Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singers Marian Gold,Bernhard Lloyd,and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young","Big in Japan","Sounds Like a Melody","The Jet Set",and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous original member of Alphaville. They took their name from Jean-Luc Godard's film Alphaville.
Forever Young is the debut studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville. It was released on 27 September 1984 by Warner Music Group. Four singles supported the album:"Big in Japan","Sounds Like a Melody","Forever Young",and "Jet Set". The album charted well,hitting the top 20 in six European countries and reaching number 1 in Norway and Sweden. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.
"99 Luftballons" is a song by the West German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons",with lyrics by Kevin McAlea,was also released by Nena on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German original and contains lyrics with a somewhat different meaning. In the US,the English-language version did not chart,while the German-language recording became Nena's only US hit.
The Singles 1992–2003 is a greatest hits album by American rock band No Doubt,released on November 14,2003,by Interscope Records. It features 13 of the band's singles from three studio albums—Tragic Kingdom (1995),Return of Saturn (2000),and Rock Steady (2001)—and the single "Trapped in a Box" from their 1992 self-titled debut album. The album also included a cover of Talk Talk's 1984 song "It's My Life",the only new song on the album and which was released as a single. It was released alongside the DVD Rock Steady Live,a video of a concert as part of the band's Rock Steady tour in 2002,and the box set Boom Box,which contained The Singles 1992–2003,Everything in Time,The Videos 1992–2003,and Live in the Tragic Kingdom.
Guano Apes are a German rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen. The band consists of Sandra Nasić(vocals),Henning Rümenapp,Stefan Ude,and Dennis Poschwatta.
"Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. It served as the theme song for the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop,its eponymous character and the film franchise it is based from,which became an international number-one hit in 1985. The track reached number one in Ireland as well as on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally,it was a number two hit in Belgium,Canada,the Netherlands,Switzerland,the UK,and West Germany.
"Somebody's Watching Me" is a song recorded and written by American singer Rockwell,released by the Motown label in December 1983,as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name. It features guest vocals by Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson. The song became a major commercial success internationally,topping the charts in Belgium,France,and Spain,and reaching the top 5 in Canada,West Germany,the Netherlands,New Zealand,South Africa,Sweden,Switzerland,and the United States. In the UK,it reached No. 6 and is Rockwell's only top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart. Rolling Stone magazine called the song "an international and enduring smash hit that,more than 30 years later,remains the perennial paranoia-rock anthem and Halloween mix go-to song."
"The Reflex" is the eleventh single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran,released on 16 April 1984. The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third studio album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983). The single became the band's first to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and their second to top the UK Singles Chart.
"Rock Me Amadeus" is a song recorded by Austrian musician Falco for his third studio album,Falco 3 (1985). The single was made available for physical sale in 1985 in German-speaking Europe,through A&M. "Rock Me Amadeus" was written by Falco along with Dutch music producers Bolland &Bolland. To date,the single is the only German language song to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100,which it did on 29 March 1986.
Walking on a Thin Line is the third studio album by Guano Apes. It was released on 3 February 2003 by BMG. Title of the album comes from a line in the song "Kiss the Dawn".
Don't Give Me Names is the second studio album by the German band Guano Apes,released in 2000. It includes the hit single "Big in Japan",which peaked at #9 on the German charts and remains one of Guano Apes' most popular songs.
Proud Like a God is the debut studio album by the German alternative rock band Guano Apes. The album was released in Germany on 6 October 1997 via GUN/Supersonic Records,internationally on 24 December 1997 via GUN/Supersonic and BMG International,and finally in the US on 28 September 1999 via RCA Records and BMG International. Two of Guano Apes' most popular and enduring songs are included on this album:"Open Your Eyes" and "Lords of the Boards",which peaked at #5 and #10 on the German charts,respectively.
"Daddy Cool" is a song produced and co-written by Frank Farian who had founded the group Boney M. to visually perform to his songs on TV and while touring discos. Farian also provided the male voice parts on the record. The song was included on their debut album Take the Heat off Me. It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music and became Boney M.'s first hit in the United Kingdom.
"Celebration" is a 1980 song by American band Kool &the Gang. Released as the first single from their twelfth album,Celebrate! (1980),it was the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 2016,the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
"Forever Young" is a song by German synth-pop band Alphaville from their 1984 debut studio album of the same name. The single was successful in Scandinavia and in the European German-speaking countries in the same year.
"Such a Shame" is a song written by Mark Hollis for the English band Talk Talk's second album It's My Life (1984). It was released as the album's second single and went on to become a top 10 hit across Europe.
"Live Is Life" is a 1984 song by Austrian pop rock band Opus. It was released as the first single from their first live album,Live Is Life (1984),and was also included on the US version of their fourth studio album,Up and Down (1984). The song was a European number-one hit in the summer of 1985,and also reached number one in Canada and the top 40 in the US in 1986. It has been covered by many artists. The title is sometimes mistaken as "Life Is Life":German phonology has final-obstruent devoicing,so that the word "live" sounds like "life".
"Sounds Like a Melody" is a song by German band Alphaville,released in 1984 as the second single from their debut album Forever Young.
Red Rose is the fifth and final single from Alphaville's 1986 album,Afternoons in Utopia. It was released in April 1987,and is their ninth single overall.
"Kumba Yo!" is a 2001 collaborative single by Guano Apes featuring German comedian Michael Mittermeier. This song is notable for being the only Apes song to use profanity,with only one use of the word "fucking" in the song and serves as their highest-charting single in their native Germany. The song uses elements of the song "Kumbaya". The video shows the band capturing and tying Mittermeier to their car.
