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
Munich Girl
Falco Lyrics
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And I won't wanna make any advertising
You know?
All right
Honey, honey, sugar sweet
Komm' hol mich rauf
Mach mir den Zuckerhut, mach mir den Zucker
Dollar oder Deutschmark, never mind, it's alright
Vergiss die Wäsche, tu es and kill the light
Du bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Komm nimm, komm nimm den ersten Schein
Munich girls, lookin' for love
Munich girls, lookin' for love
Tag und Nacht, lookin' for love
Here she comes
She's lookin' for love
It's the Munich thing
Du machst es gut
Du machst es besser
Du machst es mir ganz einfach wunderbar
Nur mehr Champagner, ha?
Auf Blinis Kaviar, na klar
I'm Mick the Chick
I do it quick
Weiße Nächte P1
Kopf oder Zahl
I'm the one
I'm the one
Und meins ist deins
Du bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Komm nimm den, komm nimm den, komm nimm den nächsten Schein
Tag und Nacht, lookin' for love
Lookin' for love
She's lookin' for love
Tag und Nacht, lookin' for love
She's lookin' for love
Munich girls, lookin' for love
Here she comes, she's lookin' for love
Du bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Komm nimm den, komm nimm den letzten, komm nimm den aller letzten Schein
Munich girls, lookin' for love
Munich girls
She's lookin' for love
Tag und Nacht, lookin' for love
She's lookin' for love
Here she comes
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
She's lookin' for love
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
Munich girls
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
Munich girls
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
And she's comin'
Munich girls
The song "Munich Girls" by Falco is about a man named Johnnie Walker who is in Munich and encounters a woman who is looking for love. The man is attracted to the woman and is willing to spend money on her to impress her. The lyrics are written in a mix of English and German, which was common in Falco's music.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Munich Girls," which emphasizes the idea that the woman the singer encounters is representative of a certain type of woman from Munich that he is interested in. The singer is also interested in the woman's beauty, saying that she is "too beautiful to be alone."
The lyrics also hint at the idea that the woman is looking for someone wealthy, as the singer mentions using "Dollar oder Deutsch Mark" to pay for things. Additionally, the singer seems to suggest that the relationship is transactional, singing "meins ist deins" which translates to "mine is yours."
Overall, the song is about a man's pursuit of a woman he meets in Munich and the idea that relationships can be superficial and transactional. The use of both English and German highlights the cultural divide between the singer and the Munich Girls.
Line by Line Meaning
My name is Johnnie Walker
And I won't wanna make any advertising
You know?
I'm introducing myself as Johnnie Walker and please don't misunderstand it as an advertisement.
All right now honey, honey
Sugar sweet
Komm? hol mich rauf
Mach mir den zuckerhut
Mach mir den zucker
Mach mir ihn obenauf
Hey sweetie, come pick me up! Let's have some sweet time together, make me feel special, and crown me with sugar.
Dollar oder Deutsch Mark
Never mind
It?s allright
Vergiß die wäsche
Tu es
And kill the light
Whether it's dollar or Deutsch Mark, don't worry, let's forget about the laundry and turn off the lights.
do bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Komm nimm den ersten schein
You're too beautiful to be alone, and there's no turning back now. Let's take the chance and go for it.
(Munich Girls)
(Lookin? for love)
She's lookin? for love
(Munich Girls)
Lookin' for, lookin' for love
(Tag und nacht)
[incomprehensible]
(Lookin? for love)
She's just lookin? for love
(Here she comes)
She's lookin? for love
She's a Munich girl looking for love, day and night, and here she comes, still looking for love.
It?s the Munich thing
Do machst es gut
Do machst es besser
Do machst es mir ganz einfach wunderbar
Mehr champgner auf
Blinis kaviar, na klar
It's the Munich lifestyle, you're doing so well, improving it, making it wonderful for me. Let's have more champagne, blinis, and caviar.
I'm mick the chic
I do it quick
Weiße nächte
Kopf oder zahl
I'm the one
I'm the one
Und meins ist deins
I'm cool and stylish, and I move quickly. Let's gamble tonight, whether it's heads or tails, I'm the one, and everything I have is yours.
do bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Komm nimm den nächsten schein
You're too beautiful to be alone, and there's no turning back now. Let's take the next chance and go for it.
(Tag und nacht)
(Lookin? for love)
She's lookin? for love
(Tag und nacht)
For love, she's lookin'
(Munich Girls)
(Lookin? for love)
She's just lookin? for love
(Here she comes)
She's lookin? for love
She's a Munich girl looking for love, day and night, and here she comes, still looking for love.
do bist zu schön
Zu schön allein zu sein
There's no way back
Nimm den letzen
Nimm den allerletzen schein
You're too beautiful to be alone, and there's no turning back now. Let's take the last chance and go for it.
(Munich Girls)
(Lookin? for love)
Lookin' for love
(Munich Girls)
She's comin', she's lookin'
(Tag und nacht)
(Lookin? for love)
She's lookin? for love
(Here she comes)
She's comin', which love?
What? Comin'!
She's a Munich girl looking for love, and she's coming to find it, day and night, still looking for love.
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
She's lookin' for love
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
She's on her way, looking for love, and she won't give up.
(Munich Girls)
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
(Munich Girls)
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
And she's comin?
She's still coming, looking for love, and she won't stop until she finds it.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Johann Hoelzel, Ric Ocasek
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