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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 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 ...
"Jeanny" is a song by Austrian singer Falco, released in December 1985 as the third single from his third studio album, Falco 3 (1985). [1] It was written and composed by Falco and Rob and Ferdi Bolland, who also produced the song. Controversial due to its lyrics, the song nonetheless topped the charts in numerous European countries.
Kopfschuss (German for "Headshot") is the second full-length studio album by German Industrial metal band Megaherz.It was released in July 1998 via ZYX Music.. The album features a cover of a Falco song, "Rock Me Amadeus", and continued Megaherz's tradition of having one song per album based on a fairy tale with the track "Rappunzel", which alludes to the story of the same name.
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.
The fast pop-rap song is accompanied by a flute motif and a bluesy, clean guitar. Some samples ("hello") are also used, which support the telephone theme. At the end the flute plays a solo. Falco enjoyed a limited international success with "Vienna Calling" in late 1985, following the worldwide hit of his previous single "Rock Me Amadeus". In ...
Data de Groove is the sixth album by Austrian singer Falco, released in May 1990 – a collaboration with producer Robert Ponger.It was dedicated to the upcoming computer era and peaked at number 11 in Austria.