Last week I told you about my 5 top English versions of German hits. Today I’ll tell you about my 5 top German cover versions of English hits.
Here they are, again in reversed order:
No 5: Udo Lindenberg’s ‘Sonderzug nach Pankow’
No 4: YTITTY with their German parody of ‘Somebody I used to know’
No 3: Die Ärzte ‘Gehn Wie Ein Ägypter’
No 2: Die Wise Guys with ‘Schlag mich, Baby, noch einmal’
And my favourite one is from Helga Fedderson & Didi Hallervorden from 1978. The title is ‘Du, die Wanne ist voll’ (You, the bathtub is full) and is a mixture of English and German words, especially German word which sound similar to English ones. Just in case you want to learn such wonderful sentences, here are the lyrics 😉
Didi:
I speak english – I can tanzen
and I look unheimlich gut
I have always gute Chancen
what say you denn da dazu!? Häh? Höhöhöhö…
Helga:
I stimm you zu – you are echt nicht schlecht (Didi: Ach Ja?Hö)
and your Stimme ist ein Hit (Didi: Ja, nich? Ja)
I want to be deine Partnerin (Didi: Da lässt sich drüber speaken)
you sing vor and I sing mit (Didi: Okay, einer after dem anderen)
Didi:
du
die Wanne ist voll
juhuhu
Helga:
Das heißt
the one that I want
juhuhu Honey
Didi:
Die Wanne ist voll
Beide:
Juhuhu
let’s go hinein
and then sei mein
Didi:
You have the badewanne that I want
Helga:
Didi
du makest me crazy
Darling
you and your Figur (Didi: Ach nicht doch)
komm nu’ sei doch nicht so lazy
schmus’ mit me
Didi:
You make me auch
ziemlich heiß auf you (Helga: Ouh, jaa)
I on you and you on me
Helga:
Komm
mach dich free for me
Didi:
Yes tonight oder nie
Helga:
Wie bitte ?
Beide:
Yes tonight oder nie
Didi:
du
die Wanne ist voll
juhuhu
Helga:
Das heißt
the one that I want
juhuhu Honey
Beide:
Juhuhu
let’s go hinein
and then sei mein
And here’s the video, enjoy!
EDIT 2019: It was suggested that I should add Peter Gabriel’s German version of ‘Games without Frontiers’ Spiel ohne Grenzen but unfortunately I couldn’t find a good enough video.
I applaud the idea – it’s a great way to ensure German remains fun. The songs, however, not my cup of tea. Keep up the good work.
Luckily there are lots of other songs – we don’t have to like the same ones 🙂
If you ever find one that you do like, let me know.
you should also check out “Die Jungs sind wieder da” by Blechreiz
Brilliant, thanks! I’d never heard of it, but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YJiymxXaM