Most Popular German Songs from 1980 to 1989 | REACTION

[@nelerhabarber5602]

Falco, Opus, EAV, Andy Borg, R. Fendrich are from Austria and Falco is the only german speaking artist with a #1 hit (Amadeus) in America till now!

[@echtgenervt]

Wird durch häufiges Wiederholen auch nicht richtiger.

[@nelerhabarber5602]

@@echtgenervt Was für ein dummer Kommentar, Bildung und informieren könnte helfen!

[@SafezoneExpert]

As far as I know NENA had a #2 in USA with "99 Luftballons". Remarkable on that is, it was not done by the englisch version but with German lyrics.

[@echtgenervt]

@@nelerhabarber5602 Falco war nicht der einzige deutschsprachige Künstler, sondern der einzige mit einem Song auf deutsch. Aber das steht da oben nicht... Vielleicht solltest du mal vernünftiges Englisch lernen

[@nelerhabarber5602]

@@echtgenervt Hat nix mit englisch zu tun, sondern ich habe mich einfach unklar ausgedrückt, kann durch verschiedene Umstände ja mal passieren und DU könntest es ja auch ganz normal und einfach korrigieren! Sein Titel Rock Me Amadeus erreichte als bis heute einziges deutschsprachiges Lied die Spitze der US-Billboard-Charts. Hoffe, jetzt ist dir leichter und du kannst wieder ruhig schlafen!

[@anashiedler6926]

Keep in mind that those are not all german songs, but songs from countries that speak german as main language. That means Austria, Germany, Switzerland, etc. Falco, Rainhard Fendrich, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, DJ Ötzi for example are from Austria, DJ Bobo is from Switzerland

[@Festus171]

I'm not German, but I knew about six of those. There were some bangers that came out of Germany. "Da Da Da" by Trio, "Der Kommissar" by Falco, and 99 Luftballoons by Nena were all big hits in the USA. I was a college freshman in 1981 so those hits were big at the beginning of MTV. The others I knew just because I have eclectic tastes. This was a very cool video to react to. All three of those hits I mentioned are worth a deeper dive reaction.

[@Marcus-p5i5s]

Da, da, da didn't chart when released in the USA. Luftballons did though.

[@anashiedler6926]

Nope. Falco is Austrian, Der Kommissar came out of Austria, not Germany.

[@dagmaranja888]

Jaaaa!! Not German, we understood!!

[@chrissiesbuchcocktail]

Awwww... I just felt young again. The 80s where my teens and early twens. I miss that decade. Not everything was great back then but looking back we all seemed so innocent and life felt easier (not sure it really was but the genreal vibes were so different). And after the "fall" of the wall everything seemed possible for a while. Also: My ability to remember song lyrics from the 80s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into the kitchen 😂

[@ernststavro.blofeld]

It's a shame that the copyright prevents an extended playing of that titles (most ones ...)

[@Lisa-M]

I am German and I know them all except three of them. 😅 If you listen carefully you can hear that Bring Me Edelweiss is a cover of ABBA's SOS, at least the chorus. A lot of the songs in this list are 'German Schlager' or 'Neue Deutsche Welle' but there is also Euro Pop or Disco Pop. But some of the artists and bands in this video (Falco, Rainhard Fendrich, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung) are from Austria, not from Germany. And by the way, Nicole, who gives you Karen Carpenter vibes, won the ESC in 1982 with that song (Ein bisschen Frieden).

[@SarahDengler]

Yeah! I thought I heard SOS In there! 😅

You forgot to mention that some songs with originally German lyrics were then translated to make the English version. For example, "99 red balloons" by Nena and "Major Tom" by Peter Schelling.

[@Lisa-M]

Yes, or also the other way around. Some songs have originally English lyrics though the singer was German. For example 'Jenseits von Eden' from Nino de Angelo was first recorded in English. The song is called 'Guardian Angel' and the singer was Drafi Deutscher under the alias 'Masquerade'.

[@MrFelis1]

@Lisa-M Yes, and Opus - "Live is Life" is also from Austria

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

And very early on, in the 50s, 60s and 70s, songs that were hits abroad were re-recorded with German lyrics by German performers (very rarely also by the original singers such as Cliff Richard or Roger Whittaker). This resulted in some great versions - but also some terribly awful ones. I'm thinking of Whittaker's "Du warst mein schönster Traum" ("Last farewell") as a very good example and "Der Hund von Baskerville" ("Paranoid") by Cindy and Bert as the worst. And you have to give Roger Whittaker credit for the fact that he didn't understand a word of what he was singing. 🤣 The fact that he subsequently recorded all his songs in German made him very well-known and popular here. I'm not a big fan of this kind of music but my mother and grandmothers were big Fans.

[@Hakuba826]

Nice reaction greetings from germany

[@nightstorm5914]

Milli Vanilli was the 2nd Project from Frank Farian after Boney M (which got a bad press later, after is was revealed that the main "singer" from Milli Vanilli song only playback and never made that fact public)

[@nataliemorton5568]

This was interesting. I did hear about 4-5 songs whose music was familiar to me. I bet when music from other countries become hits in the U.S., the artists and producers are thrilled, as Americans are such big consumers !!! 😊

[@tobiasmuth2372]

The same discussion over and over again when a video like this appears here. It's about German musicians, musicians who come from German-speaking countries - Falco, EAV (Austria) and DJ Bobo (Switzerland). Or German/Austrian/Swiss people who sang in English. In addition, as well as German productions such as Milli Vanilli & Boney M - Frank Farian German producer... No, there are no international titles to be seen there because international artists have been removed from this “short top 5”. Also no Scorpions because they didn't have a top 5 placement in the period to make the list.

[@castegear]

1990 came out a radio senderr calls N-Joy ... the change much in germany music...

[@Jochen.Lutz-Germany]

I recommend Marius Müller-Westernhagen. He wrote great songs like Freiheit (freedom), Weil ich Dich liebe (because I love you), Lass uns leben (let us live), Willenlos (spineless) orJonny Walker.

[@Goddybag4Lee]

Or Taximann.

[@Bargudim]

Mysterious Art is my love 😍

[@Dreatnought1966]

Frank Farian created many songs of the time, playing with people's longing for far away places.

[@sebdudu1836]

99 luftballons by Nena (1983) is one of my all time favorite... very great vibes, you should listen to it (in th german version, the english version is crap...) Alphaville (Big in Japan / Sounds like a melody) and Sandra (Maria Magdalena / In the heat of the night) were very big everywhere in Europe in the middle of the 80s... Modern Talking (You're my heart, you're my soul / Brother Louie, ...) too.

[@pmateiu]

No Sorpions??! Are you kidding me???!! Still loving you ????!!!

[@fernandoqueirozfilho2624]

Sandra eternal Queen 🇧🇷❤️👏

[@karenmandeville7116]

kind of surprised the Scorpions were missing.

[@Lisa-M]

It's the top 5 of every year in the 80's. Maybe the Scorpions didn't have top 5 songs in that decade?

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

Germany's popular music has always been more pop than rock, with a few exceptions. In the early to mid-80s, there was a lot of experimentation, but later most of it was back to the same old thing, shallow pop songs without much to say and with interchangeable lyrics. 🤷🏼‍♀️ "Wind of change" didn't come out until 1991, and "Rock you like a hurricane" "Still loving you" were generally popular, but apparently not enough.

[@uteziemes5633]

“German songs” = Their singers must be German speakers or their production must have taken place in a German-speaking country. Both at the same time are not necessary. They also don’t have to be sung in German.

[@timamberstar8767]

The sound samles are much to short to catch the power of theese songs.

[@WoutervanderWerf]

Boney M are dutch with a german songwriter

[@e.s.7272]

Nope. Boney M was founded by German producer Frank Farian and only Bobby Farrell was dutch.

[@ChuckRagland]

I knew a few of them, Rock me Amadeus, the Milli vanilli songs, I don't think Milli vanilli were German, their song just crossed over to Germany.

[@Lisa-M]

One of the 'singers' of Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus) was a German, the other one (Fab Morvan) is born in France. The founder of the band (Frank Farian) was one of the most successful German music producers (he also founded Boney M.).

[@MarkusWitthaut]

@@Lisa-M Rob and Fab were lip-syncing on the Milli Villi songs. It was a big scandal in 1990 and they had to give their Grammy award for best new artist back after Frank Farian admitted that the duo was only dancing. This has been made into two movies: The German movie "Girl you know it's true" from 2022 and the American movie "Milli Vanilli" from 2023.

[@Lisa-M]

@@MarkusWitthaut Yes, I know.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@MarkusWitthaut But this also started MTV unplugged, which gave us a bunch of nice concerts, like the one of Nirvana...

[@Sobbayi]

Falco was not German he was Austrian

[@angelinaneckam8115]

Right 👌🏼 ...he was born in the largest city here in Austria (Vienna) on, february 19, 1957 as Johann-Hans Hölzl... 😊 ...sadly he's lost his life in an traffic accident in Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) ...on february 6, 1998 in the age of only 40years ... we love Falco here in Austria 💕

[@arnodobler1096]

the Song is in German, and it was a big hit here.

[@angelinaneckam8115]

@@arnodobler1096 IT IS a big hit here🥳

[@Lisa-M]

Rainhard Fendrich was also from Austria and 'Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung', too.

[@arnodobler1096]

@@angelinaneckam8115 👍

[@gabrielgolden4336]

Germans' taste in pop music reminds me of their sense of humor.

[@arnodobler1096]

That Germans have no sense of humor is the silliest old "joke". An invention of the British probably (the joke). It's just very dry and black. We have more (political and social) satire than most countries. Like the British John Oliver in the USA.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Kid... You have no idea...!

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

I agree with you about the taste in music, but not about the humor. We have some, some people just don't understand it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But google to see if there are any bands in your musical taste. There are tons of bands of all musical genres, some of which fill entire arenas and yet don't appeal to the taste of the masses. Funnily enough, bands outside the mass taste are sometimes more popular abroad than in Germany.

[@arnodobler1096]

@@Ace-Of-Spades--- Like Rammstein, Electric Callboy f.e.

[@hansmolders1066]

Really shitty music if you ask me?! But I'm different, so...

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Lieber Hans... Ein Teil davon, war wirklich Mist! Genau wie ein Teil der 80er Jahre...