Rock Amadeus facts
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Falco's 1985 single "Rock Me Amadeus" made him the only artist whose principal language was German to score a vocal number-one hit in the US.
Falco, the pop star who sang “Der Kommisar” and “Rock Me Amadeus,” died in a car crash at age 40.
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Vienna Cemetery is last resting place of several great composers. Beethoven, Brahms, Salieri, Strauss, Schubert and Schoenberg are buried close to each other while Mozart is buried in nearby cemetery. Also physicist Ludwig Boltzmann and singer Falco (Rock me Amadeus) are buried there too
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Falco is NOT saying 'hot potatoes, hot potatoes' in his song, "Rock Me Amadeus."
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The musical adaptation of planet of the apes in The Simpsons is a direct copy of Rock Me Amadeus
