I like
| I like | |
|---|---|
| Volker Lechtenbrink | |
| publication | 2nd September 1981 |
| length | 4:13 |
| Genre (s) | Schlager , Pop , Country |
| Author (s) | Michael Reinecke , Volker Lechtenbrink |
| Label | Polydor |
| album | Already possible / heart and soul |
| Cover version | |
| 1982 | Rolf and his friends |
I like is a song by Volker Lechtenbrink from 1981. It was composed by Michael Reinecke , the text is by Volker Lechtenbrink. It is a hit / pop song with some country influences.
reception
After being released as a single on September 2, 1981 by Polydor , the title became a widely played radio piece. Lechtenbrink appeared with this title on October 12, 1981 in the ZDF hit parade - he could not place in the top three - and in January 1982 on disco . The single reached number 42 in the German charts and was placed for 14 weeks. The song was later rewritten as advertising music for the long-running campaign for Caro coffee (“Caro, I like you”) and also interpreted for this by Lechtenbrink.
Version by Rolf and his friends
Rolf Zuckowski coined the song in 1982 for the TV show Wetten, dass ..? into a childlike version, which was also successful under the title ... and very doll me . The single was also released on February 3, 1982 by Polydor. It reached number 15 in the German charts and was placed for 18 weeks. With this title, Zuckowski and the Kleine Freunde took first place on the ZDF hit parade on May 3, 1982, and was allowed to play the song again on June 7, 1982. In the same year this version - with additional stanzas - was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the song with the most stanzas in the world.
More cover versions
In 1995 the punk group Die Piddlers released a cover version of the original. There are other cover versions of Soolo, Die Fun-Kids, the Udo Reichel orchestra and Speelwark (Ick mag (mien Nordenland)) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c swisscharts.com: Volker Lechtenbrink: I like
- ↑ CARO Landkaffee Commercial 80s ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ swisscharts.com: Rolf and his friends: I like
- ↑ sikorski.de Zuckowski, Rolf
- ↑ whoiswho: Rolf Zuckowski
- ↑ Music collector
