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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
At least it wasn't David Hasselhoff...
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Dang! Beat me to it. I was going to posit that The Hoff was the CIA contact that encouraged the Germans (Scorpions) and the Austrian (Falco) to go for it.
Falco Fun fact: Falco has the only German language #1 single in the USA (
Rock Me Amadeus, of course).
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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
And c'mon, seriously guys, I can't believe we're this far into the thread and no one has mentioned Nena. Neunundneunzig Luftballoon for the win (auf Deutsche naturlich - it sounds so much better than the English version).
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I confess, I forgot about Nena. When I was in Berlin in 2016, there were tour posters for her all over the place. I take it she was still pretty popular there?
Nena Fun Fact:
99 Luftballoons only hit #2 in the USA. Nena also released an English language version of the song, but it didn't chart as well as the original German version.
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