I distinctly remember going to German class in high school about 9 years ago and some times we were encouraged to bring German language music and I dug up this old song from the late Austrian pop star Falco, "Der Kommissar"... I love the extreme cheesiness of his dance moves and his "swagger" in that video and of course the German/English lyrics which he sung/rapped with his Vienna accent.
Notice the excellent use of the blue-screen technique.

I Love this song and the video was very popular back then. Falco was very hot looking and sang really cool. I didn't know he had passed away.
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After the Fire's cover was a huge hit here in America:



A few years later, Falco would take "Rock Me Amadeus" all the way to #1.

MRGee said:

From Wikipedia:
"Falco died of severe injuries received from a collision with a bus in his Mitsubishi Pajero near the city of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic on 6 February 1998, just two weeks before his 41st birthday."