Falco discography

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Falco discography
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Falco in 1986
Studio albums10
Live albums5
Compilation albums14
Singles38

Austrian singer Falco released nine studio albums, four live albums, 13 compilation albums, and 38 singles.

Contents

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. His second studio album, Junge Roemer , peaked at number one of the Austrian album charts.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
NOR
[4]
NLD
[5]
SWE
[6]
NZ
[7]
CAN
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Einzelhaft 117745453164
Junge Roemer
  • Released: 1 June 1984
  • Label: A&M, Sony Music, GiG
  • Formats: LP, cassette
176
Falco 3
  • Released: 15 October 1985
  • Label: A&M, Teldec, GiG
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12131629323
Emotional 1157
Wiener Blut
  • Released: 15 September 1988
  • Label: GiG, Warner Bros., Sire
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
2912
Data de Groove
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: GiG, Warner Bros., Sire
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
51553
Nachtflug
  • Released: 4 October 1992
  • Label: GiG, A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
173
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [14]
Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
  • Released: 27 February 1998
  • Label: GiG, Electrola
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
134
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum [14]
  • BVMI: Platinum [11]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [15]
Verdammt wir leben noch
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
335
Symphonic
  • Released: 2 February 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP
11534
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum [14]
The Spirit Never Dies
  • Released: 4 December 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1333
  • BVMI: Gold [11]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum [14]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
Live Forever
(recorded on 27 October 1986 in Berlin)
  • Released: 29 November 1999
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, DVD
34
L.I.V.E. Donauinsel
(recorded in Vienna 1993)
  • Released: 14 April 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, DVD
1492
Symphonic
(recorded in Wiener Neustadt 1994)
  • Released: 2 February 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: DVD
Falco Coming Home
 – The Tribute Donauinselfest 2017
  • Released: 2 February 2018
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, DVD
113
Symphonic Live
(reissue)
Live Forever: The Complete Show – Berlin 1986
  • Released: 9 June 2023
  • Label: Warner Music Germany
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1970
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
NOR
[4]
SWI
[3]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: December 1996
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
2
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [14]
Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Released: March 1997
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
8
Best Of
  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
7
The Remix Hit Collection
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
51
The Hit-Singles
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
7
The Final Curtain – The Ultimate Best Of
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
126
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [14]
  • BVMI: Platinum [11]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
Hoch wie nie
  • Released: 2 January 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
125
  • IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum [14]
  • BVMI: Platinum [11]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold [16]
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
18
So80s presents Falco
  • Released: 7 December 2012
  • Label: Soundcolours
  • Formats: CD
48
Original Album Classics
  • Released: 28 August 2015
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
33
Falco
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Soundcolours
  • Formats: CD
48
Falco 60
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
133
  • BVMI: Gold [11]
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum [14]
The Sound of Musik
  • Released: 4 February 2022
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1444
Falco
  • Released: 11 February 2022
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP
313
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Tribute albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[3]
Sterben um zu Leben
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
121851

Soundtracks

TitleDetails Certifications
Helden von Heute
  • Released: 1984
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD
  • BVMI: Platinum [11]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[1]
GER
[2]
SWI
[17]
NLD
[18]
SWE
[6]
IRE
[19]
NZ
[20]
CAN
[21]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
"Ganz Wien"198172 [upper-alpha 1] Einzelhaft
"Der Kommissar"11217424411 [upper-alpha 2]
"Maschine brennt"1982410 [upper-alpha 3]
"Auf der Flucht"
"Zuviel Hitze"
"Junge Roemer"1984824 [upper-alpha 4] Junge Roemer
"Nur mit dir"
"Kann es Liebe sein?"
(with Désirée Nosbusch)
"Rock Me Amadeus"198511246
2 [upper-alpha 5]
111111Falco 3
"Vienna Calling"43711610131018
"Jeanny"1111768
"The Sound of Musik"198644112961 [upper-alpha 6] Emotional
"Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)"41311
"Emotional"19875085
"Body Next to Body"
(with Brigitte Nielsen)
622Non-album single
"Wiener Blut"19884924Wiener Blut
"Satellite to Satellite"
"Garbo"
"Do It Again"
"Data de Groove"199012Data de Groove
"Charisma Kommando"
"Nachtflug"1992Nachtflug
"Titanic"347
"Dance Mephisto"17
"Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da"199631130
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [14]
Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
"Naked"450
"Out of the Dark"1998223
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [14]
  • BVMI: 3× Gold [11]
"Der Kommissar"
(Jason Nevins and Club 69 Remixes)
39Non-album single
"Egoist"6419Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
"Push! Push!"1999950The Final Curtain – The Ultimate Best Of
"Verdammt wir leben noch"26Verdammt wir leben noch
"Europa"
"Männer des Westens"
(T. Börger Version 2007)
20071455Non-album singles
"Falcos 1."
("Chance to Dance" / "Summer")
"Der Kommissar 2008"200849Symphonic
"Die Königin von Eschnapur"
"The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)" [29] 20093The Spirit Never Dies
"Kissing in the Kremlin" [30] 2010
"Jeanny" [31]
(with Ali As)
2018Sterben um zu Leben
"Rock Me Amadeus" [32]
(with Sun Diego)
6371
"Vienna Calling" [33]
(with Celo & Abdi feat. Niqo Nuevo)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUT
[1]
"Zwischen Zeit und Raum"
(Nazar feat. Falco)
201414Camouflage

Notes

  1. "Ganz Wien" debuted at no. 72 in 2017. [22]
  2. "Der Komissar" peaked at no. 74 on the US Cashbox singles chart [23] and at no. 10 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [24]
  3. The double A-side single "On the Run / Maschine Brennt" peaked at no. 9 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [24]
  4. "Junge Roemer" peaked at no. 52 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [24]
  5. "Rock Me Amadeus (Canadian / American '86 Mix)" reached no. 2 in the Netherlands and in Flanders (Francophone Belgium) in 1986. [26]
  6. The Remix of "The Sound of Musik" peaked at no. 19 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [24]

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