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The song was released in Europe in 1985 in its original, German-language version. For the international markets (United States, UK, Japan, etc.), several different single and extended mixes were produced by Rob Bolland; none of them were solely an English-language version, but the international single versions reduced the German lyrics.
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 song reached No. 74 on the US Cashbox chart in 1983, [2] while failing to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 or on the UK Singles Chart. Falco would break through with major hits in those countries two albums later, with the Falco 3 singles "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling" in 1986. Updated remixes of "Der Kommissar" were released by ...
"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.
The song contains numerous samples such as "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica, the Pac-Man theme song, and Homer Simpson shouting "holy macaroni" from the "Treehouse of Horror VI" episode of The Simpsons. A music video for the single was released in June 2000.
Chris Connelly, Nick Holmes and Jimmy Urine would appear on the album as guests, the latter on a cover of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". [1] In January 2019 the band revealed the album's tracklist. [20] Two days before the album's release, a video for "Rock Me Amadeus" directed by Jason Alacrity and Jason Jensen premiered at Baeble Music. [21] [22]
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" is a song recorded by Croatian pop band Riva with music composed by Rajko Dujmić and lyrics written by Stevo Cvikić. It represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 , held in Lausanne , resulting in the country's only ever win at the contest.