German Top Singles 1981 (All songs)

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2 жыл бұрын

All songs entrying in the german singles charts from January to December 1981.
Missing : "Like an autumn leaf" by Max Werner (entry : Dec 29, Peak : 60, Weeks : 2 - Not available on Yt)

Пікірлер: 98

@skaliert5240 2 жыл бұрын

Musikalisch war diese Zeit ein klarer Wendepunkt. Die 1970er noch mit Einfluss aber am auslaufen. So kam es im deutschen Schlager von durchaus ernstzunehmenden Interpreten fast vergleichbar mit dem französischen Chanson zu nur noch schmalzigem, leeren und billigen Schlager bis zum Karnevalsklamauk, der da schon deutlich mehr als die Hälfte aus dieser Richtung ausmacht. Discosound liegt in den letzten Zügen, die letzten Zuckungen Abbas. Erstaunlich viele Produktionen die doch Boney M. sehr ähneln. Ich würde sogar Kiss noch dazu rechnen, denn auch wenn das kein Glam-Rock ist, so erinnert ihre Maskarade doch schon sehr den Discoleuten und auch wenn sie bis heute eine treue Fangemeinde haben, so stammen ihre Hits doch alle aus den 70ern. Die erste Welle des Punkrock war da schon durch die öffentliche Interesse zerstört, hatte aber deutlichen Einfluss auf was sich da noch entwickelte. Zum einen natürlich mehrere subkulturelle Richtungen und allgemeinverträglich: Blondie mit Rock und Punkeinflüssen, Kim Wild mit Pop und klitzekleinen Punkeinflüssen und die Anfänge der neuen deutschen Welle mit Fischer Z, Grauzone, obwohl das ja Schweizer waren und das eigentlich neue deutschsprachige Welle heißen müsste ;-) Ja und auch die Spider Murphy Gang, die mehr rockig daher kamen und optisch durch den Sänger sogar Zeuge einer Renaissance der Oldies (Rock n Roll) war. Evtl. die Eis am Stiel Filme und die Kindheitserinnerungen der Generation ermöglichten da evtl. eine weitere beeinflusste Welle. Pop und Rock "verschmelzten" so etwas und es gab da einige Crossovers. Phil Collins z.B. brachte sein erstes Soloalbum raus. Erstaunlich das da "In the Air tonight" `81 schon in den Charts war, weil das Mitte bis Ende der 80er immer noch allgegenwertig war.

@cid39rk 2 жыл бұрын

SUPER! Please more German Top Singles 1982, 83, 84 ....

@andreasg7834 Жыл бұрын

Mein Gott, was für eine Vielfalt an verschiedenen Musikstillen damals in den Charts. Es war für wirklich jeden was dabei und ALLE haben die Charts mitbestimmt. Heute tun es nur noch die 12 bis 25jährigen.

@ralfjungnickel1220 2 жыл бұрын

Its so great!!!!! In the Videomix i see songs,which i saw this the last tim 1983 and then never again until now🙈😉❤️😀💥😊😊😊😊😊😊Super

@paulcrisp9861 Жыл бұрын

This music is that good it's taken me at least nearly an hour to get from begining to end because I have to go back and listen to them all again. Great memories from a great musical era. Incredible. 👍😃👍🇬🇧🇬🇧 June twenty two

@paultreadaway102 Жыл бұрын

Well said Paul imagine the length each one would take a day or 2 to even a week to listen that would be the greatest thing to enjoy something else no one would complain it's like being back in the 80s than the crap put up with nowadays

@paulcrisp9861 Жыл бұрын

@@paultreadaway102 trust me I'm still here loving ❤️ every minute of a different era, how I miss those days compared to now. 👍😎👍Jan twenty three

@paultreadaway102 Жыл бұрын

@@paulcrisp9861 all this You Tubing what Francis has done is crazy I'm just goin from 1980-1989 the Music the most powerful force to enjoy and experience feel for any other era before the 50s and after the 80s and all the other decades and hundreds of years pass and future can't compare with the 80s my opinion

@paulcrisp9861 Жыл бұрын

@@paultreadaway102 I hope you like modern talking 👄 they are from Germany,they do great music 🎶 aswell 👍😎👍

@paultreadaway102 Жыл бұрын

@@paulcrisp9861 this beats mostly anything and everything the last 10,20 or even 30years and what we have on our Radio Stations in this Country the same little playlists they have everyday is annoying abit barely a couple

@04opocin 2 жыл бұрын

Only four 'Neue Deutsche Welle songs charted that year: ''Dreiklangsdimensionen'' by Rheingold, ''Eisbär'' by Grauzone, ''Goldener Reiter'' by Joachim Witt and ''Eiszeit'' by Ideal. Great video, by the way!

@berkcan5602 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo, Francis! 1981 is another great Year of music. My favourites is: Kids in America, Chequered Love, Cambodia (Kim Wilde), You get me on the run, River Blue (A La Carte), Fade to Grey (Visage), One of us (ABBA), Hold on tight (ELO), You drive ne crazy (Shaky) an Leila the Queen (Dolly Dots). Thank u so much! ❤️✌️👋

@andimusicjunkie3990 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't want this to end... So much discovered and rediscovered. And so much memories. Every genre had its chance to get into the charts. And the NDW started with Rheingold, Grauzone, Spider Murphy Gang, Joachim Witt and Ideal....

@dirkvonhoegen5365 2 жыл бұрын

but what i miss is "Blaue Augen" from Ideal. There's only "Eiszeit". The reason is that "Blaue Augen" reached the charts in 1982 (as I lokked up at Wikipedia". In my memory there was "Blaue Augen" before "Eiszeit"

@paultreadaway102 Жыл бұрын

It's great research from Francis bit of a mix there's a few huge Worldwide hits but the rare stuff unbelievable what there is keeps us going and happy at the same time thanks to all of this

@patrickmeisinger825 2 жыл бұрын

Wie immer: tolle Songs, die wunderschöne Erinnerungen wecken: Sharazan, Du entschuldige i kenn di, Angel of the morning, ... 🥰🥰🥰 Tolle Arbeit! Danke dafür!

@ForeignerFan74 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks For Sharing!

@thormeise2270 2 жыл бұрын

Super Performance

@dirkvonhoegen5365 2 жыл бұрын

41 years later, you see that some songs became classics (e.g. "Tainted love, Kids in America, Cambodia, Fade to grey, Happy Bithday, Under Pressure) but there were also No. 1 Hits like "Little Bird Dance" and "Polonaise Blankenese". And some long forgotten childhood memories like "der Teufel und der junge Mann" or "Io senza te". Thank you, I love these mixes.

@azrael1982PL 2 жыл бұрын

After watching the lists, I come to the conclusion that not all older songs were that great... and I love nostalgia.

@arturoromero951 Жыл бұрын

That’s a thing I make sure to say: Nostalgia is like alcohol. It’s only good in a certain number of doses.

@xpand100 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and great work. Viele songs hat man nach so langer Zeit überhaupt nicht mehr auf den Schirm, toll, super, bin begeistert.

@somerandomguy_music 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your great work, I love these yearly German chart videos!

@04opocin 2 жыл бұрын

As in the previous year, there is a ''1950s / rockabilly revival'' retro sound (or the glam-rock version of it) on many of the singles that charted in 1981: Status Quo, Shakin' Stevens, ELO, Matchbox, Showaddywaddy, Coast To Coast, Suzi Quatro, Racey, Keith Marshall, Alvin Stardust, Get Wet, Smokie and others.

@tonyrobertson6195 2 жыл бұрын

For those who go on endlessly about how great 70s and 80s music is compared to what's going around today, you need to see this then take a pill and have a little lie down. Egregious.

@yogiaol 2 жыл бұрын

What a great year. ABBA and Boney M were stil not destroyed. Plus much more groups from the 80s were there together.

@axl2262 2 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL SONGS 🎶😎BRAZIL

@aurelielaportefalaise3346 Жыл бұрын

Merci Francis de nous replonger dans les chansons des années 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, c'est un plaisir de les réécouter plusieurs fois. Merci KZfaq de nous replonger dans les dessins-animés, les séries, les émissions de notre enfance, et de notre adolescence.

@fretboardmaster70 2 жыл бұрын

1981 was the year Kraftwerk had a hit with the Model(Das Model) in the UK. That was the year I became interested in German 🇩🇪 music or Krautrock as it was called.

@heltonroyzamorasambola7843 2 жыл бұрын

I love these songs the best of 70 and 80

@ralfjungnickel1220 2 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks for this uploading suuuuuper suuuper nice👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️😉💥

@wollowiese72 2 жыл бұрын

Bringing back the good times.... "Queen of Hearts" is one of all my all-time favourites...

@retrofan-4431 2 жыл бұрын

Super!!!😀 Danke dir, für die Zusammenstellung.

@wesleyvalk9129 2 жыл бұрын

Songs I love: Barbra Streisand - Guilty John Lennon - Imagine Jona Lewie - Stop the calvary Robert Palmer - Looking for clues Visage - Fade to grey Doris D & the Pins - Shine Up (Number 1 hit in the Netherlands) Lio - Amoureux solitaires Phil Collins - In the air tonight (Number 1 hit in the Netherlands) Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Ottawan - Hands up Kim Wilde - Kids in America Ultravox - Vienna (Number 1 hit in the Netherlands) Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 REO Speedwagon - Keep on loving you Kim Carnes - Bette Davis eyes (Everywhere around the world a very big hit, in the Netherlands it did pathetic for some strange reason...) Juice Newton - Angel of the morning (Never been in the Dutch charts too bad...) Champaign - HOw bout us (Number 1 in the Netherlands, and the 3rd biggest hit of all the 80ties in the Netherlands as well after Nikita and The time of my life) Abba - Lay all your love on me (Never been in the Dutch charts for some strange reason...) Sheena Easton - For your eyes only (Number 1 in the Netherlands) Rolling Stones - Start me up Police - Every little thing she does is magic (Number 1 in the Netherlands) Soft Cell - Tainted love Olivia Newton-John - Physical Kim Wilde - Cambodia Lime - Your love I guess Super Freak and I Won't Let You Down are in the 1982 list, but they were in the 1981 list from the Netherlands already.

@AniRichard 2 жыл бұрын

And Where's Men At Work's Down Under? This is My Favourite Song Or I Will Say Favorite National Anthem Because When You Type Australian National Anthem And Men At Work Showed Up Secretly But It Not On Description!

@Nikioko 2 жыл бұрын

What about the original Angel of the Morning by Evie Sands? And wasn't Stars on 45 a big thing in the Netherlands? Or Max Werner?

@wesleyvalk9129 2 жыл бұрын

@@AniRichard In the Netherlands and in most countries Down Under was an early 1982 song, it didn't reach number 1 because that pathetic Nova - Aurora (most stupid number 1 song of 1982 in the netherlands) took it's spot. so down under only reached 2 in the netherlands, but still great, given the competition it had.

@wesleyvalk9129 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nikioko Yes, but I don't like those songs, I only named the songs that I liked from this list, there were more number 1 songs in this list from the Netherlands probably, but i hate or don't care for them, Stars on 45 is OK-ish though, don't hate it, nor do I care about it too much. The original Angel in the Morning from the 60ties DID reach the dutch charts, but I like Juice her version better.

@paultreadaway102 Жыл бұрын

Andrea Jurgens was only 13 and Nikki Costa just 9 crazy when u google these people.Shot Francis Germans did alot of cool covers in German which is amazing talented indeed love them the Country classy.The greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s

@Villariba 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video. Thank you very much.

@mondegreen9709 2 жыл бұрын

So Rheingold's "Dreiklangdimensionen" was the first NDW record to make the charts. Interesting. I always thought it was Extrabreit, but there you go.

@gabibox 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work, thank you so much for all the effort that went into it. Around 1980-ish, maybe a little earlier or a bit later, it was song by a female artist/band that the chorus went like this : 1, 2 , 3, I like you and you like me/ I kiss you if you will kiss me too/ I'm a girl and you're a booooy..." No idea who was or what was the name of the song. Years and years of research did not bring any light. If anybody could help that would be fabulous. Thanks again.

@testtestowski883 2 жыл бұрын

I could post this under really every video you upload, but please, do carry on. Youre doing gods work for us nostalgic people!

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video. Keep going, M. Pelletier! 😆 The German videos have a nice eclectic mix. I counted 5 different languages.

@raetsel-haft 2 жыл бұрын

1981 war das Jahr für Kim Wilde, Shakin Stevens, Helen Schneider und Adam & the Ants.

@jmedia1102 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great time-trip.

@iwasanangryyoungman Жыл бұрын

2:58 never knew the dad from Family Guy had a thriving career in the German pop charts

@Whatalovelyday90 2 жыл бұрын

Thank again for another great video!

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

Interessant.

@RogerScully 2 жыл бұрын

Shakin' Stevens was really popular in German at the time.

@KampRobert 2 жыл бұрын

Great work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@RobotoMA 2 жыл бұрын

Arabesque mit marigot bay . 1985 startete Sängerin Sandra so richtig durch mit Maria magdalena .

@marklineham2533 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Francis - this is really great stuff and a lot of work, I know!! Fantastic!! Will you also do further Years in Germany? 80s, 90s and 2000s? That would be excellent!

@francispelletier3647 2 жыл бұрын

I will try.

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

Please do. ❤

@ninarob68 2 жыл бұрын

SUPER⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@solunasunrise 2 жыл бұрын

ich nenne die phase zwischen 78 und 81/82 auch gerne die blitz funkel und glitzer zeit ... wenn man man so auf die klamotten und studio design achtet sieht mans überall

@thormeise2270 2 жыл бұрын

Top top top👍👍😄😄😍✌️

@andreschlaak6686 Ай бұрын

Schade, dass ,,Just can 't get enough" von Depeche Mode nicht dabei ist, da der Song trotz Popularität in Deutschland nicht veröffentlicht wurde.

@SuperJNG18 Жыл бұрын

I just love that there is, in fact, an actual person with the name "Peter Griffin."

@ronnykretzschmar809 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!

@jetfan925 2 жыл бұрын

Just so you know there is a real Peter Griffin before the Peter Griffin we all know about.

@dietmarthies4261 2 жыл бұрын

A famous entertainer (famous in Germany and in the seventies of the last century!) once said: hell is a place, where britains do the cooking, the italians manage traffic and the germans do entertainment shows 😁. Obviously, in this hell germans are also responsible for the charts! Seriously: Dieter Hallervorden, Mike Krüger, Gottlieb Wendehals, Vader Abraham, Helga Feddersen?? We are indeed some strange folks 😉!

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

They're excellent comedians, what's your problem Mr. Killjoy? (Spaßverderber! 😉) And a similar joke goes like this: Heaven and Hell are both run by the British, Germans and Italians. So what's the difference? In Heaven, the Italians are the cooks, the Germans are the engineers and the polite British are the policemen. In Hell, however, the Italians are the engineers, the Brits are the cooks and the Germans are the policemen! 😆

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

The exanded version is: in Europe heaven the cooks are French,the cars are German,the police are British,the lovers are Italian and everything's organised by the Swiss. In Europe hell the cooks are British,the cars are French,the police are German,the lovers are Swiss and everything's organised by the Italians. I first heard it on the Kenny Everett show.

@jlmarc01 2 жыл бұрын

This was tough to listen too

@The1djdave 2 жыл бұрын

better than hiphop of now

@einbuffel1955 2 жыл бұрын

i will back in this time .bye bye corona

@juergenjungkunz8118 Жыл бұрын

👏👍👍👍👍👍👍

@robertanthonyfairweather3416 2 жыл бұрын

Ja, Wenn Wir Alle Englein Wären = Dance Little Bird

@paleksander5192 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Francis - this must have been a massive load of work for you, thanks very much! Some remarks: @1 except for 11:24 - poor results of US artists ( #40 for 3:44 is criminal) @2 at last we have songs that defined the 80's - 3:50, 5:18, 7:52, 21:52 @3 12:12 - am I right in thinking that this is "Something gothen hold of my heart...."? @4 13:25 - there are at least 5 multilingual versions of this song, my favourite one is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8CZh9Vlzd2siH0.html

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

Time well spent. We hope for more international charts, not least from France and Germany!

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

Re no. 3, 12:12. Yes. Gitte's "Etwas ist geschehn" is indeed a cover version. She did several. One of her greatest hits was "Freu dich bloß nicht zu früh" which is a German-language cover of "Take That Look Off Your Face". Incidentally, her German is accent-free (she's Danish).

@roygoodhand1301 2 жыл бұрын

6:13 FIFTY-ONE WEEKS? The freaking CHICKEN DANCE was on the German charts for FIFTY-ONE WEEKS?!?!?!? Let me put my reaction to this in a way that the Germans can easily understand. WAS DER FICKEN, DEUTSCHLAND? WAS DER FICKEN?!?!?

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

It was not possible to escape that song. They played it at the carneval, at the Oktoberfest (fête de la bière) ... everywhere. A version with German lyrics by Frank Zander also hit No. 1. In the video, he uses a pseudonym "Fred Sonnenschein".

@dietmarthies4261 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 - I feel you! But the germans really really liked this song! My little brother used to escalate on the dancefloor in a familiy camp in Switzerland when this was played, together with his then-girlfriend! Although, he was just five years old then 😉.

@ToyTiger666 2 жыл бұрын

@@dietmarthies4261 Thx! And, incidentally, the composer of that song (originally: Ententanz) is also Swiss: accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos. Apparently, various artists recorded altogether 140 versions of it!

@MichaelSpengler 26 күн бұрын

@@ToyTiger666 which all were top hits in the charts of Euope.. but I never heard of the follow up single...;-) don t forget : the cover of Helga Feddersen, who was a respected actress..

@Guaci-chan 9 ай бұрын

What is a Fanmade Chart?

@terzioburri4277 2 жыл бұрын

(2:25) probably the first monnwalk on TV

@TheKnobCalledTone. 2 жыл бұрын

2:56 He sounded so different before Family Guy, didn't he?

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@robertanthonyfairweather3416 2 жыл бұрын

Als Ob Sir Bette Davis Wär = Bette Davis Eyes

@MILUNGAO 2 жыл бұрын

A propos de la chanson "Polonase Blankenese" de Gottlieb Wendehals, il y a une version "live" dans un show TV absolument hilarante: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtp8dZeitK3SXZc.html Quand je vois cette vidéo, je ne peux pas m'empêcher de faire le rapprochement avec cette scène dans le film "La Grande Vadrouille": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJiiaayVldqrg4E.html Mine de rien, les allemands étaient de sacrés fêtards jadis 😂

@robertanthonyfairweather3416 2 жыл бұрын

Das Lied von der Bundeswehr = Stop The Cavalry

@AndrewSmith-gv5hr 2 жыл бұрын

3:35 - Diter Bolen?

@francispelletier3647 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe his brother, but no.... just the german style

@smancez 11 ай бұрын

Almost evey song is a flop. Which songs actually made the top 10?

@gogoyubari366 2 ай бұрын

Some pretty girls in these videos!

@PileOfEmptyTapes Жыл бұрын

Despite still sporting quite a number of great songs, on the whole 1981 seems like a bit of a bust. In parts it seems only one in four songs is great. Weakest charts in the whole of 1980-1987, I'd say.

@20thCB 2 жыл бұрын

Peter Griffin?!

@nongthip Жыл бұрын

Finally I had to Google "Shakin' Stevens" (Michael Barratt) who appears to have been hugely popular in the UK and Germany in the 1980s, although he was/is almost entirely unknown in the USA. Funny how some artists make the big time on one side of the pond, but never manage to cross over. Seems like he was a sort of Elvis Presley impersonator who is miraculously still alive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakin%27_Stevens