Out of the Dark (song)

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"Out of the Dark"
Single by Falco
from the album Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
Released1998
Label EMI Electrola
Songwriter(s) Falco, Torsten Börger
Producer(s) Torsten Börger
Falco singles chronology
"Naked"
(1996)
"Out of the Dark"
(1998)
"Egoist"
(1998)

"Out of the Dark" is a song by Austrian singer 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.

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The song was written by Falco and Torsten Börger. It was produced by Börger. [1]

The song reached No. 2 in Germany and Austria and No. 3 in Switzerland. [1]

Track listings

CD maxi single EMI Electrola 8 85456 2 (EMI) (1998, Netherlands)

  1. "Out of the Dark" (3:36)
  2. "Der Kommissar (2000)" (3:47) [1]

Promo CD single EMI Electrola P 519.947 (1998)
CD single EMI Electrola 8853992

  1. "Out of the Dark" (3:34)
  2. "Out of the Dark" (Instrumental) (3:34) [1]

Charts

Cover versions

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