No Roots (song)

"No Roots"
Single by Alice Merton
from the EP No Roots and the album Mint
Released2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Genre
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Alice Merton
  • Nicolas Rebscher
Producer(s)Nicolas Rebscher
Alice Merton singles chronology
"No Roots"
(2016) 		"Hit the Ground Running"
(2017)
Music video
"No Roots" on YouTube

"No Roots" is the debut song by German-Irish singer Alice Merton.[2][3][4] Merton co-wrote the song with producer Nicolas Rebscher.[5][6] The song was released in Europe through Paper Plane Records in 2016 and in the United States by Mom + Pop Music on 2 February 2018.[7]

The song has reached the top 10 in Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia, and Israel, and reached the top 20 in Switzerland, and reached number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song has been certified Gold in the United States (RIAA),[8] and Platinum in Germany (BVMI) and France (SNEP).[9][10] It was added to the 'A' List of the digital UK station Radio X in March 2018 and was also receiving airplay on BBC Radio 1 and the UK's most popular station BBC Radio 2.

  1. ^ Fischer, Reed (15 March 2018). "Alice Merton on 'No Roots' Melancholy Inspiration". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ Buschmann, Heiko. "Über 300 Gigs beim Eurosonic in Groningen" (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Eloy – The Vision, The Sword & The Pyre album review". Prog. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Track By Track: Alice Merton on her debut EP". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Alice Merton – No Roots Testo Canzone". Lyrics MTV (in Italian). Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ Villa, Mattia (1 December 2016). "Alice Merton – No Roots | Going Solo". Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Alternative Music Artist Info | New Information About Alternative Recording Artists | ..." All Access. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference riaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alice Merton)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Les Certifications – SNEP". SNEP (in French). 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.