Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a song. (After you’re done imagining Scatman John’s “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my prompt.) Imagine a ...

Falco was already a big star in Europe following the success of his second single, 1981's "Der Kommissar," when producer ...

It may sound like an April Fools' joke, but on April 1, 1986, a synth-pop song about Mozart complete with German rap verses was No. 1 in the U.S.: "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco. Austrian singer Falco was ...

On the charts in 1986, Falco’s novelty tune "Rock Me Amadeus" became the first German-language song to top the Bilboard Hot 100.

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Imagine a song. (After you’re done imagining Scatman John’s “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my prompt.) Imagine a song about legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a ...