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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: tripping out on time ... and a viennese man |
| Date | Fri, 07 May 2004 12:56:12 -0500 |
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At 02:34 AM 5/7/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Yeah, FALCO's version was in German only...that's why After The Fire cashed
>in...
I believe Falco did recut it with english lyrics (or it may have been another
cash-in) but it was too late. ATF's version became the hit in the USA. The
only other song by ATF that I remember getting airplay was the Police-like
"Dancing in The Shadows" which strangely was also the b-side of "Komissar".
In Oklahoma the CHR stations played the german version of "99 Luftballoons"
first and then quickly flipped to the english version when it was released.
KJ-103 in OKC had an interesting remix where it switched back and torth
between
both languages. The only other remix I can recall where it did that was the
long dance version of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (coming home)".
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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