Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying Read Full BioJohann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to pursue a career in music, he lived for a short time in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco," reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog, and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" which he would also include on his debut solo album Einzelhaft.
Individual success
Falco's first hit was "Der Kommissar" from the 1982 album Einzelhaft. A German language song about drug consumption that combines rap verses with a sung chorus, Falco's record was a number-one success in many countries but failed to break big in the U.S. The song, however, would prove to have a life of its own in two English-language versions. British Rock band After the Fire recorded an English cover version, loosely based on Falco's lyrics and also called "Der Kommissar" (with "uh-oh" and "alles klar Herr Kommissar" the only other lyrics held over from the original). This time, the song shot to number three in the United States (their only major hit there) in 1983, though it failed to crack the UK Top 40. The band - who had been together more than a decade - broke up almost immediately thereafter. That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics, under the title "Deep in the Dark" on her album Branigan 2.
After a second album, Junge Roemer, failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team. The result would be the most popular album and single of his career.
Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in 1986. This time, his record reached #1 in the U.S. and UK, bringing him the success that had eluded him in that major market a few years earlier. The song remained in the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3, fittingly peaked at the number three position on the Billboard album charts. Unheard of at the time for a white performer, much less a European one, the Austrian rapper's single climbed to the upper reaches of the Billboard Top R&B Singles Chart (only a few years earlier called the "Black Singles" chart), peaking at number 6. Falco 3 peaked at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the #1 spot in over a dozen countries including the Soviet Union and Japan. Follow-up single "Vienna Calling" was another international pop hit, peaking at #18 of the Billboard Charts and #17 on the U.S. Cash Box Charts in 1986. A double A-side 12" single featuring remixes of those two hits peaked at #4 on the U.S. Dance/Disco charts.
"Jeanny" the third release from the album Falco 3, brought the performer back to the top of the charts across Europe. Highly controversial when it was released in Germany and the Netherlands, the story of "Jeanny" was told from the point of view of a rapist and possible murderer. Several DJs and radio stations refused to play the ballad, which was ignored in the U.S., although it became a huge hit in many European countries, and inspired two sequels on later albums.
In 1986, the album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland). On the Album were "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)" and the song "Kamikaze Cappa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. "The Sound of Musik" was another international success, and a Top 20 U.S. Dance hit, though he failed to make the U.S. pop charts. He also went on "Emotional-Tour" which was a world tour where he ended up in Japan at 1987. In 1987, he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen "Body Next to Body" and the single was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic countries. The Album Wiener Blut was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.
After "Jeanny," there were a number of European hits, but Falco was rarely heard in the U.S. and the UK. His 1992 U.S. comeback attempt, the album Nachtflug with the song "Titanic" won a number of awards, but failed to chart in America.
Death
Falco died of severe injuries received from a collision with a bus in his Mitsubishi Pajero near the city of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic on 6 February 1998, just two weeks before his 41st birthday. While it was initially reported that the autopsy showed high blood levels of alcohol and cocaine, this was disputed. At the time of his death, he was working on a comeback into the music world.
He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.
Years active: 1974 -1998
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying Read Full BioJohann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to pursue a career in music, he lived for a short time in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco," reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog, and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" which he would also include on his debut solo album Einzelhaft.
Individual success
Falco's first hit was "Der Kommissar" from the 1982 album Einzelhaft. A German language song about drug consumption that combines rap verses with a sung chorus, Falco's record was a number-one success in many countries but failed to break big in the U.S. The song, however, would prove to have a life of its own in two English-language versions. British Rock band After the Fire recorded an English cover version, loosely based on Falco's lyrics and also called "Der Kommissar" (with "uh-oh" and "alles klar Herr Kommissar" the only other lyrics held over from the original). This time, the song shot to number three in the United States (their only major hit there) in 1983, though it failed to crack the UK Top 40. The band - who had been together more than a decade - broke up almost immediately thereafter. That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics, under the title "Deep in the Dark" on her album Branigan 2.
After a second album, Junge Roemer, failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team. The result would be the most popular album and single of his career.
Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in 1986. This time, his record reached #1 in the U.S. and UK, bringing him the success that had eluded him in that major market a few years earlier. The song remained in the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3, fittingly peaked at the number three position on the Billboard album charts. Unheard of at the time for a white performer, much less a European one, the Austrian rapper's single climbed to the upper reaches of the Billboard Top R&B Singles Chart (only a few years earlier called the "Black Singles" chart), peaking at number 6. Falco 3 peaked at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the #1 spot in over a dozen countries including the Soviet Union and Japan. Follow-up single "Vienna Calling" was another international pop hit, peaking at #18 of the Billboard Charts and #17 on the U.S. Cash Box Charts in 1986. A double A-side 12" single featuring remixes of those two hits peaked at #4 on the U.S. Dance/Disco charts.
"Jeanny" the third release from the album Falco 3, brought the performer back to the top of the charts across Europe. Highly controversial when it was released in Germany and the Netherlands, the story of "Jeanny" was told from the point of view of a rapist and possible murderer. Several DJs and radio stations refused to play the ballad, which was ignored in the U.S., although it became a huge hit in many European countries, and inspired two sequels on later albums.
In 1986, the album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland). On the Album were "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)" and the song "Kamikaze Cappa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. "The Sound of Musik" was another international success, and a Top 20 U.S. Dance hit, though he failed to make the U.S. pop charts. He also went on "Emotional-Tour" which was a world tour where he ended up in Japan at 1987. In 1987, he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen "Body Next to Body" and the single was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic countries. The Album Wiener Blut was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.
After "Jeanny," there were a number of European hits, but Falco was rarely heard in the U.S. and the UK. His 1992 U.S. comeback attempt, the album Nachtflug with the song "Titanic" won a number of awards, but failed to chart in America.
Death
Falco died of severe injuries received from a collision with a bus in his Mitsubishi Pajero near the city of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic on 6 February 1998, just two weeks before his 41st birthday. While it was initially reported that the autopsy showed high blood levels of alcohol and cocaine, this was disputed. At the time of his death, he was working on a comeback into the music world.
He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.
Years active: 1974 -1998
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Falco Lyrics
Null Uhr zehn, und keine Spur von ihr
Ihr Business läuft hoch auf Tour
Die Stärksten der Stadt ergeben sich
Gefügig ihrer Kur
„Gold'ne Nase“ heißt sie auf der Scene, ah, ah, ah
Sie schläft bei dir und sie schläft bei mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Hitze in ihr
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Oh, oh, oh
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich sehe mich nicht satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Und mich, und niemanden
Hey baby, tell your daddy what's goin' on with you
Drei Uhr zwanzig, und kein Stern in Sicht
Ein Blaulicht stoppt den Verkehr
Vier Uhr zehn liegt sie am Eis und vergisst
Die Hitze schafft sie nicht mehr
Nehmt euch den Ring, den mit den weißen Steinen
Er ist ja doch nur von mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Liebe in ihr
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Und mich, und niemanden
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich werde niemals satt
Es hat, es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johann Hoelzel, Robert Ponger
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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René Grabher
Null Uhr zehn, und keine Spur von ihr
Ihr Business läuft hoch auf Tour
Die Stärksten der Stadt ergeben sich
Gefügig ihrer Kur
„Gold'ne Nase“ heißt sie auf der Scene, ah, ah, ah
Sie schläft bei dir und sie schläft bei mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Hitze in ihr
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Oh, oh, oh
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich sehe mich nicht satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Und mich, und niemanden
Hey baby, tell your daddy what's goin' on with you
Drei Uhr zwanzig, und kein Stern in Sicht
Ein Blaulicht stoppt den Verkehr
Vier Uhr zehn liegt sie am Eis und vergisst
Die Hitze schafft sie nicht mehr
Nehmt euch den Ring, den mit den weißen Steinen
Er ist ja doch nur von mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Liebe in ihr
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für dich und mich
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Diese Stadt hat nichts für dich und mich
Und mich, und niemanden
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich sehe mich nicht satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Falco - Album Einzelhaft 1982
JK Hanie
My favorite Falco song of ALL TIME! I have the white vinyl 12" and 7" as well! Great!
Diana
Kommissar will always be a classic Falco fav! I especially love the original video where Falco’s running from the cops. 😂 It’s totally typical 80’s style when music videos had just started coming out. He’s so adorable in it! So much charisma!
“Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?”
Diana
Nic olé Kommissar is also Great! I Love it too. I love just about all my Falco’s music. Hard to pic a fav.
Nic olé
Kommissar is much better!?! 👌🏽
Diana
JK Hanie those would be worth a lot of money maybe especially in Vienna. I’m crazy enough as it is so otherwise I’ll talk to you in the selling them to me. LOL! But that’s cool that you have that. And you’re right this is one of his best songs if not the best. At least from my point of view
Diana
Papa I love this song and this particular video. Those are really cool lyrics. I never knew that’s what he was saying so I just read the whole song in English right now, it’s really bad ass. BTW, I was so scared right now...my sons nickname is Papa. That’s all I call him is Papa. So when I hit send I thought I accidentally sent him this whole thing. I had to go back and double check and then I realize you’re a Papa too! I know silly 😜 I didn’t say anything bad but still he already thinks I’m a little bit crazy over Falco cuz I adore Falco and his music. A Great talent gone way too soon.
René Grabher
Null Uhr zehn, und keine Spur von ihr
Ihr Business läuft hoch auf Tour
Die Stärksten der Stadt ergeben sich
Gefügig ihrer Kur
„Gold'ne Nase“ heißt sie auf der Scene, ah, ah, ah
Sie schläft bei dir und sie schläft bei mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Hitze in ihr
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Oh, oh, oh
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich sehe mich nicht satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Und mich, und niemanden
Hey baby, tell your daddy what's goin' on with you
Drei Uhr zwanzig, und kein Stern in Sicht
Ein Blaulicht stoppt den Verkehr
Vier Uhr zehn liegt sie am Eis und vergisst
Die Hitze schafft sie nicht mehr
Nehmt euch den Ring, den mit den weißen Steinen
Er ist ja doch nur von mir
So viel Hitze im Tiefkühlfach
So viel Liebe in ihr
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für dich und mich
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Diese Stadt hat nichts für dich und mich
Und mich, und niemanden
Na na na na na na
Und Staub zu Staub vergeht
Na na na na na na
Ich komme viel zu spät
Es war zu heiß für sie in dieser Stadt
Ihr war zu viel weiß, sie wurde niemals satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Es ist zu heiß für mich in dieser Stadt
Hier ist zu viel weiß, ich sehe mich nicht satt
Es hat zu viel Hitze und da friere ich
Ja, diese Stadt hat nichts für mich und dich
Falco - Album Einzelhaft 1982
Dav Bur
@Scheiss Kopf ich mag deinen kommentar. Ich jongliere auch gern mit worten. 😉
Am besten, oder eigentlich nur wenn es authentisch raussprudelt - wie bei dir.
Gruß
Gudula Bialek
Danke, für den Text...!
Scheiss Kopf
@Clemens K YEP! - Falco Lyrik gehört zum allerbesten Storytelling wo gibt's auf deutsch!! - vieldimensional, mehrdeutig, zynisch, witzig, traurig, genial wie obige Zeile - ich entdecke ihn gerade wieder neu.
Als Einzelhaft raus kam "het Züri brännt" und der Platzspitz explodierte mit einem Knall, den man bis nach Beirut vernahm und privat stand ich gerade am Anfang eines langen Winters mit nicht enden wollenden Schneestürmen und langen dunklen Schatten...