American Reacts to Popular songs from German artists

[@pozytronowyedek1958]

Schulz is very german name, so you can guess nationality with 90% accuracy :D

[@tomvondeek]

And thats even literally true, there a regions where this is 90% true- or Müller or... I love it that people got named after their profession. Bäcker/Becker, Schmidt- I don't know where exactly Schulz comes from but eh.... I just imagine it is true, that there is a small village/town where 90% are Schulz xD

[@Llortnerof]

@@tomvondeek Schulze or Schuldtheiss was an administrative position responsible for things like tax collection and ensuring public order. Naturally, there were a lot of them since every village needed one.

[@flopjul3022]

@@tomvondeek same happened here in the Netherlands, with Visser(fisher), Bakker(baker), Smid(blacksmith)... or random names due to napoleonic era i.e Naaktgeboren(born naked), Beekhuis(small river house)

[@matt47110815]

Sure. However, in the USA you may encounter many, many German names, because of their ancestry - yet they are absolutely American. 😊An example for Schulz is Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Snoopy. It gets weird, though, when names are German, but clearly got invented or altered during the immigration process, for example "Fenstersheib" - seems like someone did not speak any English when coming to America. 😆

[@Llortnerof]

@@matt47110815 Eisenhower - a slightly corrupted variant of Eisenhauer (iron beater, i.e. a smith). Though sometimes they just wanted to keep the pronunciation of their name rather than the spelling.

[@MrFreezeYo]

My music teacher once told me - the world music is in english, but if you sing in german, you are actually able to sing more precise because our language is more direct and sharp on point, and I think she is right. I read some comment where you should react to Rammstein - please do! React to Rammstein with subtitles, maybe the song "Deutschland" would be interesting, because it's about our history and how you feel as a German. If you want something great and silly at the same time - check out Electric Callboy, I love them :D

[@to_loww]

But then again: It's not like Rammstein has very deep lyrics. The band is more style than substance, provocative for the sake of it and to be honest: better received abroad than domestically.

[@tobiasm.2721]

Three Arrows analysis of Rammstein - Deutschland kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZSQlqiMgZ2rh9U

[@minecraftprovie]

electric callboy is fun!

[@strahlberger]

I read German, I click.

[@A-fy7vt]

Mee too. As a German I love to see what anyone has to say on topics about us

[@MeYou-ww9xk]

Das willst du nicht, weil es nicht gut auspackt! 😅 ich sage nur Sand Buddeln an der Nordseeküste 😮

[@Justforvisit]

Yeah, that Lou Bega is a german singer even surprised many germans back in the day around 1999, including me, I was like "NO WAY!!!" back then and I always get a little bit of joy out of it if anybody else goes through the same experience 🤣

[@teo_heel]

You know what's EVEN MORE weird about Lou? One of his inspirations in music was an american jazz singer turned Eurodance sensation Scatman John (John Paul Larkin) who was famous in Germany in late 1990s and some of his last songs were radio hits in Germany before Scatman passed away it December of 1999. Lou actually wanted to perform with John but it never happened because Lou became a star when John already had serious health issues. In 2019 he released a song called "Scatman & Hatman" that was a tribute to Scatman and John's widow Judy worked on it with Lou, she gave the permission to use Scatman's vocals.

[@sevcaczech5961]

There are two German singing performers who were extremely popular in the US. The first one is the Austrian Falco, who combined German with English, and the German Nena. But both released their songs also in completely English-sung versions, however American/Canadian radios often played the original German versions.

[@p3chv0gel22]

One thing i myself find funny is how many german artists and bands, that are famous outsind of Germany, are in the Hard-Rock/Metal genre. Rammstein, electric Callboy, Powerwolf, blind Guardian, Helloween and many many more are all german

[@Wim1979]

Die Neue Deutsche Welle in the 80's was dominating our charts and it sparked my interest to study german and it served me well in life. Thanks to music 😊.🤘❤️

[@_Yannex]

The day after tomorrow = übermorgen 😄

[@House_of_Caine]

It's actually same in Finnish = "ylihuomenna", literally "over tomorrow"

[@ella_bella9186]

Same in norwegian 🤓 "overimorgen"

[@8tonystark8]

Overmorrow

[@_Yannex]

@8tonystark8 I like it

[@_Yannex]

@@ella_bella9186 sounds very cute

[@jamiefraser0]

Some recommendations :Herbert Grönemeyer "Der Weg", Electra "Seele brennt", Die Toten Hosen "Hier kommt Alex", City "Am Fenster", Rammstein "Du riecht so gut" (the music video is creepy), Silly "Batalion D'Amour". Witt & Heppner "Hier kommt die Flut" (the video is a work of art, it's like a movie) All this songs are older and some from former East Germany but they are really great.

[@haberg1538]

You forgot the Legend Falco He Had Lot of great Songs

[@jamiefraser0]

@haberg1538 Yeah, I thought about it, but than I'm sure someone would have said that he wasn't German but Austrian, so I left him out. But I love the song "Jeannie" and "Out of the dark".

[@RazudMezeghis]

You should react to Scooter and his famous songs like " How much is the fish " lool

[@nils_r]

Scooter is the group, HP Baxxter the guy.

[@RazudMezeghis]

​@@nils_r I know, but hes not gonna react to only HP, but the entire band.

[@michaausleipzig]

Or ... you know ... something better... 😅

[@RazudMezeghis]

​@@michaausleipzig Like ?... Either or not people like Scooter, he was some of the most WTF songs and bangers in my opinion, so i think he deserves to be know.

[@sevcaczech5961]

The 90s was a specific period when "German rave" was very popular and Scooter was certainly one of the most famous bands from Germany. The period of mass popularity of German techno and house production has ended over time. And I don't think that the period of the second half of the 90s and the production in the style of Mark Oh etc. was any qualitative contribution to music.

[@jamiefraser0]

"Ohne dich" from Rammstein is so beautiful. All reaction videos are about the music video from Paris "Du hast" But Rammstein has such great songs and this ballad is so sad but beautiful and it shows the really great voice of the lead singer.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

There are some fabulous German groups playing blues/rock/jazz fusion music currently. AMK certainly leads the pack. Others include Giant Rooks, Milky Chance, and Kraftklub.

[@Winona493]

I love Milky Chance! ❤

[@adpop750]

I live 5km from the German border in the Netherlands, I never heard of 90% of these German songs/artists. I guess it shows once more how close European countries geographically are, while still being totally different 😀

[@Xzibitfreek]

I was once on a construction site near the dutch border and there were many dutch craftsmen too and they loudly had dutch folks music playing, ive never heard such awful music, i thought it couldnt get any worse than german schlager 🤣

[@MeYou-ww9xk]

​@@XzibitfreekI am also Dutch and also living only 1Km from the German border. Schlager and these Dutch ones are pretty similar! Boy I feel for you, working there. I guess they were smoking a lot too, like Javaanse 3/4 or zware shag. Boy this smell kept me away from becoming a construction engineering😅

[@TheRealZaphod]

You are so lucky, as a german I wish i never heard 90% of that stuff 🤣

[@minecraftprovie]

@@TheRealZaphod yeah. so true. so much crap has way to much views

[@UnnormaI]

Plays on the radio at work all the bloody time.

[@dukejohn2898]

Hmm i miss kraftwerk nobody? Peter Fox? Nena , or Nina hagen. spider murphy gang skandal im sperrbezirk.

[@jaks4164]

There is missing so much. I try it to do. Also with information over DER AUTOBAHN. That has such an important songnumber for the worldmusic and maby for the world been.

[@fylkzadeya2505]

Would love to see full song reactions from you to songs on this List! 👍🏻 I personally love Revolverheld

[@top40researcher31]

Two songs are missing 99 Luft Baloons (99 Red Baloons) by Nena (1984) and Moscow by Genghis Khan that was the theme to the 1980 olympics also two others Schöne Maid (Pretty Maid in English) by Tony Marshall from 1973 and Silver Bird by Tina Rainford also from 1977

[@markgreen950]

Good to hear that you've been inspired to learn a language. It's a fantastic way to broader your horizons.

[@matt47110815]

The most Songs in German language I heard on American radio were Nena - 99 Luftballons 🎈 Falco - Amadeus Falco - Der Kommissar Peter Schilling - Major Tom Nothing else comes to mind, and I lived 23 years in the USA. Obviously many Americans are aware of Rammstein, but I never heard them played on US Radio. I always got a kick out of it, when I heard these songs on the radio, while driving in the US. 😊

[@xaviertarre8279]

I always remember Peter Schilling - Major Tom by the german tv series Deutschland,

[@portosmd9987]

Alphaville - Big in Japan or Forever Young? Kraftwerk?

[@matt47110815]

@@portosmd9987 Those are in English. ;-) I was talking about Songs in German.

[@xx-ej5bu]

Sandra - (I'll never be) Maria Magdalena 1985

[@IWrocker]

Big Fan of that one 🎉🎉

[@xx-ej5bu]

​​@@IWrockerAlmost 40 years old, the song... I'm getting old(er)

[@winterlinde5395]

@@xx-ej5buI have the Vinyl single somewhere in the attic👵

[@sevcaczech5961]

@@IWrocker Sandra was very popular mainly in continental Europe and also in Asia in 80s and early 90s, but not so popular in English-speaking countries. In Britain, her most successful Everlasting Love, a remake of an old song, reached the Top50. In addition to Maria Magdalena, Heaven Can Wait was also in the UK Top 100. Britain also liked Celebrate Your Life, Johnny Wanna Live or Don't Be Aggressive. There was no Top 100 hit in the US, but Evalasting Love reached the top 25 on the Dance chart. I think Sandra's strong German-French accent could play a role. In Europe, she was at one time more popular than, for example, Madonna, Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle or Kylie Minogue. However, the project of her then husband and producer Michael Cretu - Enigma - was hugely successful, winning charts all over the world, including the USA. Sandra's voice is heard in Enigma's songs...

[@IWrocker]

@@sevcaczech5961 yes I’m a huge fan of Sandra still, and I listen to Enigma almost everyday (did you see the nod to them on my laptop screen behind me in the first part of the video? 😉) She’s equally great in Enigma of course. Not sure how she wasn’t bigger here in the US, everyone in my social circle listens to her still

[@germankitty]

Fun fact -- the blond guy from Modern Talking, Dieter Bohlen, is kind of the German version of Simon Cowell (music producer, song writer etc.), except that he can sing, too. 🙂

[@Dirk-Ulowetz]

You should react to Rammstein Du hast live in Paris Or Rammstein Engel live at Madison Square Garden If you like Come share the wine with Al Martino or Dean Martin, then you should listen to the german original. Udo Jürgens Griechischer Wein.

[@rasmuswi]

Back int the 80s we used to joke about Modern Talking that you could sing all their lyrincs to all their songs. 😃

[@AndorFazekas]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of great musicians missing from the list, especially from the long past. I always regret that the radio stations only play a few hits by any musician in the world, even though there is often much more famous music by many more. For example Modern Talking, they have about 15 or 20 big hits and a few others that are worth mentioning, but the big world doesn't know them because they only play 3 or 4. Some bigger band or singer: Boney M, Sandra, CC Catch, Alphaville, Bad Boys Blue, Fancy, Michael Cretu under own name (he was Sandra's husband and did some of her music) from electronic music or with bands: Cretu & Thiers and Moti Special... and from 90s: Haddaway, Scooter...

[@niemandschuldet]

Awesome mix! But it's such a bummer that the choruses and melodies get cut off halfway through. Greetings from a German who lives in Cyprus. Happy new year!!! All the best!

[@LunaBianca1805]

If you enjoy Robin Schulz's/ Felix Jaehn's style of EDM and haven't yet heard them, I'm sure you'd also enjoy Alle Farben and Purple Disco Machine :) which are pretty recent. And maybr something like Blank&Jones, Novaspace, Cascada and Schiller and Fritz/ Paul Kalkbrenner (which are all bit more oldschool-ey) I've been way more into that kinda music as a teen (I usually listen to more rock/punk/ metal and a bit of score/soundtrack and classical on a regular base) , so I might not be up to date, but I also really enjoy Alan Walker (Norwegian/Brit, if I remember correctly), Avicii ( Swedish), Calvin Harris (Scot) and Serhat Durmus (Turkish) and sometimes Belle Sisoko (she's Malay, if I'm correct), if I'm feeling like it :3

[@florianreimann3166]

The beauty of music is that it's a universal language, you don't necessarily have to understand the lyrics to feel something from it :) I had to learn French for 5 years back in school as a third language (We have German of course as the first, then in 5th grade came English, in 7th grade we had to choose between French and Latin and in 10th grade it was optional to take Spanish (I don't know how much they changed it nowadays)) but I forgot almost everything by now, but I still regularly have the album Contraires by the French band Mypollux running in the background. And I never learned Spanish or Japanese but there are quite a few artists I really like and as a metalhead I also found a lot of amazing folk metal bands that sing in Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and what not^^ now that I think about it, counting by artists, the music with lyrics I understand makes up maybe only about 30% of what I'm listening to

[@teo_heel]

And about song suggestion... I have a very interesting one. Bushido (Half Tunisian-hafl German rapper who was born in West Germany) and Karel Gott (legendary Czech singer who was known as Golden voice of Prague and Sinatra of the East) with the song "Für immer jung" that was released in 2008 and it is a German language cover of the song "Forever Young" by... German band Alphaville. PS. Gott made his own version in Czech named "Být stále mlád" in 2000 and a solo version of "Für immer jung" also in 2000. So yeah... Gott was a fun one.

[@olgahein4384]

Germany has some amazing artists in the music industry, and a huge chunk don't even get mainstream famous. We have incredible metal, goth, pagan, etc artists: Blind Guardian, Lord Of The Lost, Helloween (those are known in the metal scene), also Electric Callboy, FAUN (songs like 'Sonnenreigen' or 'Federkleid' are just so lovely, they are a melodic pagan fantasy group). And then you have more 'internet famous' people in german communities. Anica Russo with 'Once Upon A Dream' - her participation to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, she has a unique enchanting voice. Julien Bam has some great songs, he is more of a film maker and his series has long outdone any Netflix quality and they always feature several german youtuber, streamer, etc AND at least one song. He has this son 'Opus Dens - Die Zahnfee' (a spin off about the tooth fairy, one of the key figures in his stories, played him) and the song feature is Georgia Cavallo, also an incredible german vocalist. His latest song about the Sandmann (another key figure in his stories, played by him, no MV release yet, only in the full video) named 'Fieberflow' features a female gaming streamer called 'Maluna' who is screaming 'i'm a singer' but she never got any training and only occationally sings in her live streams for fun. Among gaming live streamers there are Lara Loft (Lara Trautmann) who is a professional voice actress, a twitch gaming streamer and a very talented vocalist, which she showcases in her voice acting roles and her live streams. And lastly we have SukiDingels, a german Vtuber who also mainly plays games, but sometimes sings and her voice is incredibly lovely but her voice fries and growls (metal style) are totally on point.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Popular they might be, but definitely the most popular and most influential ones were mostly missing from the list.

[@googlekonto194]

if you want to hear more international music there are some radio apps that allow you to access all radio stations across the world. So maybe this is a way to experience some current international charts from other countries.

[@thomasfranz6467]

Sad, Spider Murphy Gang wasn't on here. "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" is legendary! Also our dear Austrian friend Falco was missing.

[@anashiedler6926]

since its called "from GERMAN artists" i was more surprised that DJ Ötzi was there (he is Austrian), thats also why no falco is in the listing. (And funny enough, might also be the reason for the spider murphy gang, - even though they are german, most people i know think that they are from Austria, because they don't sound german to austrians)

[@DNAPapst]

I like your videos, thank you very much for them. Greetings from the German city of Solingen (also called the “City of Blades,” famous for our knives and swords).

[@teo_heel]

Immediately noticed Satellite by Lena... And it's a completely different rabbit hole that you could dive into. Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Lena won ESC in 2010 with Satellite (2nd of 2 wins Germany had on ESC), that's why this song is in this list. Why not to learn a thing or two about ESC? PS. There's a COMPLETELY different version of Satellite that was performed by Jennifer Braun at the German National selection for ESC. Despite having the same lyrics melodically those two versions couldn't be more different from each other. Lena's version was optimistic and upbeat, Jennifer's version was melancholic and very tragic.

[@krccmsitp2884]

8:38 There's an even better cover or remake by Electric Callboy, another great German band.

[@ChriDDel]

You need to react to the video!

[@krccmsitp2884]

@@ChriDDel That's what I wanted to imply. ;-)

[@abram6282]

Just a though, since you mention this, maybe there not being foreign language songs in the US as much that might be why americans have issues with pronouncing or knowing other languages as much as anywhere else in the world, I come from Czechia and remember since childhood on radio, at home on tv there is a lot of music from whole of the world and we love music that is from Italia, France, Germany, Russia, Arabic I could go on and people tend to sing along with the radio and know roughly the meaning behind the song and that helps with languages a lot And it is not just music I think I can speak for a lot of fellow europeans we love old comedies from france or fairy tales czech or german and I could go on and on Even tho in last decade that is very much changing and I barely remember hearing non english song in the radio even our own czechs songs tend to be pushed out by english songs

[@LexusLFA554]

Every Time We Touch has a version by scottish singer by Maggie Reilly as well which was released in 1992. Funnily, a friend of mine asked if the Cascada version was the original, then he heard the Reilly version and was mindblown. Both are great in their own way, but I like the original more as it was a slow ballad, and I love good vocals.

[@Kraakesolv]

Wasn't Every Time we Touch by Maggie Reilly originally?

[@teo_heel]

Yes, it is.

[@p3chv0gel22]

I actually live in the city, where milky chance are from and i'll never forgot that one day, shortly after stolen dance blew up, where there was a whole street festival, where i was working as a bar tender at one booth and accidentally spilled a glass of beer (shame on me) over their lead singer lmao

[@geeemm135]

i'm quite sure that rammstein is the most famous german export known in america, who are singing in german

[@amykryptonite]

They also have a song in English (stripped) and Spanish (te quero)

[@paulocarvalho6480]

In the 80's my favourite German artists were Nena, Kraftwerk, Alphaville and Scorpions and Austrian singer Falco. Every now and then also some Nina Hagen. Falco, as far as I know, died in a car accident in the U.S.A. in the 90's.

[@niclaswartwig1721]

Oh man he has to look up Alphaville, soo iconic

[@xx-ej5bu]

Johann "Hans" Hölzel (German: [ˈjoːhan hans ˈhœltsl̩]; 19 February 1957 - 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian singer and musician. Hölzel died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, at age 40, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

[@xx-ej5bu]

​@niclaswartwig1721 Forever Young, Sounds like a melody, Big in Japan, to name a few songs.

[@paulocarvalho6480]

@@xx-ej5bu Really? I always had the idea the accident was in the USA. To be honest, I've never read his Wikipedia page. I just wrote my comment from memory. I'm sorry I stated the wrong fact. Edit: Spelling correction.

[@MrReese]

Whoever made that featured video is twisted, DJ Ötzi is Austrian and if you ever heard him talk you would know that instantly :D.

[@xxJOKeR75xx]

What language do they speak in Austria? Videos like that are often imprecise about german speaking and german nationality though.

[@MrReese]

@@xxJOKeR75xx I know what you mean, "German" can mean "from Germany" but also "the German language". It depends on the context and the context is difficult to grasp here because it could mean both things. But either way, DJ Ötzi is very much Austrian...I am not sure if we should be proud of that, but it is what it is 😅.

[@haberg1538]

He is one of the most successful musicians ever in Austria You can like him or not, but he creates a great atmosphere at his concerts

[@to_loww]

@@xxJOKeR75xx The (majority) language is German. But the accents of Germany, Austria and Switzerland are so distinctly different that you can almost instantly tell from which country (and region) someone is. In this case it's unambiguously Tyrol.

[@to_loww]

@@MrReese But (hopefully) noone would use "German artist" for an Austrian artist (unless they mean Hitler). Or "English artist" for an American/Australian/Canadian/etc. one.

[@elkevera]

If you like Modern Talking, you should know that "our" Dieter is the biggest producer in Germany. He is the Simon Cowell in German because of his harsh, in your face comments on DSDS, which is like the American Idol over here.

[@Moonchild0]

But in a cringe way. The things sometimes Dieter Bohlen says.. let's say he could have said it waaay more nicer (or not at all).

[@userhessenone1469]

He also does "Das Supertalent", comparable to America's got talent

[@tomvondeek]

But - i do NOT want to start any political discussion, but RN he is in the media, saying stuff like he wants to be germans Elon for the next chancelor of the sonervative party, whom values trump.

[@to_loww]

@@tomvondeek He's basically an amalgam of everything wrong with (stereotypical) boomers.

[@sevcaczech5961]

German producer Frank Farian (Boney M, Milli Vanilli, La Bouche etc) is much more successful in terms of global sales and global popularity. Farian had great revenues from record sales in the US, where Dieter Bohlen's Modern Talking or Blue System are completely unknown.

[@caligo7918]

Pick 5 songs you like most from this video and find the full videos. It's good to start with stuff you already find interesting. We can probably deliver translations, if the internet is not forthcoming.

[@tomtorres212]

'Ain´t nobody' and 'Everytime we touch' are cover versions - Original versions from a scottish and a US singer

[@CavHDeu]

Everything by Schulz is covered

[@tomtorres212]

@@CavHDeu ...and really garbage covers,. but hey, that´s EDM nowadays.

[@CavHDeu]

@@tomtorres212 that's why i love underground techno and acid

[@mattleistner313]

If you would like to dive more into it you should take a look at Herbert Grönemeyer (der Weg live), die Ärzte or Toten Hosen.

[@ChR0nos_7734]

2:25 is (controversial according to Turks) winner of 2010 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 7:30 some music charts class him as Russian, some as German (because he's born in present-day Russian during USSR) 8:30 Cascada was also Germany's contender in 2013 ESC Usually, almost all European and UK singers lose their accent when singing in English. Sophie Ellis Bextor (Murder on the Dancefloor) is one of very few European singers who have their (in this case British English) accent while singing. And in this video there is Lena who is German singing song in British English accent

[@jaks4164]

Please talk on a normal way, no frustrated attacts with nonsens. Please try to make some friendly in your life without all the anger and hate. You are now all angry when European people speak in your English. Take your pills please.

[@to_loww]

Oh, Lena was mocked for her faux cockney accent that is all over the place.

[@gertandersen3609]

Fun fact: In Denmark when Syrian refugee kids came in 2014, in 2-4 weeks they learned enough Danish language by singing to help out their parents

[@KluisL]

this is all the type of music youll hear in the radio which im personally sick of lol

[@thomasfranz6467]

Yeah, I absolutely agree, can't listen to that stuff anymore.

[@samsungtab3977]

I don't mind what's playing on the radio as long as it ain't german rap or trap. And luckily there's none of that on the channels we have in the office.

[@rankala]

Highly recommend "Peter Fox - Alles neu" a german song, that's awesome

[@EverShy_]

In Alsace, France german songs are very popular especially with the older generation. Because my grand-parents and parents watched the german channels, I grew up listening to DJ Otzi and Cascada. PS: Zedd was born Russian but raised in Germany.

[@bugsy4572]

Rammstein have a song over Amerika, how they think about it titel Amerika ❤ love your content happy new year tho you and you're famely🎉

[@delimiter2886]

Do you know "150 Beatz" by robchrisrulez?

[@tammy2281]

Love the music ❤

[@deskynaston1527]

Lena - Satellite was a Eurovision winning song in 2010.

[@daniels.3605]

On another sidenote: As you mentioned that those songs may be good when you want to learn some german, definitely look into namika. She is often recommended to language learners.

[@olgaschneider8130]

Robin Schulz comes from Osnabrück ... my home ❤ last summer a great open air concert in Osnabrück Schlossgarten! I was there 😃😍💣🔥🔥🔥

[@katho78]

The´s a cartoon movie called "Dieter Der Film" revolving arround the history of Modern Talking.

[@markmuller7962]

I know 1 Robin Schulz's song in german that's really cool :D I think it's "Willst Du"

[@Bud_Terence]

Hi Ian. If you like some metal, check out Electric Callboy. Hilarious German metal band.

[@winterlinde5395]

That’s what I was going to write! Ian could start with the Cascada song cover: everytime we touch

[@Daniel-Deveraux]

Their song Hurrican killed it 😂😂😂

[@JFCooper-deutsch]

Nice that you are so interested in german things

[@AngelTheNeko.]

As a German I can confidentally say I was shocked about like, half of these (most english songs) actually being German. EVERYTIME WE TOUCH IS GERMAN WHAT?!?!

[@bananenmusli2769]

Don't worry. Even on German radio there are almost only English songs. You sometimes hear old people complain about that.

[@Llortnerof]

And they're mostly crappy forgettable pop songs as well. Good music from Germany is rarely found on German radio.

[@bananenmusli2769]

@@Llortnerof Yes, and if they found a "good" crappy forgettable pop song, they play it like every 20 minutes.

[@ivanivanovic5586]

Uuuu, good ones, I'll look for full versions(i recognize several artists from way before). Not sure if it's still around, bravo hits had bunch of mixed german and other artists on periodic cd's I used to buy back in the days(mid '00s to 2012), so dj ötzi and fantastischen vier I recognize. Speaking of viral spanish songs, take a listen to the german parody/cover version of the asseje/ketchup song(it's hilarious), cover in question is called "steuersong"(tax song) performed by gerd show(puppet version of former german chancellor gerhard schröder). If you wish to have a taste of balkans, you can't go wrong with balkanika music television(tho beware, their yt channel might not be up to date, and the dreaded turbo-folk lurks in the bosnia-herzegovina and serbia portions to lesser extent). Popular songs by croatian artists perhaps would be the safest bet.

[@ankhayratv]

In a list of German songs, I always expect "Du", "Verdammt ich liebe dich", "Ein bisschen frieden" (Germany's 1st Eurovision winner) and "99 luftballons", which were missing here. And "How much is the fish" by Scooter. We saw Modern Talking, and "Satellite" (aka Germany's 2nd Eurovision winner) by Lena

[@ankhayratv]

By the way, if you want to hear a multi language version of Ein Bisschen Frieden, this one is 5 languages: English, German, Dutch, French and Spanish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWm9oYqfgc2pp7s

[@LETMino85]

Milky Chance is from Kassel ❤

[@bazzjumpa1984]

Modern Talking was soooo huge in the 80's! They are still poüilar and well known in east europe and russia! The producer Dieter Bohlen (he's the blond guy) is still one of the biggest producers in Germany. He's like Simon Cowell. Lou Bega nowadays is producing music still in the backround for so many artists. And please do not underestimate Stefan Raab. He brought us the 2nd trophy in 2010 in the ESC (European Singing Contest) with Lena Mayer-Landruth and Satellite! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3vbfGewpsZ6qa8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/baGvaqmapbippLs

[@Blgfx-70]

Great to hear the interest in more than just American music. One of my favorite bands from Germany is Münchener Freiheit. They mainly sing in German but they did have an English hit in the 80ies I believe. Being from Belgium I recommand listening to Stromae (in French, very popular even in the States), Angèle (she sang Nightcall with Phoenix & Kavinsky at the closing ceremony at the Olympics in Paris, but she sings mainly in French), Loïc Nottet (phenominal voice, his last album was in French but his previous albums were in English - listen to his live cover of Chandelier from Sia - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIvHnauYaryGe7M - or Million eyes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGmon31_ia1ga7M). For the Dutch speaking part of Belgium I recommend Bazart, Camille, Pommelien Thijs, Metejoor, Gorki (all of these sing in Dutch), Hooverphonic, Oscar and the Wolf, The Starlings, Lost Frequencies. But I would really recommend you have a look at the yearly returning Eurovision Song Contest. It's a song contest that started in 1956 and is still going on to this day. It started really very minimalistic with just 7 European countries participating with a very static podium with singers singing in their own language and an orchestra. Today it is more of a hugh spectacle with all kinds of effects, dancing, singing and the songs can be in any language. The songs can be serious but also hilarious and funky, it is now taking place over 3 days (2 semi-finals and a final) and around 40 countries take part (since 10 years Australia is participating as they were/are huge fans of Eurovision). The only thing that is still the same as in 1956 is that the songs have to be original. To have a taste of what it is, have look and comment to the following funny explanations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWW1iYyVZ7ehmKc or kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5jdc6qtq9Npm7s.

[@nietzscheente1271]

DJ Ötzi and Nik P. are austrian artists.

[@computatorium]

Okayish selection. Might be biased as my days listening to pop/single charts were in the early 2000s and I'm now more into medieval/folk rock and metal. But if one wants to get a more diverse look at music in Germany the album charts are way more interesting. There you really get the full depth of what people in Germany listen to. From audio plays like the Die drei ??? (The Three Investigators) over classical music, soundtracks/scores, Volksmusik, Schlager, Pop, Elctronic, Dance, Rock, Metal you find it all. Just take the Scorpions. Here in Germany they are mostly known for their rock ballads and only a few of their regular rock songs. They are more successful and known as Hardrock band outside of Germany. A lot of Germans know of Wacken as this big metal festival (I would love to say most people in Germany know of Wacken but even with there often being reports troughout most media about it I quite frequently meet people who aren't aware of it or how big it is) but the German metal bands often get forgotten. Bands like Warlock (Doro Pesch), Accept, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Kreator, Sodom... or newer bands like Saltatio Mortis, Feuerschwanz, Powerwolf, Electric Callboy...

[@yallahyallah4220]

imho the best band in the last 20 years nobody knows are actually german were the Beatsteaks, unique sound and really great and fun songs to sing along for an english speaker.

[@KlasR82]

4:48 TIL that Miss Li (who's Swedish) does the vocals on that song.

[@blackangel9594]

Xavier Naidoo Ich kenne nichts was so schön ist wie du ...the best german singer or with Band Die Söhne Manheims ... Please listen to the songs! Greetings from Germany 🙂

[@nevadawn7527]

You should listen to "Revolverheld - Ich lass für Dich das Licht an"! The song is great, but the best part is the video. A friend of the band met his girlfriend at a Revolverheld gig a few years back. Now the wanted to propose to her and asked the band for help. So they deceided to surprise his girlfried and film everything. And that became the official video for the song! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJeTfnZpeKucnrs

[@michlon6144]

You must listen to the german versions of Nena's 99 Luftballons and Peter Schilling's Vollig losgeloest before you hear the English versions I wonder why they picked the English one for Peters's

[@pierrerossouw7399]

By now i know you like ausie very much, did you ever have a look at south african scenery?

[@hanes2]

yeah that song Close your eyes, miss Li is swedish. I guess Felix is the german guy.

[@LETMino85]

Fools Garden - Lemon Tree

[@vonsauerkraut]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZbKg52Ep5mAnJI Check it out Ian an unofficial Christmas song In Germany 🌟

[@oakpope]

Enigma. Hubert KaH.

[@Schalalai]

Cant believe they left out Electric Callboy 😶

[@cjxa7649]

I'm german and I never heard almost any of these too.

[@jkb2016]

At least two songs were cover versions of non-German songs (Ain't Nobody & Everytime We Touch), so they shouldn't count.

[@HrLBolle]

Somebody else might have said it already Milky Chance are from city Kassel

[@Bodennebel]

Try looking into "Neue Deutsche Welle" - I think you might be entertained with it.

[@rotkehlchen2920]

I'll give this video 3 more days until the modern talking passages are getting muted because of a copyright claim 😂

[@Perciwell]

If you are looking for popular songs with German lyrics, I would recommend this one. The band "Unheilig" broke up in 2016. The band's singer, "Der Graf," announced that he wanted to disband the group and focus more on his family. He explained that he could devote too little time to them and wanted to give back some of the happiness he had received through his music. This video shows the performance of "Geboren um zu leben," by far the most popular song of "Unheilig," at their farewell concert. The lyrics are important for the success of this song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJespYCweJKGnbs

[@to_loww]

It's funny because Unheilig is often referred to as "Gothic Schlager". And assigning someone to the Schlager genre is probably the most insulting thing you can do to a musician.

[@computatorium]

That was only the last few albums. The early albums were Neue Deutsche Härte (NDH) so more comparable to bands like Oomph, Rammstein, Megaherz and Eisbrecher. But it is like it always is if a band tends to change their style and gets from any genre to much in a more pop-like/mainstream suitable direction you find lots of such comments. They changed labels with the album Große Freiheit, there was also personal stuff going on and with it came the change in music style. Sure there were still some songs NDH songs on that album but all in all it was a huge departure from their earlier work. But it was sucessful no one can deny that. but going from a niche music scene to a more mainstream always brings out the haters.

[@Perciwell]

@@to_loww There is one exception: It's more insulting to say "You're music is like Modern Talking." scnr

[@SK208gr]

Warum from Tic tac toe is missing...cool song

[@Sponge1310]

I’m Dutch, obviously the German sang ones, but most of the English ones I didn’t knew were by German artists :)

[@bennyhannover9361]

Sasha received his record contract for US from Nancy S. daughter of Ole Blue eyes 😂

[@speedy19085]

modern talking .. in my mum's ford fiesta off the tape player :D

[@xx-ej5bu]

Lucy Lectric - Weil Ich Ein Mädchen Bin Peter Fox - Haus am See Kraftwerk - Autobahn Boney M with Frank Farian singing instead of Bobby Farell Milli Vanilli from Munich- Girl, you know it's true

[@JanHejn]

You should check out the German rap songs like Sido but especially the Deutsche gangsta rappers like Gzuz but probably don't show the video clips to your wife or kids :D you'll understand why :D

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Look up Michael learns to rock... I know where they're from and I know where they got really popular.

[@Kraakesolv]

The z in Schulz should be pronounced like "ts", Schults.

[@sandrap.3399]

The clips are way too short, unfortunately

[@xx-ej5bu]

Because of copyright 😉

[@sandrap.3399]

@@xx-ej5bu that makes sense... didn't think about that, TX

[@RandomerFellow]

Two from Germany I like are Nena and Rammstein. By the way, I found a cool Scania worth a look; "Where's Angelica Larsson?"

[@johncunningham4820]

And of course , Rammstein crosses all Borders . Never released ANYTHING in English . Bick Titten , which pretty well means what you think it does . 😂.

[@rawfish_8.3]

They actually did release English versions of some of their songs and also did a cover of 'Stripped' by Depeche Mode sung entirely in English. (And it's Dicke Titten, not Bick Titten ;) )

[@johncunningham4820]

@@rawfish_8.3. Yeah realised later . Mis-keyed when writing . I didn't realise they had done English versions , however . Never found one .

[@rawfish_8.3]

@johncunningham4820 just type 'Rammstein English version' into the search bar and you'll find them

[@Bioshyn]

Ah the good old 2 million Mark Forster clones era also definitely check out the Electric Callboy cover of everytime we touch

[@haberg1538]

Watch this awesome Song from 1985 This is the Most sucsesfull German singing Song ist the First and only in German singing Song at the US Charts munber 1. Its from the austrian Falco a big Legend in Europe He Performed this somg live thogether with two Other Austrian legend Bands Opus ( life is live) and KGB an Other big Band in Austria in the 80s. This live Performance is the best i have ever Seen and is a littl Bit music / Austrian History kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HNpHhoqKqekMksi=k5VYcAVnribDg_KB

[@marlyd]

I'd love to watch you react to IFA Wartburg's video FDJ. (watch the video then look up who they are). It's bonkers