Codo… jet at the pace
| Codo | |
|---|---|
| German-Austrian sensitivity | |
| publication | 1983 |
| length | 4:24 |
| Genre (s) | Neue Deutsche Welle |
| Author (s) | Joesi Prokopetz , Manfred diving and Annette Humpe |
| album | DÖF |
Codo… düse im Sauseschritt is a NDW song by the band Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl (DÖF) from 1983. Text and music are provided by DÖF members Joesi Prokopetz and Manfred diving and the German singer Annette Humpe ; the latter also produced the song. The melody goes back to the hit kiss me and love me , sung by Gerd Christian .
Publication and Success
On the B-side of the single there is the 5:32 minute long speech entry Pure nothing . There is also a 12-inch maxi single with a 5:11 minute version of Codo on it. Codo also appeared on the album DÖF , which sold over 500,000 times in German-speaking countries. The single became a number one hit in Germany (five weeks), Austria , the Netherlands and Belgium, and sold 1.2 million copies. There is also a Yiddish- English version under the name Cojdoj, the Flying Schissel on the B-side of the single Love Me . The GiG Records covers are blue with white lettering, the artwork of the WEA Records issues comes from Manfred Deix .
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The lyrics are about a space-faring star inhabitant who comes near the earth, named Codo, which according to Joesi Prokopetz is an abbreviation for "Cosmic Dolm or Cosmic Idiot". For Inga Humpe Codo was "an extraterrestrial being without a specific gender who overcomes hatred and brings us stressed and negatively minded people everything we miss: good mood, wit, charm and above all love". This brings the forbidden love back to earth against the resistance of the "Lord of Hate". Because of this plot, the song is also known as a science fiction parody. The refrain I nozzle, nozzle, nozzle, nozzle in a whirlwind step is sung by DÖF member Inga Humpe , who in the music video depicts Codo in a glittering costume sitting on a swing.
Cover versions
- 1994: Kosmos feat. Mary K.
- 2004: Solid in human
Copyright dispute
The melody of the title goes back to a composition by Holger Biege in the GDR , the title Kiss me and love me , sung by Gerd Christian . By chance, after his escape from the GDR in 1983, Biege found out that Annette Humpe had deliberately copied the melody and even made fun of Ossies , who couldn't do anything about such plagiarism anyway. This was the reason for plagiarism proceedings for Biege. In the first instance he was found to be right, after an appeal he rejects a settlement in the second instance .
Web links
- Codo was just one slip in the entire program ... Interview with Joesi Prokopetz on May 29, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEMA ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Codo (… nozzle in the pounding step) at discogs (English)
- ↑ Information on chart placement and sales figures from NDR
- ↑ Individual proof of Josi Prokopetz about "Codo"
- ↑ Austria dictionary: Dolm - idiot, fool
- ↑ Individual reference to Inga Humpe about "Codo"
- ↑ http://bazonline.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/Die-Frau-mit-der-IdealLinie/story/16727510
- ↑ a b POP MUSIC · So hideously ugly · The infantile space hit "Codo" is the hit of the summer . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1983, pp. 170-171 ( online ).
- ↑ Heaven and Hell. In: oe1.orf.at. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Martin: Once said a poet - Holger Biege. The biography . Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95958-191-2
