40 Years of Rock Me Amadeus: 4k Music Video for the Anniversary of Falco Hit

"Rock Me Amadeus", composed by the Dutch producer duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland and written by Falco, brought the artist great success. The 1984 album "Junge Römer" and its singles had not met the high expectations set by the debut album "Einzelhaft" and the hit "Der Kommissar". "Amadeus" reached number 1 on the Austrian Top 40 and remained in the Austrian charts for about half a year. The song also reached the top in Germany.

Popular Music Video Fueled Success of Rock Me Amadeus

What followed a few months later made Falco "Austria's only international pop star", as is often written: "Amadeus" achieved "Platinum" in America with an astonishing over two million singles sold, and the song was awarded "Gold" in the UK, with more than half a million copies sold there. The album "Falco 3", released in September 1985, featuring "Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", and "Jeanny, Part 1", became Falco's most commercially successful.

Falco himself, it is rumored, initially "did not want to sing about Mozart", but was then convinced by the song's hit potential. The clip for "Rock Me Amadeus", produced by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, certainly contributed to the song's rapid popularity. In it, time periods are mixed, with Falco - sometimes in a tuxedo, sometimes in a Mozart outfit - singing and rapping alternately surrounded by people in baroque costumes and rockers in studs and leather. In 1986, it was the most-played video on MTV, according to the portal www.falco-compendium.at. There are numerous mixes and remixes of "Rock Me Amadeus". In international countries, an "American Edit" was often released. The song has been covered multiple times - from Die Toten Hosen to LaFee.

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