Falco Lyrics Der Kommissar

Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known

Biography

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 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.

album: "Einzelhaft" (1982)

Zuviel Hitze

Der Kommissar

Siebzehn Jahr

Auf Der Flucht

Ganz Wien

Maschine Brennt

Hinter Uns Die Sintflut

Nie Mehr Schule

Helden Von Heute

Einzelhaft

album: "Junge Roemer" (1984)

Junge Römer

Tut-Ench-Amon (Tutankhamen)

Brillantin' Brutal'

Ihre Tochter

No Answer (Hallo Deutschland)

Nur Mit Dir

Hoch Wie Nie

Steuermann

Kann Es Liebe Sein?

album: "Falco 3" (1985)

Rock Me Amadeus

America

Tango The Night

Munich Girls (Lookin' For Love)

Jeanny

Vienna Calling

Männer Des Westens - Any Kind Of Land

Nothing Sweeter Than Arabia

Macho Macho

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

album: "Emotional" (1986)

Emotional

Kamikaze Cappa

Crime Time

Cowboyz And Indianz

Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)

The Star Of Moon And Sun

Les Nouveaux Riches

The Sound Of Musik

The Kiss Of Kathleen Turner

album: "Wiener Blut" (1988)

Wiener Blut

Falco Rides Again

Untouchable

Tricks

Garbo

Satellite To Satellite

Read A Book

Walls Of Silence

Solid Booze

Sand Am Himalaya

Do It Again

album: "Data De Groove" (1990)

Neo Nothing - Post Of All

Expocityvisions

Charisma Kommando

Tanja P. Nicht Cindy C.

Pusher

Data De Groove

Alles Im Liegen

U.4.2.P.1. Club Dub

Bar Minor 7/11 (Jeanny Dry)

Anaconda 'Mour

album: "Nachtflug" (1992)

Titanic

Monarchy Now

Dance Mephisto

Psychos

S.C.A.N.D.A.L.

Yah - Vibration

Propaganda

Time

Cadillac Hotel

Nachtflug

album: "Out Of The Dark (Into The Light)" (1998)

No Time For Revolution

Out Of The Dark

Shake

Der Kommissar 2000

Mutter, Der Mann Mit Dem Koks Ist Da

Hit Me

Cyberlove

Egoist

Naked

Geld

album: "Verdammt Wir Leben Noch" (1999)

Verdammt Wir Leben Noch

Die Königin Von Eschnapur

Que Pasa Hombre

Europa

Fascinating Man

Poison

Ecce Machina

We Live For The Night

Krise

From The North To The South

album: "The Spirit Never Dies" (2009)

Jeanny Part 1

Jeanny Part 2 - Coming Home

The Spirit Never Dies - Jeanny Final

Qué Pasa Hombre

Poison

Kissing In The Kremlin