Dschinghis Khan (song)

"Dschinghis Khan"
Song by Dschinghis Khan from the album Dschinghis Khan
Released	1979 (1979)
Recorded	1979
Genre	Disco
Label	Jupiter Records
Writer(s)	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Producer(s)	Bernd Meinunger
Dschinghis Khan track listing
"Dschinghis Khan" (1) Israel, Israel (2)

Dschinghis Khan
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 entry
Country	Germany
Artist(s)	Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Wolfgang Heichel, Henriette Heichel-Strobel, Edina Pop, Steve Bender, Leslie Mándoki
As	Dschinghis Khan
Language	German
Composer(s)	Ralph Siegel
Lyricist(s)	Bernd Meinunger
Conductor	Norbert Daum
Finals performance
Final result	4th
Final points	86
Appearance chronology
◄ "Feuer" (1978)
"Theater" (1980) ►

"Dschinghis Khan"
Regular Edition cover
Single by Berryz Kobo
from the album 5 (Five)
B-side	"Darling I LOVE YOU" (Berryz Kobo ver.)
Released	March 12, 2008
Format	CD+DVD single, CD single, Single V
Recorded	2008
Genre	J-pop
Label	Piccolo Town
Writer(s)	Bernd Meinunger, Iori Yamamoto
Producer(s)	Tsunku
Berryz Kobo singles chronology
"Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi" (2007) "Dschinghis Khan" (2008) "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance" (2008)
Music videos "Dschinghis Khan" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Dance Shot Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Mongolian Dance Shot Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Saki Shimizu Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Momoko Tsugunaga Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Chinami Tokunaga Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Maasa Sudo Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Miyabi Natsuyaki Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Yurina Kumai Ver.)" on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan (Risako Sugaya Ver.)" on YouTube Alternate artwork Limited Edition cover Single V cover

"Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix"
CD single cover
Single by Dschinghis Khan×Berryz Kobo
Released	September 17, 2008 (2008-09-17) (CD single) November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25) (Single V) (Japan)
Format	CD single, Single V
Genre	J-pop, pop
Label	Piccolo Town
Producer(s)	Tsunku
Music videos "Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix" on YouTube on YouTube "Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix (Beta Ver.)" on YouTube Single V cover

Dschinghis Khan (English translation: "Genghis Khan") was the West German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in German by Dschinghis Khan. Cover versions by a number of other artists were subsequently released as singles and album tracks.

The song was performed ninth on the night (following Switzerland's Peter, Sue & Marc & Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri with "Trödler und Co" and preceding Israel's Gali Atari & Milk & Honey with "Hallelujah"). At the close of voting it had received 86 points, coming fourth in a field of nineteen.

The song was written and composed by the prolific duo of Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, and owes a considerable debt to disco music, specifically of the Boney M tradition. As the name suggests, it is in praise of the titular Mongol warrior, with verses extolling his military ("And about his enemies he only laughed/Because nobody could resist his strength") and sexual ("And each woman, that he liked/He took into his tent/They said, a woman who did not love him/Did not exist anywhere in the world/He fathered seven children in one night") prowess. Indeed, the entirety of his band are the subjects of this paean, being described as exceptional drinkers with a devil-may-care attitude to life ("And the devil gets us early enough").

The performance is in a similarly flamboyant style, with one member of the band (Louis Hendrik Potgieter) dressed as a caricature of the warlord himself and capering about the stage, seducing the female members of the band and laughing as appropriate.