Falco Lyrics Der Kommissar

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