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" Der Kommissar" (German: [deːɐ̯ kɔmɪˈsaːɐ̯]; "The Commissioner") is a song recorded by Austrian artist Falco in 1981. The song was written by Robert Ponger and Falco. It reached the top of the charts in many European countries. An English translated cover version by the group After the Fire in 1982 had greater success in other countries.
Though "Der Kommissar" failed to break through in the UK and US, the British rock band After the Fire covered the song with new English lyrics. This version charted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. [7] That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a non-single version of the song with new English lyrics under the ...
The album achieved some success with its flagship single, "Der Kommissar", an innovative and influential German-language rap song. An English version of the song by After the Fire was a hit in 1983. A promotional single, "Auf der Flucht (On the Run)", was released in the US and France.
The English version was later reissued on the albums Austropop Kult in 2004, and in 2007 on the 25th anniversary edition of Einzelhaft. With the release of his Austrian number one hit "Der Kommissar" in December 1981, Falco saw both a national and international launch as a solo artist. Both the German version of Ganz Wien, as well as its B-side ...
Der Kommissar may refer to: "Der Kommissar" (song), the name of a 1981/1982 hit single by the Austrian musician Falco, covered in 1983 by the British act After the Fire; Der Kommissar, an album by After the Fire; Der Kommissar (German: "The Commissioner"), a term used in relation to law enforcement in Germany
Ponger produced and shared writing credits on Falco's first two solo albums, 1982's Einzelhaft and 1984's Junge Roemer. [1] He co-wrote the song "Der Kommissar", which was a hit for both Falco in its original German and later for the British rock band After the Fire, whose English translation of the song became a top-ten Billboard hit in 1983 ...
In 1981, he released his first single, "That Scene", which did not enter the charts. His second single and the first of his first studio album, "Der Kommissar", peaked at number one on the German and Austrian single charts. Falco's first studio album, Einzelhaft, debuted at number one of the Austrian album charts and 19 of the German album charts.
The title track was a hit single there as well as in Switzerland, and most notably in Spain, where it peaked at No. 2. Still, the project was considered a relative disappointment compared with the international number one success of the breakthrough hit single, "Der Kommissar", from his previous album, Einzelhaft.