Alperose

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The Alpenrose , in Swiss German Alperose

Alperose is a dialect song by Polo Hofer and Hanery Amman . It was published in 1985 and is one of the most successful Swiss dialect songs.

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Alperose (Polo Hofer, Sina, Sandee and Kandlbauer)
  CH 15th 01/28/2007 (10 weeks)
Alperose (Polo Hofer and the Butter Band )
  CH 24 12/02/2007 (6 weeks)

success

Although Alperose was never released as a single, the track was very successful. It appeared in 1985 on the album Giggerig by Polo Hofer and the butter band . In 2006, Alperose was voted the greatest Swiss hit of all time by the Swiss television audience .

On January 28, 2007, a new recording by Polo Hofer, Sandee , Sina and Kandlbauer was released . This reached number 15 on the Swiss hit parade. There are also other covers, for example by Rumpelstilz and QL . In addition, the song has often appeared on Swiss dialect compilations. Outside of Switzerland, however, the song is almost unknown.

The song, sung in Bern German , is about a night of love after a mountain hike on the Blüemlisalp in the Bernese Oberland .

refrain

Alperose chöme i sense
Alperose sy das gsy because
Alperose ought to have gsy sy
Where there are us in Höi gläge sy

Alpine roses come to mind
Alpine roses were that back then
Alpine roses must have been those who lay
next to us in the hay

Trivia

There is a parody by Michael von der Heide called Leeri Dose (‹empty cans›), which he himself announces as an “old folk song”.

musical

On February 17, 2012, a musical entitled Alperose premiered in Bern. The piece by Walter Hitz - directed by Mirco Vogelsang and with arrangements by Stefan Mens and the set by Conny Kraus - is about wanderlust, love and Polo Hofer's favorite pub in Bern. The music consists exclusively of songs with the lyrics by Polo Hofer. Polo himself occasionally played along and performed the song Im letscht Tram .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts CH
  2. ^ "Alperose" and "leeri Dose" ( Memento from November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: Zürcher Unterländer. November 1, 2004