Reaction to Top 10 Deutsche Songs (2010-2019)

[@floriandaumling7047]

In the song with the lines laid out, he literally sings 'You wanna take drugs with me?'

[@mysterium368]

"Willst du" is a great song,tho.

[@RichiSpilleso]

thats honestly probably the best fucking song on this whole list he also got famous with this album and to some non native speaker suprise his songs are pretty deep and political and he is very well in using the german language for metaphors

[@mogwai76]

I recommend in that context the video of Trailerpark - Sterben kannst du überall 😉

[@bjornkessels5460]

@@mogwai76 Thats why you better stay in School XD

[@solus8685]

Alligatoah my beloved

[@Attirbful]

Now, the real difference between American and German music tastes is that in Germany, a song that once was popular usually remains popular. We hardly ever say, oh, that was so 2011 and it is completely out now. No, like 95 % of these songs can be heard on any regular day in 2023 in German radio… My American friends always got a kick out of listening to the radio and within a hour, hearing a mix of Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, Nena, Queen, Elton John, the latest hits, AND the good old oldies…

[@lynnhamps7052]

I agree, same applies to UK...America seems to split their radio stations into genres where as a lot of Europe and possibly Australia have more eclectic play lists...prefer a mix, it's great listening to all types one after the other..😊🇬🇧

[@Brauiz90]

one example that counts for me - Depeche Mode... popular in the 80s, electric pop and then in 2023 "ghosts again" got me so good because it's "back to the roots"

[@RichiSpilleso]

thats true but me as a german, trying really hard to dodge radio, i dislike most popular music... its just not unique and because I have very good memory I get bored very quickly when i know whats coming. Even my fav songs I rarely listen to because I always enough the music I just found a lot more.

[@RichiSpilleso]

@@lynnhamps7052 Depends on the mood but I guess I agree if there would be a radio which actually good music and mixing genre well it would be fire

[@ExceedProduction]

Fully agree. Some German music falls out of style but most songs, even the niche ones, you can play at a party without anyone batting an eye. Classics are classics!

[@kluzz7760]

as a german the first half hit me with insane nostalgia. I was born in 2006, so the first songs were basicly my childhood

[@ChristianG004]

Me to and I was born 2004

[@sojus7929]

Gosh now even I feel old being born 1996

[@hrizwaldieos8239]

@@sojus7929 You´re old, 99 here :D

[@sojus7929]

@@hrizwaldieos8239Still 90s so I'd say we are both really old by now ^^

[@hrizwaldieos8239]

@@sojus7929 by now yes :( :D

[@avr7120]

This made me remember why I stopped listening to German music lol. This genre of rap at the end is intolerable for me

[@DTheName]

that's no rap, that's trap trash...

[@Orkimtor]

I stopped listening to the radio in like 2015, so I don't know most of the songs after that. Seeing this video, I am glad I got to know the good half :)

[@oraniuk9271]

same, i never liked this kind of rap

[@vomm]

From 2016, things went steeply downhill. Also, the charts have been proven to be cheated by these "rappers".

[@Jaguar79gt]

@@Orkimtor me too. everything that came after 2015 I just can't relate to

[@marekb774]

Dude as a German that list is so embarassing. There are way better Songs than that 😂

[@peterhoz]

Yup. Where was Lena? Surely when she won Eurovision in 2010...

[@Jonas-tf3im]

das sind die Charts gewesen...

[@marekb774]

@@Jonas-tf3im ich weiß, aber für ihn halt ein komischer Eindruck der deutschen Musik, die so viel bessere, unbekanntere Artists hat.

[@marekb774]

@@peterhoz hierbei ging es nur um deutschsprachige Songs

[@eeeins]

herzbeben🗿

[@Stella_Le2772]

I’m a German born in the 2000s and I’m so grateful for this throwback. 50% if this songs were on my 2017 MP3-Player. I’m so glad you don’t understand the lyrics. Most of the songs are so embarrassing. But nostalgia is too strong. 😂

[@tätt_ninjahr]

Better being embarrassed about listening to songs from a time in which we enjoyed thinking of emotional/fun things in life, rather than being embarrassed by the fact that some people think, blasting the most generic rap around the neighborhood in their BMW makes their sausages grow. Gute Songs bleiben am Leben, ganz egal von wann sie sind.

[@Brauiz90]

top song 2010 - "Geboren um zu leben" can be translated to "born to be alive" - the singer lost his best friend (brother?) and made this song to compensate his feelings over the loss... 2014 "Auf uns" had been played in Rio de Janeiro after Germany won the soccer world cup final game against Argentina. What a special moment this was...

[@samstag2919]

He lost his mother

[@alex_w_punkt]

As a German, I have to say that there is much better music here than this cruel German rap.

[@pami333]

Indeed!

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

I don't know most of those songs lol

[@RichiSpilleso]

@birthemuller7310 absolut richtig, auch besonders Rap, ich finde der chart rap ist das schlimmste was man sich an deutsch rap antun kann

[@SheratanLP]

Ich stimme zu. Bei 50% der "Songs" ist mir fast das Kotzen gekommen. Vor Allem bei denen, wo krampfhaft versucht wird es den Amis gleich zu tun.

[@WeedmanSkirr]

this is german punkg/pop (i like punk) but yea nothing to do with rap.

[@Hugo39999]

Just listen to every song in that list. It would be fun to see what songs you like/don't like that were so popular in Germany.

[@Nekr0n35]

I agree and these 2-3 sec clips of a song give a very limited picture of our music.

[@blaucharly78]

Totally agree. And read the english translation, because in Germany very often the lyrics are very important.

[@LexusLFA554]

Have you reacted to the video about songs by german bands / artists nobody knows are german? Germans really seem to be attached to foreign songwriting and language, so they did their own things, like Mr. Presidents "Coco Jamboo" (german band). Fantastic song btw. If you LOVE german techno, you need to check out Kraftwerk. They were the original Techno artists, and were a huge impression and idol for bands like Erasure. For me Still by Jupiter Jones is easily one of the best german songs ever written. It is so simple, but so emotional at the same time. Sadly, at least for me, german music has really degraded in the last 10 years or so. The addition of german rap, especially the hateful filled one, was a bad one, and there was a rise in the use of autotune and a decrease in vocal talent as well. If the singer can't sing, autotune is used to fix it. If you compare this to Ich + Ich at their peak, or even songs like Münchner Freiheits "Ohne Dich" (80s song), you will definitely notice it. With the arrival of new songs the german speech pattern was completely changed, and today you have 6 year old kids calling you all sorts of names. This is really sad.

[@E85stattElektro]

I just recently read that Milky Chance is German lol He is from Kassel

[@Dschonny]

Another great example is Purple Disco Machine, one of the most streamed artists on Spotify worldwide. E.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5O8gnioqbJskM0 (btw, he's from Kassel as well afaik)

[@spielpfan7067]

Biggest surprise for me was that Boney M was a German band.

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

@@Dschonny Kassel? He was born in Dresden, grew up in East Germany, and still lives in Dresden. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Disco_Machine

[@Dschonny]

@@Fragenzeichenplatte Ah yes, must have mixed this up, thanx for clearing this.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

As you mentioned "Lacoste" as a clothing style ... actually it's avaible in Germany, too, as it is a brand from the nearby France. The americans just went crazy about this brand, though!? oO Please keep in mind that this were just (!) top 10 songs by radio play. To be honest: I am german and into music, but I haven't heard most of this song from the video! My taste of music goes in another type of music. But I just want to let you know: Germany has the third (!) largest music market on this planet, after the US an Japan! So there is really a lot of extremly good music of all genres avaible and to discover- mostly beside the charts stuff and radio plays! And there are some music legends around here who are doing music since decades! I've just attend a concert of a german Rap/HipHop-band on their 30th jubilee year tour! I first heard them at elementary school and now I am age 40+ ... *damn XD

[@DSP16569]

The top 10s of Songs with German lyrics.

[@DSP16569]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany Sicherlich, aber Satelite war doch kein deutsche Lied ( OK Deutsche Sängerin, Deutscher Komponist, Produziert in Deutschland aber ENGLISCHER TEXT)

[@flars8539]

​@@DSP16569"Deutsch" bezieht sich hier auf den sprachkulturellen Kontext, nicht die Sprache selbst.

[@DerToooooo]

Okay I think in like 2015 I started to develop an individual taste in music and stopped listening to radio, because suddenly I don't know most of these songs 😂

[@michaausleipzig]

Same here! 😅

[@JumpOverYourShadow]

Well just look at the top 10 of 2015 and tell me they just don't all have the same sound design. Minimal musical accents with a singer who sounds bored or wasted...

[@MelanieA-nr1jz]

Awww, wie schön 🎉 so viele Songs schon fast vergessen gehabt ❤ Danke

[@mikekelly702]

Great video Joel. They have some really good music over there. I heard alot of these songs when I was in Amsterdam.

[@1983simi]

This video is so interesting to me. I moved abroad from Germany in 2014, so I really only know the songs up to that year, and then I know some of the songs in 2016 because I was attending some weddings in Germany that year. But yeah, if you're not in the country, there's very little German music that comes through to you unless you actively seek it out. As for the Lacoste shirts, those have been pretty standard for the last 20 to 30 years, especially in cities like Munich. I think of it as the Munich uniform... or uniform of law and business degree students ;) I didn't even know they were fashionable among young Americans in - what did you say again? - 2016. I feel in Germany they have always been there for the last few decades and just not gone anywhere.

[@ronparker73]

I wore Lacoste in the 80s

[@aubergine1236]

​@@ronparker73Auch die Deutschen in den 80iger Jahren, Kleidung für Spießer

[@ronparker73]

@@aubergine1236 Grins - hätte ich aus Kontextgründen vielleicht erwähnen sollen... ich auch in Deutschland.

[@holunbube4549]

Well, you know... there is a german style of music that is almost unknown in other contries, through it is becoming more visisble in other contries in the last couple of years. I'm speaking of Medival Rock or Medival Folk or Medival Pop. A simple explanation is that this is Musisc with a mix of modern and old instuments. There are a lot of popular bands over here making all styles of music. If you are interested check out music by "In Extremo", "Saltatio Mortis", "Feuerschwanz", "Schandmaul" or "Faun". Also "Versengold" has its routs in that genre, but moved more to folk by now.

[@19Regi93]

Quite a lot of Americans these days are reacting to Saltatio Mortis, Faun and other bands as well and are usually blown away. I love watching these kind of reactions and I think Joel would be so shocked about this.

[@LudwigRohf]

One of the most succesfull german Songs is "99 Luftballons" by Nena from 1983. I was told that it was known in the US, too.

[@dantealighieri1265]

only german song that ever reached number 1 in the USA was by an austrian :D

[@solus8685]

Annoying song

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

Probably because there is an English version (99 Red Ballons)

[@biscuitguy4923]

Hey man! I've been watching your vids a while now and I think your channel is unlike any other really, it's just fueled by your individual perks of interest and you go down all kinds of directions over time as you learn more and are exposed to more, and I gotta say a huge well done to you, hella respect, and keep it up! I'm British born and raised (hence my initial interest in your channel) but have since moved to Austria in 2020 and learnt the language to a pretty workable level however still with many gaps! But I watch your videos to take me back to where I came from sometimes, and to see what you think of the area of the world I've moved to, in the German Sprachbund and sphere of influence. I spend a lot of time in southern Bavaria along the border with Austria and I myself have my observations and reservations on some things (Austria is the best!! XDDD) If you're ever back in the area or intend to venture into Austria, I'd be 100% down and happy to meet up and break you into the culture and help explain things! I could recommend some things that I quite like or that those around where I live listen to: SIDO (ALL) Rammstein (it's metal, but if you like that, then ALL) AnnenMayKantereit (ALSO ALL) Wildberry Lillet - Nina Chuba OHA - Käptn Peng Herr Inspektor - Seiler und Speer (Exclusively in Austrian German dialect) 10 Jahre - 187 Strassenbande Piraten - Ali Affront Wo kann man das kaufen - Alligatoah 110 - Capital Bra Phänomen - Roxy & Cyril Hurra die Welt geht unter - K.I.Z. & Henning May Vergessenes Königreich - GReeeN Ring in der Hand - Josh. Verschwende mich - OK KID Ding - Seeed Berlin - Unprocessed Wenn Du weinst - Lostboi Lino etc. etc. etc. Enjoy! Much love from Steiermark, Austria!

[@minataurus.]

AnnenMayKantereit und Juju :)

[@julez8690]

I never heard most of the songs after 2017. Not on the Radio or elsewhere. I guess they are listened to on Spotyfy and other streamingplattforms. How do they calculate the charts these days? I guess Spotify and co count a lot. That would explain my lack of knowlegde

[@schaerfentiefe1967]

After 2017 the quality of the music decreased 😥... and the number of Lamborghinis appearing in music video increased... 😂

[@vomm]

This rap shit was broadcast on "Shisha TV". And they cheated the Spotify and KZbin algorithm, that's why they dominated the charts

[@donorco443]

The whole reacting to german stuff actually got popular after the german rapper Gzuz released his music videos on world star hiphop. The video kind of polarized in the us and alot of american youtube channels reacted to the video. American youtubers like james bray started their whole career by reacting to german hip hop. Over time reacting to german music got less popular and so the trend shifted to reacting to german culture or Germany in general. So thats where we are now and I think thats one of the reasons your channel got succesful pretty fast. However I think most of your viewers like to see that you are actually interested to learn more about germany and not just reacting to make some money. I think thats great. Great video again, keep it up!

[@annypenny8621]

I remember the summer holiday 2016 in Turkey. "Die immer lacht" by Kirstin Ott was played all the time at the pool bar... I loved it ❤

[@annypenny8621]

Ja genau…mal so und mal so..😇

[@jdd564]

Hey, I really liked your reaction on the video. For more german music I would recommend the band Seeed and the music of Peter Fox its lead singer. Also Cro is very integrated in german music over the decade. Those examples are more german hip hop to specify :) For more pop music I can recommend songs by Mark Forster, Andreas Bourani, Adel Tawil, Lena and Namika. Even though I named a lot of different artists I would suggest to look for some more German artists suggested in the comments because there are so many good artists and songs!

[@sophiakubbutat6493]

Sido is also culture vibe

[@ronverhoef]

As you might know I live close to Germany and when I'm driving to work I always listen to FFN, which is a German radiostation. So I hear a lot of German songs. My favourite artist are definitely Tim Bendzko, Philipp Poisel, Herbert Grönemeyer and Revolverheld. Whenever they come to the Emslandarena in Lingen, I do go to see their concerts, because Lingen is very near to where I live.

[@suza2987]

I didn't know how bad the music was after 2015. That's a shame. Some of them are songs I've never heard before.

[@IIIJG52]

Some of these gave me instant nostalgie man :D . And then it was all hip hop and im mostly out.

[@cadeeja.]

I still love the songs now that I loved then. I do not feel like they would be outdated. Also I feel like you had to listen to more than snippets to get the feel correctly. Plus the lyrics do matter, too.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

The song with the line of drugs you stopped at is called "do you wanna take drugs with me?" And US music heavily impacts German music and TV.. pretty much all popular stuff is "inspired/adapted" from the US or elsewhere.. and then there is soft pop that all sounds the same no matter the year.. Jahn Böhmermann a popular comedian actually let apes in the zoo write a song by giving them several terms and fruits on each word - and they picked them by taking the food. The result sounded EXACTLY like any other song. The Song is called "Jim Pandzko feat. Jan Böhmermann - "Menschen Leben Tanzen Welt" | NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE" If you want to react on it

[@kortanioslastofhisname]

The "Willst du" (and several other songs by Alligatoah) is worth a full reaction video on its own. He is one of the most (if not the most) creative and witty lyricists in modern German music.

[@simonhuber514]

In 6:08 where there are the lines of innocent white stuff, the hook of the song actually literally translates to "Do you wanna do drugs with me"🤣

[@johnupdate]

anyone noticed that the songs from 2019 have almost the same drum programming? music gets more and more generic these days …

[@fabiang1821]

It really started to go downhill in 2017 with that, all those generic wannabe gangsters sound the same😅

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

a notable exception are ELECTRIC CALLBOY - they will even start a US tour soon.

[@dataterminal]

Musical theory and the psychology behind what makes good sales has been studied for years. Now that we have computers, they can do the majority of the leg work to make songs more appealing to the widest possible audience, and will pitch match any bad singing automatically giving them that perfect voice and beat temp throughout the entire song. There is so much electronic music generated now, and we're just moving in to the era of AI generated singing voices. Just like AI can generate endless South Park episodes with a single prompt now, the music industry will be generating endless masses of songs.

[@johnupdate]

@@dataterminal that’s right. but there’s one problem: computers have no soul. so if you want tho generate a piece of elevator music or a background track for your youtube commercial: go with ai. but if you want to write a piece of music that‘s exiting, rebellious, hits the listener in the middle of the heart or that is played in a way that gives the audience chills or goosebumps, then stick to manmade music.

[@nixtrix3795]

Artist: Shirin David Song: Hoes Up G's down Artist: Gsus Song: warum Both Songs are influenced by American Rap and very cool. Love your content❤ greetings fromm Germany 😎

[@phil.k1907fca]

So viel Nostalgie ❤❤❤

[@jasonboyd5867]

It's probably just my taste, but my favourite Duetsche music has to Rammstein. Their song Ohne Dich is probably a good starting point 😊 Edit - spotted their song Deutschland at 12:24

[@celinavinzens4043]

don´t know if he should react to rammstein...

[@Orkimtor]

@@celinavinzens4043 I wonder how much this controversy has actually reached US media.

[@celinavinzens4043]

@@Orkimtor yea that's a good question actually, I don't know if it has at all

[@cantinadudes]

​@@celinavinzens4043well... thats a good question. Hopefully this all turns out to be false/exaggerated (i personally believe the latter as some of the stories just dont match at certain areas and where they match it seems like an immoral, but not evil situation) I think it'd be ok to react to them, as the US is very disconnected from us here in europe, and even if the accusations turn out to be 100% true, the band will most likely dissolved very soon and none of the money they make now will go them as they have people above them that'll most likely keep it or donate it

[@slowattougeracingteam69]

As a German born in 2003, i loved close to all of these songs. Even if am normally a Metalhead. But this was just my childhood.

[@woolwizard2469]

Now we need more Reactions to Alligatoah, Seeed and Sido with translated lyrics

[@Talkshowhorse_Echna]

For something thats not in the charts but on fire right now listen to Electric Callboy. The entire last album Tekkno is a masterpiece.

[@dumdidum631]

Well, you know it, not radio-friendly. 😂

[@Tony-wj5mp]

Hey...love your channel (yes I subscribe). 2016 index 8:35...the song Kokaina (aka Cocaine). Nearly every song on these list has an English translation in case you wanna check them out. Just like American playlist these are probably examples of Top 40 popular songs that are most requested or downloaded. I suggest looking for specific Genre's to get a more accurate feel of Germany's music landscape. I say this because here the states Rammstein is considered to be an aggressive Alt Right band, while in Germany many place them in the same category as Alt rock bands like Marilyn Manson, NIN, or even Metallica. It all depends on where you call heim.

[@linah.3257]

I am german and I can say most of these songs have a deep meaning not all of them but a lot and if you understand german you will also understand why these songs were popular.

[@yp2kk]

i feel like in this video its hard to get an actual feel for the songs because they are cut short. id recommend watching either full Songs maybe even with translations or find a Video were they play out a little more

[@Ventilator-ri8su]

Geile Musik, viele Erinnerungen 👌🏼💯🔥

[@kbittorf335]

I enjoy “Die Immer Lacht” by Kirsten Ott and “Oft Gefragt” by AnnenMaiKantereit of Köln. In the latter if you translate the lyrics it really means much more. And Henning’s deep baritone voice is amazing. I also enjoy Schlager and folks music as well! Hopefully I will be able to attend the Austrian band Schürzenjäger’s performance in Milwaukee this weekend!!

[@mojo0307]

AnnenMayKantereit. Henning May!

[@viviswunderland]

And here I am, a german woman, listening to those samples and thinking: "HOW IS THIS 10+ YEARS OLD?" And than I realise: I'm probably getting old cause some songs just doesn't resonate with me anymore the "newer" it gets. I don't know your taste in music. As for me, I really enjoy what we count as "Folk/ Folk Rock" (Not to confuse with "Schlager") with bands like Versengold, Feuerschwanz, Saltatio Mortis and so on. They have nice songs to dance and have fun to, but also have songs with a deep meaning. Some you may like to check out, even though I don't know if you like them or find them with englisch subtitles: Feuerschwanz ft. Melissa Bonny - Ding (a Cover of the Seed Song) Feuerschwanz - Das Elfte Gebot Versengold - Die wilde Jagd (a song inspired by a german myth) Saltatio Mortis - Wo sind die Clowns

[@blondkatze3547]

Revolverheld`s music is nice to listen to on the one hand soulful on the other hand groovy. Great band.

[@philippprime6844]

Ein Revolverheld- Album war damals das erste Album was ich mir von meinem eigenen (Taschen-)Geld gekauft habe

[@blondkatze3547]

Gute Wahl.👍@@philippprime6844

[@PuNicAdbo]

11:00 the pond is big and it takes some time for trends to come over both ways

[@FaberBollonius]

I hope that you are into some rock music, or electronic music as well. Then you should give the band "Electric Callboy" a go! Although nearly all of their songs are in english. Similar style with german lyrics would be "WBTBWB" (We Butter The Bread With Butter). "Seeed" and "Peter Fox" are always a good recommendation, too (more swaggy, flowy, reggae-ish, whatever you wanna call it)!

[@kleinshui9082]

Peter Fox solo and his band Seeed! Enough said, all bangers, peak german music! Check him/them out, especially songs like 'Ding', 'Dickes B', 'Aufstehn!', 'Schwarz zu Blau', 'Alles Neu', 'Augenbling'. :)

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

6:07 I mean the title of the song is literally "Do you wanna take drugs with me"😅😂

[@stefankauffmann5313]

"Tage wie diese" was covered by Anastacia this year. The English lyrics also come from frontman Campino.

[@Ati-MarcusS]

Lacoste is around since 1933 was big here in my youth 1970s-1980s

[@NicoHen]

at 6:10 , the song title is "Do you want to take drugs?" A song about 2 junkie lovers who are ruining themselves, together.

[@Masque54]

"It just goes to show how far we've come in the world of music"? I would have said how far we've descended!! 😄

[@stylusd525]

06:05 its a party classic nowdays. „Willst du mit mir drogen nehmen, dann wird es rote rosen regnen“ mean „Do you wanna take drugs with me that it rains red rosses.“ 😂😂

[@pinkhope84]

Lila Wolken - Materia ❤

[@Jan-px7iw]

My childhood songs

[@harty_yt]

The Song "Willst du", where in the Video were "drugs", in the Song itself is sung: do you want to take drugs with me, then it will rain Roses

[@Swissghoul_1]

Alle 2015 Lieder sind kindheit 😢

[@piaherrmann4463]

The Song of >>Alligatoah - willst du

[@piaherrmann4463]

Sayings as/and ²nd meanings or subtext and explicit statement(.....Kind of)

[@judithbateman4288]

as a german im just straight up vibin to these song snippets, absolute nostalgia

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

Watch "Electric Callboy" from Germany !!!!

[@DalaiDrama-hp6oj]

Uh yes please 😍

[@chibiusa5183]

In Germany we have pop music and schlager music. Schlager is also pop music but it has a german stile and nowadays often mixed up with teckno.

[@peterhoz]

Schlager is so much better than the generic pop crap.

[@chibiusa5183]

@@peterhoz correct

[@DalaiDrama-hp6oj]

Electric Callboy "Hurrikan": -> Half German Schlager, half 'something else' 😂

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

Whenever I hear Pflaster (1:24), I wonder why the hamster is raging in front of his window😂😂😂

[@Jaguar79gt]

I mostly listen to electric music. but with some songs from 2010-2015 i got goosebumps because i just loved them and still love them today 😎😄 i would be interested to know if some of these songs were also played in the USA 🤔

[@holgerlinke98]

i apparantly missed a lot of 2018 and 2019 xD

[@Jona-p6y]

Bro, in the Musikvideo with the drugs he was singing „Do you want to take drugs with me“, so yes.

[@lilprinc3ss484]

The problem is that not all music categories are played on German radios. This means that even if a band or a song is mega hyped, it may not appear in the charts because the radio refuses to play it because they don't think it belongs on the radio or is not suitable for the radio

[@TinyWorldOfTom]

Try and watch Rammstein - Deutschland. It would be funny to see if you go completely in shock ;). Some People do.

[@zuckerschneuzchen]

I completly forgot about those songs. Memories

[@schmarotzke8205]

Peter Fox - Stadtaffe

[@DantoriusD]

One of the best LP's ever produced

[@Rafaela_S.]

A lot of german produced music is sung in english too. So it sounds like american music, but is in fact german, since it is hard to earn money with songs that are in german, since aside from rammstein, they don't sell very well outside of germany when they are in german.

[@jasch9879]

6:10 he literally sings "do you want to take dr*gs with me" thats basically the song 😂

[@claclaclac1]

The biggest problems with these lists is that they are mostly based on sales data (top 100 most sold physical cd's per week) You can see it at around 2016-17 were german pop music basically suddenly disappears in these lists, because that was the time where digital downloads & streaming took really off & from that point forward those pop songs were almost only to find in streaming & download lists but not in cd sales anymore. Nowadays there is like 90% german rap & hiphop in these "top lists" because they have the most support on retail cd's. Everything other genre is almost nonexistent.

[@Tracktype]

If you want to listen to one of the most popular artists/groups from Germany (still today) you have to check out the Album "Stadtaffe" from Peter Fox or any songs of Seeed which is a group he is the main artist of. Stadtaffe is still, after nearly 15 years, one of the most succesfull albums from Germany.

[@lucysnoop]

imo Peter Fox and Seeed capture the vibe of Berlin City so beautifully. Very multicultural, Party, chill, good vibes. So good! Definitely the best German representation in music for sure!

[@Dasselbewiedaoben]

I want to see that too

[@Crazynin1]

Ich kann jedes einzelne Lied komplett auswendig aus diesem Album. Ich musste das schon einige Male unter Beweis stellen, was ein wenig dauert aber die Leute waren danach sprachlos. Ich habe kein anderes Album so oft rauf und runter gehört.

[@Speedy4417]

10:10 I’m speaking as a Belgian here. What I can say however is; American music has an immense impact on European music as a whole. And it’s not just music either, it’s everything online. A lot of American things get “Europeanised” if you will.

[@leajud1410]

Yes, you should watch the video with the songs or artists you think are american.... As music I would recommend Apache 207, Cro (played in Munich last year for the opening of the NFL game Buccaneers versus Seattle seahawks), and Mark Foster.

[@nelerhabarber5602]

Didn`t know, that Lacoste exists still today. It was a popular brand 30, 40 years ago but only with a certain group of people, we called it Lakotz (puke)!

[@MrMegazwerg]

I got some nostalgy watching this 😅. It's funny most of these songs where played in the radio up and down

[@djvillan]

Berlin City Girl is a great song. After it's release parody songs were uploaded to KZbin changing Berlin to different cities in Germany.

[@MsVulgus]

greetings from AUSTRIA

[@joshina4497]

we need full reacctions to these songs xD I've seen so many reactions to this video, but nobody is actually listening to the full songs...

[@slavicvolna]

looking back on this, the song list is a bit embarrassing but at the same time it's what made german youth so fun to yell those hiphop rap songs at house parties. there are some gems in there, like annenmaykantereit. i'd recommend checking him out in a separate video :)

[@gibflossegenosse]

Thing with Lacoste as an example was, it was always considered a Rich Kid kind of Brand in Germany until the Rappers adopted them and started wearing them, so they were mainstream before but more in the like Upper Class of Germany

[@martinkasper197]

Lacoste was often copied back in the days.... With a bit different crocodile or a frog sticker, rhino,...

[@leamichellemuller2173]

You can really tell when german rap became popular during the years starting with "ohne mein team" in 2016

[@j.e2775]

Lea's Voice !!! I love it ❤

[@brianmatthews1736]

Not into German music so much EXCEPT .... KRAFTWORK!!! (Band started in DUSSELDORF) "TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS" (the longer nearly 14 minute one was my roller skating jam back in the day.) LOVE House and Techno, examples (USA stuff)...1. CECE Pensiston "FINALLY", 2. Robin S, ‘Show Me Love’, 3. Darude "Sandstorm", 4. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night, 5. Haddaway - "What is love?" (that one still SLAPS today), 6. Kina - Girl from the gutter (Thunderpuss Mix) Vj Carlos 21, 7. CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue [TMT Extended Version] SLAPS HARD -- BEST DOWNBEAT EVER about 4 min in...and so many more!

[@aidekhia81]

its KRAFTWERK

[@brianmatthews1736]

@@aidekhia81 ok, so my spelling sucks...sorry

[@aidekhia81]

@@brianmatthews1736 dont worry its still nice people mention the pioneers of german electronic music

[@HG_Budde]

Talk about an emotional roller-coaster.. 😂

[@ronjazw2517]

I don‘t listen to much of the chart music. I can recommend the band „Wir sind Helden“, especially the album „Von hier an blind“, right now I enjoy Nina Chuba (Song „Glatteis“ for example). „Die Ärzte“ were my favorite band in my teens (Song „Schrei nach Liebe“). And I adore the album „Alle Liebe nachträglich“ from Mine & Fatoni :) it would be cool to have you react to whole songs with the lyrics translated :)

[@Nils.Minimalist]

Jupiter Jones ❤

[@DJone4one]

I grew up between 2004 and 2010 with the rap songs of Bushido, Chakuza, Sido, Sentino, Kollegah, Kool Savas and Azad. Those were the days. During the disco period from 2011 onwards, I also grew up with Strobo Pop and a lot of David Guetta and other DJs. Most of what is shown here in the video is more radio music. It's often played on the radio. Here is the song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIusoWeEd69_opI

[@Markus-n3s]

Moses Pelham, Xavier Naidoo, Cassandra Steen best German music as well

[@micha6268]

@MoreJps you need to watch the top 10 of 2000-2009. it's amazing how much international artists are there. in the last decade there were just german artists

[@absolutsolo2763]

Wenn ich mir die Musik anhören müsste, aber weiter springen könnte würde ich bei 2/3 der Lieder so schnell oder schneller weiter skippen als es das Video gemacht hat. Its a pity he didn't link the original video. I'd love to see where this list derives from. Since the german charts are mostly international music, I can't find any list that fits to the one shown here.

[@Why-D]

At that point with the lines, the text was: "Do you want to take drugs with me?"

[@colinmf]

So Joel, when you're in the clubs are you are dancer?

[@coralinebcn_]

There are lot's of music groups and artists in Germany, even if you don't like Rap music or electronic that are good, old and new ones. I still have a CD with a remake of the best of Nena she released in 2002, with MV of Leuchtturm and the english version of Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann she sings with Kim Wilde - Anyplace Anywhere Anytime. 😅 All songs are good, old... yes! but good, not bad for being from the girl who had 99 luftballoons 💗 I could continue talking about how much I like Die äerzte, or the evolution of Nina Hagen and her music, but I will stop just mentioning some of the many other music groups I have loved through the years: Sportfreunde Stiller, Wir Sind Helden, Rosenstolz, Fettes Brot, Revolverheld, Silbermond, and many more...

[@Centaur81]

If you have heard 1 song ... one has heard the most. The variety has fallen by the wayside.

[@peterhoz]

You need to search Wok Racing, a fine German sport invention!

[@Dreatnought1966]

the bassist of Unheilig, Holger Böking is my neighbor, greeting from Germany

[@_plueschmors_]

Biggest German band is Rammstein, they even sold out Madison Square Garden. It‘s industrial metal and their live shows are just mind blowing. I would recommend ‘Du Hast‘ live from Paris or the video ‘Deutschland‘ which is a masterpiece

[@ischariotmusic5998]

A lot of Rammstein's Videos you can watch with subtitles ... could be an interresting experience!

[@spielpfan7067]

Biggest German standalone musician is Herbert Grönemeyer, officially he even sold more music than all English musicians, Ed Sheeran would be second in Germany. The biggest German band, sorted by how much music they sold would be "Die Toten Hosen". Rammstein would be second.

[@GharacDurac]

nope. Scorpions are the no.1 and than Rammstein@@spielpfan7067

[@dxbxra]

"mind blowing" und mädchen werden sexuell misshandelt

[@Schon1Kevin]

the song "willst du" by Alligatoah ist literally about taking drugs. hes a very talented song writer and musician whos famous for his socially critical songs with a lot of puns and metaphors. there is a lot to be said in every single song if you dive deeper into it and not just take the lyrics for what they are on the surface.

[@waedy]

geez, some of them still are my fave german songs and i am shocked how old all of these SOngs are

[@waedy]

@@JU-pq6qu so so true

[@waedy]

@@JU-pq6qu 35? Whow, so jung wär ich gern mal wieder für nur zwei Wochen ^^

[@gigi9307]

the 5 place from 2014 is literally about "do you want to take drugs with me"