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Moskau (song)

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1979 single by Dschingis Khan
This article is about the song by Dschinghis Khan. For the song by Rammstein, seeReise, Reise.

"Moskau"
Single byDschinghis Khan
from the albumDschinghis Khan
LanguageGerman
English titleMoscow
B-side"Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan"
Released1979 (1979)
Recorded1979
StudioOlympia Studios Munich
GenreEurodisco
Length
  • 4:43
  • 5:58 (album)
LabelBMG
Songwriters
ProducerRalph Siegel
Dschinghis Khan singles chronology
"Dschinghis Khan"
(1979)		"Moskau"
(1979)		"Hadschi Halef Omar"
(1979)
Music videos
"Moskau" onYouTube
"Moskau" (2020 Moscow Edition) onYouTube
"Moscow"
Single byGenghis Khan
from the albumGenghis Khan
B-side"Moscow (German Version)"
Released3 September 1980
Recorded1979
StudioOlympia Studios Munich
GenreEurodisco
Length4:30
Label7 Records / Image Records
Songwriters
ProducerNorbert Daum
Music videos
"Moscow" onYouTube

"Moskau" (German forMoscow) is the second single by GermanEurodisco groupDschinghis Khan (known asGenghis Khan in Australia and other countries)[1][2][3][4] released in 1979.

The band also recorded an English version, which they released in 1980 as "Moscow".

History

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A 15-second snippet of the song was scheduled to be broadcast as part of the 1980 New Year's Eve television special, but this ultimately did not happen.[5][failed verification]

In 2006, the song made its video game debut as a playable song inTaiko no Tatsujin Portable 2. On 15 September, the song was uploaded to YouTube,[6] and it quickly became aninternet meme related toSlavs. Most prominently, the meme was circulated on the image macro siteYTMND, accompanied by the song's chorus or variations of it.

The song was also played at the opening at theEurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia for Semi-Final 2.

"Moskau" was covered by Dancing Bros., and became a featured track inJust Dance 2014.

In 2018, Dschinghis Khan re-recorded "Moskau" with new lyrics for the2018 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted in Russia. For the German and English versions, the lead vocals were performed by formerUS5 member Jay Khan.Alexander Malinin and his daughter Ustinya performed the Russian version, titled "Moskva". The Spanish version, titled "Moscú", was performed by Jorge Jiménez and Marifer Medrano.[7]

Versions

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Moskau – the German-language version

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"Moskau", the German-language version of the song, appears on their 1979 self-titled albumDschinghis Khan and their 1980 albumRom. The album version is nearly six minutes long, while the single version is four and a half minutes long.[8]

Moscow – the English-language version

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The band, under their English-language band nameGenghis Khan, released a version of the song with English lyrics entitled "Moscow" in Australia in 1980, the year of the1980 Moscow Olympics.[1] Australia'sChannel 7 used the song as the theme to their television coverage of the Moscow Olympics, and the single was issued locally in a die-cut Channel 7 paper sleeve.[9] The song became a massive hit in Australia, staying at #1 for six weeks.[10] There is also a long version in English.[11]

Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan

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"Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan" is the B-side of "Moskau", featuringLeslie Mándoki performing the chorus and Louis Hendrik Potgieter singing the final chorus. The song was also recorded in English and released as a single in 1979, with "Moscow" as the B-side.[12]

Track listings

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Original German 7" single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moskau"4:43
2."Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan"
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
4:13
Total length:8:56
12" maxi single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moskau"
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
7:40
2."Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan"
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
6:10
Total length:13:50
International single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moscow" (English Version)
  • Christian Dornaus
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
4:30
2."Moskau" (German Version)
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
4:43
Total length:9:13
Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan" (English Version)
  • Dornaus
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
4:15
2."Moscow" (English Version)
  • Dornaus
  • Siegel
  • Meinunger
4:29
Total length:8:44

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979–80)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10]1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13]16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14]38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15]38
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]11
West Germany (GfK)[17]3

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979)Position
West Germany (Official German Charts)[18]9
Chart (1980)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[19][20]16

Certifications

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21]Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Covers and remixes

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  • The song was covered in Japanese as "Mezase Moscow" (めざせモスクワ,Mezase Mosukuwa) by Dark Ducks in 1979. Another Japanese version by Baobab Singers was released that year, but with different lyrics that referenceanime andtokusatsu titles that the voice actors underProduction Baobab worked on.
  • The song has been covered by a German rock band named Attila der Partykönig.
  • The song has been covered by the German ska-punk band "Wisecräcker".
  • Sofia Rotaru had recorded a Russian cover version in preparation for the1980 Summer Olympics, but due toWest Germany joining the1980 Summer Olympics boycott, it was never broadcast and had been ordered destroyed. A single copy was made by the studio workers, and has been made available since.[22]
  • In Finland "Moskau" was covered by Juhamatti with the title "Volga" in 1980. "Volga" has since been performed by artists such asKari Tapio andFrederik.
  • Also in 1980, Cassiano Costa made the BrazilianPortuguese version, named "Moscou".
  • This song was also covered by Hong Kong pop singerGeorge Lam as "Olympics in Moscow" (Chinese:世運在莫斯科), to celebrated the1980 Summer Olympics.
  • Georgie Dann made a Spanish version in 1980, with more success in Spanish-speaking countries than the original version.[23]
  • Swedish groupVikingarna recorded a cover in Swedish, "Moskva", in 1980.[24]
  • In live performances of their song "Sacrament of Wilderness", thesymphonic metal bandNightwish plays a riff from "Moskau" at about the three-minute mark of the song.[25]
  • Germanblack metal bandBlack Messiah covered the song on their 2006 albumOf Myths and Legends.[26]
  • Estonian bandMeie Mees covered the song as "Moskva" in 2000.
  • In China, a version with altered lyrics called "Fen Dou"[27] (奋斗) was made by Da Zhangwei (大张伟).
  • South Korean groupKoyote played a portion in their single "Aza! Aza!" (아자! 아자!).
  • Since 2008 or earlier,Russian Armed Forces military bands have occasionally played the song at public events in Russia.[28]Channel One Russia's New Years 2013 program included a version of the song sung in both German and Russian by theAlexandrov Ensemble.[29]
  • A version sung byLolita Milyavskaya in the 2010 Musical FilmMorozko (Морозко), aired onRussia 1 on 31 December 2010.Nikolai Baskov stars in this one.
  • In the Czech Republic, the parody band Los Rotopedos produced a cover of the song in 2012. Los Rotopedos subsequently qualified to the top ten in theČeský slavík song competition.[30]
  • In 2013, the song was covered by a French band Dancing Bros. and used in the video gameJust Dance 2014.[31]
  • As part of their 2014 album "Pizza Napolitana", Trabant 33 released "Casa Bella", a slowed-down,instrumental,Italian-coded take on the Moskaumelody.
  • In 2018, Japanese DJ-producer Camellia remixed Moskau as a free-download bootleg inhands-up trance genre.
  • Americanpower metal bandLast Alliance covered "Moskau" in 2011. The song was made available as a free download in 2018 to celebrate the2018 FIFA World Cup hosted in Russia.
  • In early 2020, Dutch DJ & Producer Thommy van Straalen started rising to fame after releasing aBig Room House Festival Mix as a collab with his neighbor Likkerstan 'LSTN' Ten Nogmeer. It was deleted midway through May after a copyright problem withDschinghis Khan.
  • In 2020, Norwegian hardstyle DJ & producer duoDa Tweekaz released their remixed version[32] of this song with Austrian DJ & producer duoHarris & Ford.
  • Klezmer-punk actDaniel Kahn, alongsidePsoy Korolenko, released a trilingualYiddish-, Russian-, and English-language cover, “Moskve,” in 2020.
  • German YouTuber Jarow made a cover of the song about Norwegian footballerErling Haaland. It went viral onTikTok in 2021.
  • The song "Ami" byRika Zarai is sung to the same melody as "Moskau".

References

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  1. ^ab"Country=Australia, Genghis Khan* - Moscow (Vinyl)".Discogs website. Retrieved3 September 2018.
  2. ^"Country=France, Genghis Khan* - Moscow (Vinyl)".Discogs website. Retrieved1 January 2014.
  3. ^"Country=Colombia, Genghis Khan* - Moscu (Vinyl)".Discogs website. Retrieved3 September 2018.
  4. ^"Country=Japan, Genghis Khan* - Moskau / Rocking Son Of Dschinghis Khan (Vinyl)".Discogs website. Retrieved3 September 2018.
  5. ^"Chin. Chin. Chinigs Khan".Zhurnal.ru. Archived fromthe original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  6. ^Dschinghis Khan - Moskau.YouTube.Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  7. ^"Moskau Moskau".Dschinghis Khan Official Website. Retrieved2 February 2022.
  8. ^"Start - STEPPENWIND - Offizielle Dschinghis Khan Fanseite".Steppenwind.com. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  9. ^"??".Corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  10. ^abKent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 122.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ^"YouTube".YouTube.
  12. ^"Rocking Son of Dschinghis Khan (English Version)/Moscow" atDiscogs
  13. ^"Dschinghis Khan – Moskau" (in German).Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  14. ^"Nederlandse Top 40 – Dschinghis Khan" (in Dutch).Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  15. ^"Dschinghis Khan – Moskau" (in Dutch).Single Top 100. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  16. ^"Dschinghis Khan – Moskau".Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  17. ^"Offiziellecharts.de – Dschinghis Khan – Moskau"(in German).GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  18. ^"Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German).Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 1979. Retrieved29 October 2021.
  19. ^"National Top 100 Singles for 1980".Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981. Retrieved17 January 2022 – viaImgur.
  20. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 432.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  21. ^"International Certifications"(PDF).Cash Box. 12 December 1980. p. 43. Retrieved25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  22. ^"София Ротару - "Здравствуй, Москва!" (Кавер версия песни Dschinghis Khan - Moskau) 1980".YouTube (in Russian). Archived fromthe original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved5 May 2022.
  23. ^"Georgie Dann - Moscú". 8 September 2008. Retrieved15 October 2016 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  24. ^"Kramgoa låtar ( 8) | Svensk mediedatabas". SMDB.kb.se. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  25. ^"The Heavy Anglican: Pointless Nightwish video post + brief update". Archived fromthe original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved25 December 2011.
  26. ^SirG (19 November 2006)."Black Messiah - Of Myths And Legends Review".Metal.de. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  27. ^"大张伟 - 奋斗—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看".V.youku.com. Archived fromthe original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  28. ^"Music Russian Military Band One". YouTube. 14 December 2008. Retrieved20 November 2016.[dead YouTube link]
  29. ^"Dschinghis Khan - Moskau - New year 2013". YouTube. 1 January 2013.Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved11 March 2019.
  30. ^"Los Rotopedos - Moscau". YouTube. 1 November 2012.Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved15 October 2016.
  31. ^Dancing Bros. -- Moskau | Just Dance 2014 | Gameplay. Just Dance UK. 27 September 2013. Retrieved12 December 2024 – viaYouTube.
  32. ^"Da Tweekaz x Harris & Ford - Moskau (Official Video HD)". YouTube. 3 April 2020.

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