Egoist (Falco song)

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"Egoist"
Single by Falco
from the album Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
Released1998 (1998)
Label EMI Electrola GmbH
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Torsten Börger
Falco singles chronology
"Out of the Dark"
(1998)
"Egoist"
(1998)
"Push! Push!"
(1999)

"Egoist" is a song by Falco from his eighth studio album Out of the Dark (Into the Light) . The song was also released as a single. (Both the album and the single were released posthumously in 1998.)

Contents

Background and writing

The song was written by Falco, Patrick Alexander Ehrlich, and Steve Van Velvet. The recording was produced by Torsten Börger. [1]

Commercial performance

The song reached number 4 in Germany, number 6 in Austria and number 19 in Switzerland. [1]

Track listing

CD maxi single – EMI Electrola 8 85985 2 (EMI) (1998, Netherlands)

  1. "Egoist" (remix) – 3:40
  2. "Egoist" (original version) – 3:26
  3. "Out of the Dark" (remix) – 3:26 [1]

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2] 6
Germany (Official German Charts) [3] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [4] 19

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 34

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