Moskau (song)
| "Moskau" | |
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| Single by Dschinghis Khan | |
| from the album Dschinghis Khan | |
| B-side | Moskau (German Version) |
| Released | 1980 |
| Genre |
Disco Schlager |
| Length | 4:30 |
| Label | 7 Records / Image (5) |
| Writer(s) | Ralph Siegel |
| Producer(s) | Bernd Meinunger |
| "Moskau" | ||||
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| Single by Dschinghis Khan | ||||
| from the album Dschinghis Khan | ||||
| B-side | Rocking Son Of Dschinghis Khan | |||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 4:43 5:58 (Album) |
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| Label | BMG | |||
| Writer(s) | Ralph Siegel | |||
| Producer(s) | Bernd Meinunger | |||
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"Moskau" is a German-language single by the German pop-act Dschinghis Khan (known as Genghis Khan in Australia and other countries) released in 1979. There was also an English-language version released in 1980 which was entitled "Moscow".
"Moskau", the German-language version of the song, appears on their 1979 self-titled album Dschinghis Khan and their 1980 album Rom. The album version clocks six minutes, but the single version is four and a half minutes long.
The song was released in an English-language version entitled "Moscow" in Australia in 1980, the year of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Australia's Channel 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. The song became a big hit in Australia, staying at #1 for six weeks.
The song also achieved an enormous underground popularity in the Soviet Union. A 15-second clip of the song's performance was shown as a part of the New Year holiday lineup on the state-run TV, leading to the immediate dismissal of the network's director.
In 2006, the song made its video game debut as a playable song in Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2. It is also a featured track in Just Dance 2014.
It was also played at the opening at Eurovision 2009 at Moscow, Russia for Semi Final 2.
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