Der Kommissar

“ Der Kommissar ” (“Commissar”) is the song of the Austrian singer and musician Falco ^[1] . It was released as a separate single in 1981, then entered his first album Einzelhaft (1982).

In the USA, the song was pretty well played on the radio, but Falco will become truly famous in this country only four years later with the song " Rock Me Amadeus " ^[1] .

In 1982, their version of the song was released by the British rock band After the Fire (with English lyrics written by its member Andy Pearce). Their version was especially popular in the United States, where it reached 3 places on the Billboard Hot 100 chart .

At the time that After the Fire released the single “Der Komissar”, she had already announced her upcoming breakup. This single should be her last. For this group, which had never been paid attention to in the USA before, the song became a very big hit absolutely unexpectedly. Stuart Mason from the AllMusic music site now calls it "one of the defining hits of the early [ MTV ] channel [ MTV ]" ^[1] .