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"Rock Me Amadeus" is a song recorded by Austrian musician Falco for his third studio album, Falco 3 (1985). The single was made available for physical sale in 1985 in German-speaking Europe, through A&M .
As a reaction, Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal. He parted ways with Ponger and chose a new production team: the brothers Rob and Ferdi Bolland from the Netherlands. [7] Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus", inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in ...
The album was released in the US, the UK and Japan (and a few other countries) with a different track listing: the singles "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling" are presented in extended mixes, the 'Salieri Version' (8:20) and the 'Metternich Arrival Mix' (7:38), whereas in the rest of the world, the album uses the normal European singles mixes.
"Rock Me Amadeus" Falco: 29 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna: 30 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi: 31 "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean: 32 "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson: 33 "These Dreams" Heart: 34 "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" Glass Tiger: 35 "Live to Tell" Madonna: 36 "Mad About You" Belinda Carlisle: 37 ...
Austrian singer Falco released nine studio albums, four live albums, 13 compilation albums, and 38 singles. In 1981, he released his first single, "That Scene", which did not enter the charts. His second single and the first of his first studio album, " Der Kommissar ", peaked at number one on the German and Austrian single charts.
The Longplayer was published on Falco's 50th birthday. It was released in two versions. The limited edition additionally contains the song "Urban Tropical" (original flipside of the "Rock Me Amadeus" single from 1985), which was only available on vinyl before. There is also a DVD with the same name, which is a documentary about Falco's life and ...
Falco enjoyed a limited international success with "Vienna Calling" in late 1985, following the worldwide hit of his previous single "Rock Me Amadeus". In addition to reaching the top 10 in several European countries, it also made the top 20 in New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.
All titles on the album were filmed for an approximately one-hour film contribution Falco – Heroes of Today by DoRo commissioned by ORF. After Falco's death a book was published that was named after the song found on the album, Hoch als nie. In addition, a best-of CD/DVD was released in 2007 with the same name (see Hoch wie nie).