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Jeanny (song)
"Jeanny" is a song by Austrian singer Falco, released on 22 December 1985 as the third single from his third studio album, Falco 3 (1985). It was written and composed by Falco alongside Rob and Ferdi Bolland, who also produced the song.
Controversial due to its lyrics, the song nonetheless topped the charts in numerous European countries. The single re-entered the Austrian Singles Chart in 2008 at number 56 and in 2017 at number 47.
The song was co-written by Dutch brother songwriting duo Bolland & Bolland. Ferdi Bolland said that "Jeanny" was the greatest song that he wrote for Falco, and he wrote it with the intent of being a protest song in support of women. "I was in America and saw that they printed photos and small 'Wanted' posters of missing children on milk containers. I wanted to take up this topic and expand it to include missing women." In an interview about the song's origins Rob Bolland explained that it was named after the chairwoman of the Bolland fan club in the GDR. Although her name was Jeanette, she called herself Jeanny. In 1986, Falco said that the narrator of the song is a stalker who lets his thoughts run free. NPO Radio 2 wrote that, "It is suggested that the narrator kidnaps and possibly kills the girl, although this cannot be deduced anywhere from the lyrics themselves."
The "news flash" segment of the track is spoken by German newsreader Wilhelm Wieben.
Several feminist associations called for a boycott of the song. Some TV and radio stations in West Germany agreed and did not play the song "for ethical reasons", while others just played it on their charts shows. In East Germany, the song was not on air and playing it in dance clubs was prohibited.
There were also demands to prohibit the song in West Germany, but officials denied the application in April 1986. This angered news presenter Dieter Kronzucker, who presented the daily news magazine heute-journal for the West German public TV station ZDF. Following this, further radio stations followed the boycott. In the German federal state of Hesse, the song was aired accompanied by a warning. In the popular music show Formel Eins cutscenes were aired, but only whilst the song was at the top of the charts.
In 1986, Falco recorded a sequel to "Jeanny Part I", titled "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", for his fourth album, Emotional. The song was released as the album's single, reaching number 1 in Germany and the top five in Austria, Norway and Switzerland. The single's B-side, "Crime Time", also appears on Emotional.
The album The Spirit Never Dies was released posthumously in 2009 as a compilation of unpublished Falco songs. The title track, "The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)", was also released as a single. The track was found by chance after a water-pipe burst in the archives of the recording studio Mörfelden-Walldorf that was used by Falco's producer Gunther Mende in 1987. After the closing of the archives, the tapes were sent to Mende personally, who then had a look at the material, all of which had originally been rejected by Falco's recording label Teldec; this was explained by Horst Bork in an interview mentioning that Falco had tried to use a different style of music at the time that the label did not want to support. The single reached number 3 in Austria.
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Jeanny (song)
"Jeanny" is a song by Austrian singer Falco, released on 22 December 1985 as the third single from his third studio album, Falco 3 (1985). It was written and composed by Falco alongside Rob and Ferdi Bolland, who also produced the song.
Controversial due to its lyrics, the song nonetheless topped the charts in numerous European countries. The single re-entered the Austrian Singles Chart in 2008 at number 56 and in 2017 at number 47.
The song was co-written by Dutch brother songwriting duo Bolland & Bolland. Ferdi Bolland said that "Jeanny" was the greatest song that he wrote for Falco, and he wrote it with the intent of being a protest song in support of women. "I was in America and saw that they printed photos and small 'Wanted' posters of missing children on milk containers. I wanted to take up this topic and expand it to include missing women." In an interview about the song's origins Rob Bolland explained that it was named after the chairwoman of the Bolland fan club in the GDR. Although her name was Jeanette, she called herself Jeanny. In 1986, Falco said that the narrator of the song is a stalker who lets his thoughts run free. NPO Radio 2 wrote that, "It is suggested that the narrator kidnaps and possibly kills the girl, although this cannot be deduced anywhere from the lyrics themselves."
The "news flash" segment of the track is spoken by German newsreader Wilhelm Wieben.
Several feminist associations called for a boycott of the song. Some TV and radio stations in West Germany agreed and did not play the song "for ethical reasons", while others just played it on their charts shows. In East Germany, the song was not on air and playing it in dance clubs was prohibited.
There were also demands to prohibit the song in West Germany, but officials denied the application in April 1986. This angered news presenter Dieter Kronzucker, who presented the daily news magazine heute-journal for the West German public TV station ZDF. Following this, further radio stations followed the boycott. In the German federal state of Hesse, the song was aired accompanied by a warning. In the popular music show Formel Eins cutscenes were aired, but only whilst the song was at the top of the charts.
In 1986, Falco recorded a sequel to "Jeanny Part I", titled "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", for his fourth album, Emotional. The song was released as the album's single, reaching number 1 in Germany and the top five in Austria, Norway and Switzerland. The single's B-side, "Crime Time", also appears on Emotional.
The album The Spirit Never Dies was released posthumously in 2009 as a compilation of unpublished Falco songs. The title track, "The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)", was also released as a single. The track was found by chance after a water-pipe burst in the archives of the recording studio Mörfelden-Walldorf that was used by Falco's producer Gunther Mende in 1987. After the closing of the archives, the tapes were sent to Mende personally, who then had a look at the material, all of which had originally been rejected by Falco's recording label Teldec; this was explained by Horst Bork in an interview mentioning that Falco had tried to use a different style of music at the time that the label did not want to support. The single reached number 3 in Austria.