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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. "Rock Me Amadeus" was written by Falco along with Dutch music producers Bolland & Bolland.
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 ...
"Urban Tropical" (Extended Version) (7:26) (b-side of "Rock me Amadeus 12-inch version) [first time on CD] The two-CD Deluxe Version has additional video material: "The Making Of The Legendary "Falco 3" (documentary by DoRo) which also includes the famous Salieri Version of "Rock Me Amadeus" in an edited form, running short over 7 minutes.
The Longplayer was published on Falco's 50th birthday. It was released in two versions. 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.
Elvis was also #1 with his version of "Wooden Heart" in Great Britain, also with two parts in German! Of course, you could say "Rock me Amadues" was the first true German-language song which achieved #1 but to be honest Falco uses some English words in his text, too. Secondly Falco was not the first Austrian musician to achieve #1.
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).
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Verdammt wir leben noch (Damn we're still alive) is Falco's second posthumously published album, with Out of the Dark (Into the Light) being the first one. The album consists of unreleased Falco tracks, including "Krise", which, though it has never been finished, was an experimental song Falco made at the end of 1997, several months before his death.