Climbs to Number 12

In the US, “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” was already in the top 20 in December 2003, while in Germany success arrived with the new year. On the chart of January 12, 2004, the single, featuring Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., entered as a new arrival at number 25. One week later it moved up one spot, and on January 26 it leaped straight to number 12. The track reached this position a second time on February 9, climbing no higher. The song comes from the soundtrack to the documentary film Tupac: Resurrection. As creators of the music and lyrics, the Official German Charts credit Edgar Winter and Marshall Mathers, meaning Eminem, alongside Tupac and Christopher Wallace.

Fourteen Weeks on the Chart

Through the end of February, “Runnin’” held between positions 12 and 14. After that, it slid downward week by week: 17, 20, 27, 30, 38, 54. On April 12, 2004, the single appeared for the final time, at number 59. That brought its run in 2004 to fourteen weeks on the charts. In the 2004 year-end standings, it finished at position 64 on the German singles year-end chart.

A note on the tally: The database of the Official German Charts lists April 20, 1998 (number 92) as the first chart entry for this listing and counts a total of 19 weeks. It apparently factors in the older 1998 single “Runnin’”. The fourteen weeks mentioned above refer solely to 2004.