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Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar
Der Kommissar (song)

"" is a song first recorded by Falco in German in 1981, covered a year later by After The Fire and reworked in 1983 by Laura Branigan. Originally written by Robert Ponger and Falco, the Falco version reached the top of the charts in many countries....
," "Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic....
," "Jeanny
Jeanny

"Jeanny" is a song by the Austrian people musician Falco , who said that it was inspired by serial killer Jack Unterweger.The song was the third single of Falco's album Falco 3....
," and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)." He is the first and so far only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 song.

His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.

in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to become a real musician, he lived for a short time in West Berlin
West Berlin

West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors established in 1945....
, singing in a jazz-rock band.






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Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar
Der Kommissar (song)

"" is a song first recorded by Falco in German in 1981, covered a year later by After The Fire and reworked in 1983 by Laura Branigan. Originally written by Robert Ponger and Falco, the Falco version reached the top of the charts in many countries....
," "Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic....
," "Jeanny
Jeanny

"Jeanny" is a song by the Austrian people musician Falco , who said that it was inspired by serial killer Jack Unterweger.The song was the third single of Falco's album Falco 3....
," and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)." He is the first and so far only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 song.

His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.

Early years

Born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to become a real musician, he lived for a short time in West Berlin
West Berlin

West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors established in 1945....
, singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco," reportedly in tribute to the East German skier 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
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 player in the Austrian hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
-punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 band Drahdiwaberl
Stefan Weber

Stefan Weber is a retired Austrian art teacher and the lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Vienna band Drahdiwaberl.Weber founded the band in 1969 in the wake of the events of 1968....
 (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
Der Kommissar (song)

"" is a song first recorded by Falco in German in 1981, covered a year later by After The Fire and reworked in 1983 by Laura Branigan. Originally written by Robert Ponger and Falco, the Falco version reached the top of the charts in many countries....
," from the 1982 album Einzelhaft
Einzelhaft

Einzelhaft, , is the name of the first album by Falco . It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland...
. 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
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band After the Fire
After the Fire

After the Fire is a United Kingdom Rock music Musical ensemble that progressed from playing progressive rock to New Wave music over their initial 12 year career while having only one hit in the United States and one hit in the United Kingdom ....
 recorded an English cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
, 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
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (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
Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actor of Irish American ancestry. She is best known for her Top-10 hit "Self Control" , her biggest hit from the Platinum album of the same name....
 recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics, under the title "Deep In The Dark," on her album Branigan 2
Branigan 2

Branigan 2 is the second album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1983 .The first single released from this album was "Solitaire ", which started climbing the charts in the spring of 1983....
.

After a second album, Junge Roemer
Junge Roemer

Junge Roemer is the second album by the Austrian pop rap artist Falco , released in 1984 ....
, failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, 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
Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic....
" inspired in part by the Oscar
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning film Amadeus
Amadeus (film)

Amadeus is a 1984 in film drama film directed by Milo? Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Based on Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the film is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the later half of the 18th century....
, 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
Billboard

Billboard is a weekly United States magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized Record chart that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis....
 Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3
Falco 3

Falco 3 is the third album by Falco , released in 1985.In the U.S. it peaked at number 3 in the Billboard 200 albums charts and at #18 in their Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts....
, 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
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop music albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan....
 charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the #1 spot in over a dozen countries including the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. 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
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, 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
Emotional (album)

Emotional is the name of the fourth studio album/single by the Austrian musician Falco . It was released in 1986. Like the name says it sounds very emotional....
 was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland
Bolland & Bolland

Bolland & Bolland are two Netherlands record producers - the brothers Rob and Ferdi Bolland .They produced and wrote for artists like Falco , Samantha Fox , and wrote the Status Quo hit "In the Army Now " - which they released under their own name in 1981 and which was also recorded by Gerard Joling....
). On the Album were "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)," and songs about Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner

Mary Kathleen Turner , better known as Kathleen Turner, is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor....
 and the song "Kamikaze Cappa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa
Robert Capa

Robert Capa was born Endre Erno Friedmann . A self-proclaimed "photo-journalist," he was a 20th century combat photographer who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War....
. "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 were he ended up in Japan at 1987. In 1987, he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish actress who became known for appearing in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and then marrying Rocky's star, Sylvester Stallone....
 "Body Next to Body" and the single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic
Germanic Europe

Germanic Europe is the part of Northern Europe Europe in which Germanic culture is predominant. The Germanic languages are key to inclusion, although some, where such a language serves only regionally or significantly unofficially, are also included, based on other cultural circumstances, such as the presence of Protestantism, the Christianit...
 countries. The Album Wiener Blut was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.

In 1990, he made a song for Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an United States actor and former Model . Known for her trademark Melanocytic nevus just above her lip, she has adorned more magazine covers than any model in history....
 and Tatjana Patitz
Tatjana Patitz

Tatjana Patitz is a Germans model and actress who rose to prominence in the 1980s and '90s....
, "Tanja P. not Cindy C.," which appeared on the Album Data de Groove.

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
Nachtflug

Nachtflug is the eighth album by Falco .In Germany, Falco returned in the album and single charts again after 4 years of absence there and a time only charting in his home country Austria....
 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
Mitsubishi Pajero

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. It was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which inhabits the Patagonia region in southern Argentina....
 near the city of Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata

San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican Republic Provinces of the Dominican Republic Puerto Plata ....
, in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
 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
Zentralfriedhof

The Zentralfriedhof is situated in the district of Simmering , Simmeringer Hauptstra?e 230?244, Vienna 1110, Austria, and is the largest and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries....
 (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.

Falco in popular culture


In 1986, Weird Al featured the song "Rock Me Amadeus" in his polka song "Polka Party."

In 1998, Rob and Ferdi Bolland
Bolland & Bolland

Bolland & Bolland are two Netherlands record producers - the brothers Rob and Ferdi Bolland .They produced and wrote for artists like Falco , Samantha Fox , and wrote the Status Quo hit "In the Army Now " - which they released under their own name in 1981 and which was also recorded by Gerard Joling....
 (Dutch producers and co-writers of about half of Falco's albums) released the EP Tribute to Falco under the name "The Bolland Project feat. Alida." The title track featured samples of Falco's music; the other tracks were "We Say Goodbye" and "So Lonely."

In 1999, the Bloodhound Gang
Bloodhound Gang

The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative rock rock band from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, often satire lyrics....
 sampled "Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic....
" in their song "Mope
MOPE

MOPE may refer to:* Ministry of Population and Environment, a government ministry in Nepal.* "Most Oppressed People Ever", a derogatory term used in political discourse in Northern Ireland....
," referring to Falco as "that money making playa that ain't with us no mo," and a "gang bangin' thug that never seen it comin'."

In 2004, Mexican metal band Molotov
Molotov (band)

Molotov is a three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican Rock music and Hip hop music band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish language and English language, rapped and sung by all members of the group....
 released a tribute song for Falco called "Amateur (Rock Me Amadeus)" (in the Molotov comedy style).

In The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 episode A Fish Called Selma
A Fish Called Selma

"A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons The Simpsons and originally aired on March 24, 1996. The episode sees Troy McClure attempt to resurrect his acting career by marrying Selma Bouvier....
 Falco's tune "Rock Me Amadeus" receives a slightly offbeat tribute in the musical presentation of Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (1968 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner loosely based on the novel Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle....
 (starring Troy McClure
Troy McClure

Troy McClure is a fictional character in the American animation sitcom The Simpsons. He was voice acting by Phil Hartman, and first appears in the second season episode "Homer vs....
). The repeated tag of "Amadeus Amadeus" is transferred into "Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius

Dr. Zaius is a fictional character in the Pierre Boulle novel Planet of the Apes, and the Planet of the Apes and Planet of the Apes based upon it....
, Dr. Zaius." A later episode, "Behind the Laughter," features Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
 saying, "Thank you, Taco
Taco Ockerse

Taco Ockerse is a singer popularly known as Taco.Taco gained international stardom when in 1982 he recorded a distinctive cover record of the Irving Berlin composition, "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Germany, which made him famous early the next year ....
, for that loving tribute to Falco," as well as the very end of that fictional tribute.

A movie, Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch!, was released in Austria on 7 February 2008, ten years and one day after Falco's death. This title
Verdammt wir leben noch

Verdammt wir leben noch is Falco's posthumously-published album. On the CD there are songs which should have been on Falco's last album "Egoisten"....
 is also the name of a posthumously-published album by Falco and roughly translates to "Damn it, we're still alive!" Written and directed by Thomas Roth, the movie features Manuel Rubey, who is a musician himself, as adult Johann 'Falco' Hölzel.

Falco's good friend Niki Lauda
Niki Lauda

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One racing driver and three-time List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions....
 named one of the Boeing airplanes in his Lauda Air
Lauda Air

Lauda Air is an airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled leisure flights and charters to holiday destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean and South-East Asia....
 fleet "Falco."

In Family Guy season 4 episode 6
Petarded

"Petarded" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy, which originally broadcast on June 19, 2005. It was written by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild and directed by Seth Kearsley....
,"Rock Me Amadeus" was featured when a closeup of a tumor
Brain tumor

A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within the brain or inside the skull, which can be cancerous or non-cancerous .It is defined as any cranium tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled Mitosis, normally either in the brain itself , in the cranial nerves , in the brain envelopes , skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from...
 on Lois' brain was shown singing the words "I'm a tumor" to the tune of "Rock Me Amadeus."

In the the Fox tv series The Tick
The Tick (live action TV series)

The Tick is an United States sitcom based on the The Tick Tick . It aired on Fox Broadcasting Company in late 2001 in television and was produced by Sony Pictures Television....
, the character Bat Manuel is overheard on the phone saying, "Si, Falco is dead. Amadeus Amadeus, he is a dead person."

A Subaru
Subaru

is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....
 television commercial for the Impreza sedan features some German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 road testers all singing along to Rock Me Amadeus as they race through the test course, but they are caught red-handed
Red-handed

Red-handed may refer to:* Red-handed Howler, New World monkey* Red-handed Tamarin, New World monkey* The expression Caught red-handed or In flagrante delicto...
 by their stern supervisor as they pull in to the garage.

Discography


Albums

YearTitlePeak positions
AUT
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
GER
Media Control Charts

The official Music Charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft ....
CH
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
UK
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
U.S.
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
CAN
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
NOR
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
NL
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
SWE
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
ITA
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
EUR
European Top 100 Albums

The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created by the same company in 2005....
1982Einzelhaft
Einzelhaft

Einzelhaft, , is the name of the first album by Falco . It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland...
119--6431-14521 
1984Junge Roemer
Junge Roemer

Junge Roemer is the second album by the Austrian pop rap artist Falco , released in 1984 ....
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1985Falco 3
Falco 3

Falco 3 is the third album by Falco , released in 1985.In the U.S. it peaked at number 3 in the Billboard 200 albums charts and at #18 in their Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts....
1213237315-- 
1986Emotional
Emotional (album)

Emotional is the name of the fourth studio album/single by the Austrian musician Falco . It was released in 1986. Like the name says it sounds very emotional....
115---7--- 
1988Wiener Blut
Wiener Blut (album)

Wiener Blut is the 1988 fifth album by Falco . It was produced for Falco's "daughter", recorded in 1987 and should be the last album produced by Bolland & Bolland....
2912------- 
1990Data de Groove
Data de Groove

Data de Groove is the sixth album by Falco , released in 1990 - a collaboration again with producer Robert Ponger. It was dedicated to the computer era and peaked #11 in Austria....
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1991The Remix Hit Collection-51-------- 
1992Nachtflug
Nachtflug

Nachtflug is the eighth album by Falco .In Germany, Falco returned in the album and single charts again after 4 years of absence there and a time only charting in his home country Austria....
173-------- 
1996Greatest Hits2--------- 
1997Greatest Hits Vol. II8--------- 
1998Best Of7--------- 
1998Out of the Dark (Into the Light)134------- 
1998The Hit-Singles-7-------- 
1999The Final Curtain - The Ultimate Best Of126------- 
1999Verdammt wir leben noch335-------- 
1999Live Forever (live album)34--------- 
2007Hoch wie nie (Best Of)
Hoch wie nie

Hoch wie nie is the name of the 2007 posthumously-published 'Best of' double album by Austrian musician Falco , who died in 1998. The Longplayer was published on Falco's 50th birthday....
125---25---6
2007Einzelhaft (25th Anniversary Edition)
Einzelhaft

Einzelhaft, , is the name of the first album by Falco . It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland...
22----------
2008Falco Symphonic (Wiener Neustadt 1994)
Symphonic (album)

Symphonic is the title of the 2008 Falco -album. It was released on February 2.This is a live album of Falco in concert with the Wiener Neustadt orchestra that was originally performed in 1994....
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Singles

YearTitlePeak position
AUT
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
GER
Media Control Charts

The official Music Charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft ....
CH
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
UK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
1NL
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
FRA
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
ITA
Federation of the Italian Music Industry

The FIMI is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italian language.The FIMI homepage as it is currently configured has no English information, but the left-hand menu bar, under "notizie" and then "classifiche" provides sales rankings on all categories of music sold in Italy....
SPA
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
NOR
VG-lista

VG-lista is a Norway record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper Verdens Gang and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20....
SWE
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
DK
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
FIN
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
SU
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
U.S.
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
CAN
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
JPN
Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan....
NZ
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
AUS
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
ZA
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
1981"That Scene" (English version of "Ganz Wien")11                  
1981"Der Kommissar"112-1831134-117211147 
1982"Maschine brennt
On the Run (Falco song)

"On the Run" is a 1982 double a-side single by the Austrian musician Falco that was basically released as promotional single in France, Canada and the USA ....
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1982"Auf der Flucht
On the Run (Falco song)

"On the Run" is a 1982 double a-side single by the Austrian musician Falco that was basically released as promotional single in France, Canada and the USA ....
"		     -        - 18  
1982"Zuviel Hitze" (Promo only) -                 
1984"Junge Roemer"8-24 -  2     - -   
1984"Nur mit Dir"18-                 
1984"Kann es Liebe sein?" (with Désirée Nosbusch
Désirée Nosbusch

D?sir?e Nosbusch is a television presenter and actor. She was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, and has one Luxembourgian parent and one Italian parent....
)		 -                 
1985"Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic....
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1985"Vienna Calling"3471040--5-3105-181114-75-
1985"Jeanny
Jeanny

"Jeanny" is a song by the Austrian people musician Falco , who said that it was inspired by serial killer Jack Unterweger.The song was the third single of Falco's album Falco 3....
"		1116812414 11-----5---
1986"The Sound of Musik"44116167-424  13  ** 611  
1986"Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)"413  -  41         
1987"Emotional"850-85 - 11  13  - -   
1987"Body Next to Body" (with Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish actress who became known for appearing in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and then marrying Rocky's star, Sylvester Stallone....
)		622--  3537  9 - -1 44 
1988"Wiener Blut"4924  - -  13  - -   
1988"Satellite to Satellite"--        11    7   
1988"Garbo"     -             
1988"Do It Again"             -     
1990"Data de Groove"12-           -     
1990"Charisma Kommando"--   -             
1991"Rock Me Amadeus" (Remix 1991)--                 
1991"Der Kommissar" (Remix 1991) -                 
1992"Nachtflug" (Netherland
Netherland

Netherland is a critically acclaimed novel by Joseph O'Neill . It concerns the life of a Dutchman living in New York in the wake of the 9/11 attacks....
 only single)		    -              
1992"Titanic"347  -              
1992"Dance Mephisto"17-  -     2        
1993"Monarchy Now" (Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n Promo only)		-                  
1995"Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da" (as T>>MA)31130 -     3        
1996"Naked" (as Falco featuring T>>MB)450  -              
1998"Out of the Dark"223                
1998"Egoist"6419                
1998"Der Kommissar" (Jason Nevins
Jason Nevins

Jason Nevins is an United States record producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions....
 and Club 69 Remixes)		39--------49---------
1999"Push! Push!"950                 
1999"Verdammt wir leben noch"26-                 
2000"Europa"--                 
2007"Männer des Westens" (T. Börger Version 2007)1455                 
2007"FALCOs 1. (Chance To Dance / Summer)"-                  
2008"Der Kommissar 2008" (download only)49                  
2008"Die Königin von Eschnapur" (Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 only single)		-                  


  • **#19 in U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
  • 1 The Sound of Musik was placed #17 on the Dutch Tipparade (Bubbling under Top 50)
  • - indicates the song did not chart.
  • a blank box indicates that the song was not released.


External links

  • - Official site
  • - Promotional site by Sony BMG
  • - Info site with RealAudio previews
  • - Falco Search Engine.
  • - History of Falco's life and career
  • - Detailed discography, including remixes and tributes*