Germany was the headquarter of Euro Dance

A small correction of the list. They were all german artists, except DJ Bobo. He is Swiss. And Falco is Austrian

Snap! was a EuroDance project by 2 producers from Frankfurt; the singers changed multiple times. Milli Vanilli was invented by Frank Farian, who had also produced Boney M. Milli Vanilli got in 1990 a Grammy Award, but in the same year it became known, that both "singers" were actually only dancers and playback performers, they hand sung none of the songs themselves. This scandal ended the Milli Vanilli story. 2:03 Dieter Krebs was a comedian, and that song was meant as a parody. 2:09 Torfrock are a North German Rock band, founded in 1977 and singing in German and "Plattdeutsch" (Low German, evolved from Old Low Saxon). The song "Beinhart" was the title song of the first "Werner" movie (Werner is a cartoon character by Rotger Feldmann aka "Brösel"). 2:40 Scorpions was founded in 1965 as "Nameless", publishing the first Scorpions album in 1972 and still on stage. "Winds of change" was written by lead singer Klaus Meine in September 1989 under the impression of the upcoming changes in East Europe, shortly before the fall of the wall. 4:05 Haddaway was born in Trinidad, studied in Washington D.C., moved then to Cologne, playing American Football with the Cologne Crocodiles and working in bars. In 1992 he was signed by German label Coconut Records; producers Karin Hartmann and Tony Hendrik wrote his debut single "What is Love". He lives now in Austria. 5:15 Die Fantastischen Vier (short: Fanta 4) are an hip hop group from Stuttgart, founded in 1989 and still active. 5:44 Tic Tac Toe could be described as German answer to the Spice Girls, but a bit more saucier. The title of the song translates to "I think you're sh.." 6:38 Die Toten Hosen (The dead trousers = nothing happens here) were founded in 1982 as punk rock band in Düsseldorf. They made some fun songs, some very political songs also and are still an institution within the German music scene. In summer 2023 they made first the "Alle sagen das" tour and then the "Forever" tour (the latter together with Bavarian satirical cabaret artist Gerhard Polt and the Well Brothers, a Bavarian music and cabaret band combining satirical texts with folk music). 6:47 Fools Garden were formed 1991 in Pforzheim at the northern rim of the Black Forest. 7:40 Falco was a very talented, if sometimes eccentric singer from Austria. He died in 1998 after a car accident in the Dominican Republic. 7:50 Die Ärzte ("the Doctors") is the other famous German punk rock band formed in 1982, but in Berlin. They are also still in tour. Their 2023 tour was announced only a week before it started and sold out within minutes. 8:22 Lou Bega was born in 1975 in Munich to an Italien mother and a Ugandan father.

I'm German, build in 86. You don't know what you stirred up with all these songs i forgot about 😅

2:45 The Scorpions are from Hannover Germany and "Wind of Change" has been one of THE 2 anthems of German reuinification and the "Wendezeit". PS: The other one is NOT some song by David Hasselhoff, but "Freiheit" by Westernhagen, probably lesser known in the rest of the world due to it not being in English.

There is a lot of music played in US that is from Europe that most Americans think is from US. I'm from Sweden and we have a lot of music played over there!!

Falco was in fact Austrian, he made some real great songs, like Jeanny, Der Kommisar, and probably best known in the US is Rock Me Amadeus. Die Fantastischen Vier was one of the early German Hip Hop Bands singing in german, they were really good compared to many other. DJ Bobo is actually a Swiss guy, who made kind of "Techno Pop" and was extremely successful. He made a ton of money with that. Joachim Witt origins in the "German New Wave" of the 80s and has made some real cool songs and videos, kind of similar to Rammstein, but with a different type of music. Snap! was also a huge success in the 90s, also internationally. Especially the song The Power. The 2 fat guys at the start are called "Wildecker Herzbuben" and are from a entirely different music genre, which we call "Volksmusik" (yes, similar to Volkswagen...) and that most young people dispise. Nevertheless a lot of money is being made in this genre.

Snaps music was probably one of the most played in nightclubs in the 90s including Australia

Germany is actually the secret king of Music in Europe. Soooo many Bands and Songs come from germany and even germans dont know about it. Thats why btw alot bands from Europe try to make it in germany first before they conquer the World. If you got the german market, then you can make it to the World from there. Bands like Abba or the Beatles sung Songs in German.

7:58 Narcotic - Liquido is undoubtedly my favorite song. It was the track playing in my local bar right at midnight when everything opened up after COVID. This was the song they chose, and everyone went wild. It's one of those moments in life that you will never forget.

3:08 The song is the film music for the German film "Das Boot" This film was nominated for 6 Oscars!

The Song "Beinhard" by Torfrock in 1991 was connected to the cinematic realease of the first film of Werner. The Werner Comics are fairly known in germany and during the 90s and early 2000s gained a massive boost with 5 movies. They are very chaotic since they are based on the life of the comic artist himself and his brother. It could fit with your channels, since the main character himself is a jung biker trying to balance life between races, crazy bikes and cars and his worklife as a simple plumber in training with a conceringly strange boss.

Many of the famous bands and artists that people think are american are from Europe or Australia. AC/DC, Bee Gees, INXS, Savage Garden, Air Supply, Kylie Minogue, Keith Urban are Australian Rammstein, Scorpions, Alphaville (they made Forever Young song), Powerwolf are German Vengaboys are Dutch Zara Larsson, Avicii, Tove Lo, Rednex (Cotton Eye Joe), Roxette (It Must Have Been Love), ABBA, Europe (The Final Countdown), Amon Amarth, Sabaton are Swedish a-ha (Take on Me) and Wigwam (Do Ya Wanna Taste It - opening intro for Peacemaker TV series) are Norwegian Nightwish, Sunrice Avenus (Hollywood Hills), Stratovarious (Destiny), Lordi (Hard Rock Hallelujah) (winners of 2006 Eurovision Song contest) are Finnish Daft Punk is French Enrique Iglesias is Spanish The Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Clash (I Fought the Law), Queen, Black Sabbath (Paranoid), Blur (Song 2), Deep Purple (Smoke on the Water), Dire Straits, T.Rex (Children of Revolution), Def Leppard (Pour Some Sugar on Me), Sex Pistols, The Police (Every Breath You Take), Iron Maiden, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Artic Monkeys, The Animals (House of the Rising Sun), Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Cocker (You Can Leave Your Hat On), Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Brian Johnson (of AC/DC) are all from Great Britain.

Germany established in the 90s a own music tv channel "viva" as mtv wouldnt even bother to have a german version / dubbing of its shows (like the mtv news) and program. So as there was finally a euro-centric plattfrom to cater to, many german productions could gain traction - in germany, via viva in europe (even though in german - but the eu tuned in for "their" kinda music) and then of course all over the globe. But as "ringtones and mp3 killed" their business model viva had to sell their channel - and as a espacially sad note to mtv - their goliath/fierce enemy. It lived on as a shadow of itself until mid 2010s when they pulled the plug... They became a real beacon for european music - in the golden "pre napster / mp3 dowload days". There is a recent ARD 3 part viva doc but with no subtitles so far....

Many of these were hits in Sweden. Danced to many of them. "The power" was used in "Bruce Almighty".

I am born in 1978 in Germany. What a time to be alive in the 90's! We really had and have good music producers and talents. Hip Hop from "die fantastischen Vier", Techno from Members of Mayday, Marusha and Scooter, this was fun! I met Marusha, the woman with the green eyebrows, at an event in Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt. ❤ We made a photo and I was the luckiest guy on earth.

Enigma Sadeness (Part 1 and 2) is a really great song. Sandra was the singer and her husband Michael Cretu wrote and produced everything. I really like Enigma, kind of a mystery vibe on everything they did... They were huge in the 90s here in Europe.

The comic strip "Werner Beinhart" is a German icon with great music and a lot of fun and it reflects the nineties in Germany very well!! Great film! Great content from you!!👍 Greetings from Germany!

90's was very different in Europe too. Everything seemed to be finally going in the right direction. I believe that's where lot of the positive vibe in the music comes from. And now. we are like preparing for the next great war or something.

3:46 Could be a "remix". The song you're thinking of is "Somebody's watching me" by Rockwell. The melody is the same, just faster.

DJ Bobo is from Switzerland, Falco was from Austria

lmao everyone reacts the same way to Lou Bega, Mambo Number 5 is a cover by Pérez Prado from 1949

I’m genuinely really surprised at this list, I’m from the UK and back in the day just heard all sorts of things on the radio and chart lists. I did not know Germany had this much influence. My biggest surprise was Enigma, wow!

One guy of the "Wildecker Herzbuben" is familiar with Bruce Willis, because Bruce was a GI in Germany and the woman of one singer is the great cousin of Bruce's mother. No joke! 😅

Most of these songs are produced in Germany, the performers however are not necessary German or even from Europe. Eurodance was booming in Europe in the '90s so producers were looking for people to make a hit and if it did OK, they signed the performers for an album deal and so on. A lot of Eurodance "bands" changed performers multiple times during a short tenure through the '90s and it was almost always a duo, male/female pairing.

Cat is like "My hooman is broken, I would meow but why bother" :)

_2 Unlimited_ from the Netherlands were also really big in the 90s!!! 😍

The best song of the 90's is "Rhythm is a dancer" 😍 You should look into the 80's and 70's also. You'd be surprised 😅😅

Haha, "this guy likes to talk to himself a lot" reminds me of one of my cats. She doesn’t think that I talk to myself, but whenever I talk, she thinks that I talk to her. And she responds - quite loudly - as if we really had a conversation about a serious topic. So cute. But she also does that whenever she hears me talking to someone on the phone or via the computer. Sometimes she "talks" so loud that I have difficulties to hear what the others say. This was a great video! Thank you!

As an austrian born in the 80s that was really fun. Love your videos! Do the 80s next 🤗

come on wind of change is SUCH a german song its our damn unification hymne xD

And I can still sing along to most of the songs, including the Wildecker Herzbuben

90's were a kind of euphoria in Europe after the collapse of the East Block. We thought that the bad days are gone and as a Hungarian I thought we'll never have to worry about the 'Russian Bear' and autocracy... This positive vibe was reflected in the music, too. Party, rave, trance, metal, rap, tons of summer hits from one hit wonders, etc. We had no worries, a hope for a better world was there. (like the Roaring 20' s in the US...)

2:10 Enigma or Michael Cretu was born in Romania and has dual citizenship Romanian - German. He left Romania after finishing highschool in 1975.

If you'd like to listen to some german rap or hip hop i can recommend: Die Fantastischen Vier Fettes Brot Seeed Peter Fox Beginner Deichkind Samy Deluxe These are more the classics

I have half of those songs on CD somewhere :D

This music brought back memories of my youth in the nineties in Germany . It was a great time when Snap or Milli Vanilli was played, the dance floor was always full and you had a lot of fun dancing with your friends. You can still dance to this music these days , even though I`m already 53 years old. Party...😊💞👍🍹🍺

The 2nd one was semi-German, Twenty 4 Seven was a Dutch group. And the famous NBA tune ‘‘Get Ready For This’’ is from Dutch '2Unlimited'. 'I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching me' is a song from Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson (1984).

Man. You brought back the good times there! I immediately went over to my dust covered CD rack to confirm that I still have every single one of those songs on disc from when they came out...😅

yea 90s was wild!

Snap! were HUGE in early 90's in europe. You can say they were one of the groups that popularized EDM (yes EDM was a thing from the 90's and no the 2000's like lots of american YT videos tend to say).

My two favourite bands (frontmen) after MetallicA are Running Wild (Rolf Kasparek) and Gamma Ray/Helloween (Kai Hansen) which are both from my city - Hamburg Other than that we have one of the best metal bands in the world in different sub-genres

2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This - They were so ahead of those times! 😍😍

Gosh, all those songs we went crazy to in the 90s. Born in '75, this is right up my party, dance and festival phase (even if I preferred things like Thunderdome, haha)

I love that you have an Austrian license plate there from Graz, my town of origin, living in California now!

That Austrian license plate from Graz w/ your name on it is great! btw Falco was Austrian, not German.

Greetings from Germany! Hearing this songs bring back a good feeling of old times. Born in 61,there was a special mood

I really enjoyed wathcing this video!!! Keep up the great work! Would love to see you react to The Most Popular German Songs from the 80's!

I am here for Eins, zwei, Polizei 😀 I am born in 1991 and I still remember most of these, I am pretty sure they still play these songs in radio even today. 😀

Can’t believe Scooter wasn’t in there more. Still releasing albums in 2024!

Wholesome video. Nostalgia kicks in. Greetings from Germany

There are quite a few of my all time favourite bands in there. Die Ärzte for example or the Fantastische Vier are still in all my playlists because their songs are so timeless and often have messages that are still very relevant, if not more so now than ever before

1992 Is when I went to see Snap! live... I'm old AF!

Afterwards I see how good the 90s really were. A special time.

This video made me SO happy, omg… this all was my whole childhood.. thanks for making me laugh so hard from happiness and joy man!

U96, "Das Boot" I am from Germany When I was a kid, my family had a one to two week vacation at the baltic sea in Germany each summer Each time we drove over the giant bridge that connects Rügen (Germanys biggest island) with the main land, my father played that song Even today I get goosebumbs when I hear that soundtrack and remember those wonderful times

bellini- a german group- this is a shocker to me too.

I would love to see you react to some german hip hop, there is good stuff out there. Love your videos, keep up your great work, us 90s kids enjoy that 😎💚

I am that old that I can remember all the songs in this video and I am pretty sure I sang along with when being on party's all night long. Fun times.....

Great video. I'm from the Netherlands and was in my tweens and clubbing in the 90s I know most of these (from Dutch TV/MTV) and only 1 or two I knew were German! mind blown... I have to share this with my dad. Scorpio and Lou Bega were the biggest surprise and SNAP too!

Scorpions, wind of change. This song was premiered in Moscow during the band's first tour of Russia. At that time, the wind of change and freedom was blowing through Russia. Many Eastern Bloc countries got their freedom and made their way to Europe. This freedom in Russia lasted only for a few years. Xavier Naidoo, who used to get a lot of attention. His lyrics contained religious phrases and were also heard by many Christians. But during the pandemic his statements became increasingly obscure. A court ruled that Xavier's statements were beyond the scope of tolerability. Finally, strange conspiracy theories appeared in his song lyrics. This led to the majority of his former listeners turning away from him. Taking the questionable song back and blaming others for its creation didn't help anymore. Many Christians probably thought that Xavier was close to the faith and therefore incorporated these phrases into the texts. But when he left the socially accepted soil and joined the conspirators, many people turned away.

Love scorpions!

I'm very nostalgic about this music. I'm older than you. I was born in 1991 and I'm from Croatia. Cheers!!

The fact I am german, know these songs thanks to my mom ( I am '07 ) BUT THAT SOME OF THEM WERE GERMAN BANDS AND ARTIST, I DIDN'T KNOW. As a german, I am actually mind blown!!!

Some of these are not German. DJ Bobo, for example, is Swiss (but I believe in the video's introduction it says music related to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland). And Mo-Do (Eins Zwei Polizei) is Italian (or rather was, since he passed away quite some time ago) and that song had been #1 in Italy long before it peaked in Germany.

Thx for the comment of the cat! Made my day!

Omg I your reaction and beer tasting videos are amazing just discover your yt channel! I got f goosebumps allover my music of my childhood 😂 that's such a feeling. All that. Btw I'm from the city of the becks beer and we got I think we got 3-5 breweries over here. I love Haake Beck Kräusen and Hemelinger Spezial (special)! From german Wikipedia ....Kräusen is the term used to describe beer wort in the main fermentation stage. The term Kräusen describes the foam formation and the foam appearance on the fermenting beer wort, it looks like frizzy hair. The carbon dioxide produced during fermentation is responsible for the formation of foam. A distinction is made between the various stages of crusting, starting with the so-called over-whitening (yeast begins to ferment and enters the cell division stage). In the next phase, the foam formation becomes somewhat stronger; this stage is referred to as young or low krausen. If more cells are present due to the multiplication of the yeast, the fermentation begins to become even stronger and is characterized by strong foam formation, the high kräusen. This is also the point at which some of the fermenting wort can be removed to be racked in the storage cellar. The purpose of the high kräusen stage is storage and maturation and provides fresh, fermenting yeast cells to already fermented young beer, which are able to carry out secondary fermentation. In the high kräusen stage of primary fermentation, hop and malt residues and protein coagulated during wort boiling are transported upwards by the fermentation carbon dioxide into the foam blanket, which becomes dirty brown over time and collapses more and more towards the end of fermentation. If gaps form in the previously closed foam layer, this is known as breakthrough, the end of primary fermentation.

Getting into Metal in the latter half of the 80s, 90s music was hell for me 😂😂😂.

Dude imagine how many LEGENDARY songs came from the 90s that people still remember and recognize and learn about. Even just from Germany, I'm born '86 and I recognize majority of them. Same can't really be said about any recent productions that you hear from radio/mainstream nowadays, I bet most people don't remember a single song that was released in 2020-2024 (or perhaps even before) that even has a potential to become anything close as iconic as these 90s hits. Really makes you think how much the whole mainstream/popular music industry has become nothing but a cash cow, losing all creativity and originality for maximum profit proven to work generic garbage.

I'm not the biggest rap fan but here are my suggestions for German rap music: 1990s/2000s: Die Fantastischen Vier, Rödelheim Hartreim Project, Sabrina Setlur, Torch, Absolute Beginner, Jan Delay, Samy Deluxe, Dendemann, Das Bo, Fünf Sterne Deluxe, Afrob, Ferris MC, Deichkind, Freundeskreis, Blumentopf, Fettes Brot, Stieber Twins 2010s/2020s: Marteria, Casper, Cro, Kool Savas, Kollegah, Farid Bang, Bushido, Fler, Capital Bra, K.I.Z., Trettmann, Alligatoah, Sido, RAF Camora, 187 Strassenbande, Gzuz, Bonez MC, Bausa, Shirin David, SXTN, Juju, Loredana, Hava, Apache 207, Badmomzjay

I miss the 90s best time ever.. People at the concerts still had a lighter to make atmosphere...best music and movies ever in the 80s and 90s...lovely greetings from Switzerland

We can't forget that Germany has actually one of the biggest music industries in the world

I always thought that you could hear the German origin of the Scorpions, because Klaus Meine, the singer, has a strong German accent.

Born 1990 in Bavaria Germany. You right same here best years 90s and the 2000th. Since 2013 our west culture goes down.

Mo do was Italian, from Turin. But yes, most of the best eurodance tracks from the 90ies were german, italian and dutch. ❤️

Most played songs from the list in Europe: *-Extra beloved Snap The Power***** Enigma Sadeness Part I****** Scorpions Wind of Change****** Captain Hollywood More and More*** U96 Das Boot* Snap Rhythm is a Dancer**** U96 Love Sees No Colour**** DJ Bobo Sombody Dance With Me**** Haddaway Life***** Culture Beat Mr Vain*** Haddaway What is Love***** Mo-Do Eins, zwei, Polizei*** DJ Bobo Everybody*** Magic Affair Omen HI*** La Bouche Be My Lover****** Captain Jack Captain Jack**** Mr President Coco Jambo***** Fool's Garden Lemon Tree*** Bellini Samba de Janeiro (Football WC song)****** Nana Lonely**** Scooter How Much is the Fish?****** Lou Bega Mambo No.5*****

99 Luftbaloons ❤

Fun fact: the producer behind Mill Vanilli, Boney M and La Bouche is the same, the late Frank Farian. So even La Bouche had a talented US singer (RIP Melanie Thorthon), and still has an american rapper, the music is german made.

i´m old.... build in 81 and all songs here a part of my good youth life :) good ol times

German music has always been massive in South Africa 🇿🇦 The guy who made the music for Enigma was brilliant, his wife did the vocals and is also a huge star, you have to check out Sandra.

Little correction, DJ Bobo isn't German, he's Swiss. Also Falco was Austrian, so technically both shouldn't be on this list.

And your cat seems seriously concerned about you... 😂

I'm Dutch and I opened wikipedia like 10 times during this video to factcheck. Mind is blown!

Mad classic tunes in there mate from primary (elementary) school days.... all the way to present day 😂 quite a few unbelievable origin discoveries for me too 👌🏻🔥

I mean calling Falco and DJ Bobo German is kind of an outrage. They are Austrian and Swiss icons respectively.

Wind of Change is not just a German song. It's THE German song.

i am an early 70s german kid, and one of the first bands my older brothers introduced me to was Scorpions. I love their "Tokio Tapes" with epic songs like "Steamrock Fever", "Speedys Coming", "He's a women, she's a man", and so on, and so on... That was a really, really great time (with also bands like Uriah Heep and Rainbow which aren't from Germany, but i still love their music from that time).

Very cool! There were several acts that surprised me even though I'm Dutch and Germany are our neighbors 😂 Love that you double-checked a few at the end there as well!

german rap would be a fun one, it's like you'd discover Jesus...

1991 here... I miss the 90s as well. That childhood was amazing. Although I am not German by blood I was born there and I grew up with most of these songs. Fun fact I was born in the city where Scorpions are from :D which makes me somewhat proud of that fact heheheh Some artist may not be from German decent but the songs were produced in Germany. Also Eurodance is one genre that was invented over here in Europe , and sometimes its weird to me that some songs actually made it to the States. Btw German is the 3rd biggest or 4th biggest music market after the US and Japan. I guess it trades places with the UK ...sometimes UK is said to be the 3rd one sometimes its Germany.

nice Video, funy to see the old stuff, your list left out large parts, a superstar of the 80s and 90s is Herbert Grönemeyer, he was also the first German in MTV Unplugged - and sure in the 80 and 90 germany was the best place to be 🙂

I am from a relatively small town (50.000) near Hannover and the Scorpions have their editorial office here, as 2 of the band members grew up in my town.

Yeah, Lou Bega used to be my neighbor a couple years back here in Germany. He's a nice guy.

Thanks for the video 🤗 I'm born in 1968 and my favourite music was not only the music from the 90's. Also from the 80's. Maybe you can make a similar video about the 80's 🤗 Greetings from Switzerland Buttermaker

Man I love your curiosity and enthusiasm for surprise. The world needs more of this. Btw, did you go to UW? I spent six months there, what time. Crazy adventures and found life long friends. God dang do I miss those cheese curds. Here in the Netherlands we know cheese, but we are missing out big time.

Love the cat.😻 Oh, and of course your videos too 😅

so funny to see how you react to some the songs ! it gives so many songs that comes from germany and so many ppl dont no that

Somebody's Watching Me was originally a hit by a singer named Rockwell in 1984

I was a teenager in the 90's and luckily for the Germans I didn't realize how much of the Euro Dance tracks came from there. I hated it back then and still do - we Danes chipped in with Aqua and "Barbie Girl" to the 90's garbage music... But luckily we had some nice rock bands too. :-) I liked Enigma though...

always happy to watch a genuine reaction