I want fun

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I want fun
Markus
publication May 1982
length 3:03 (7 ″ single)
4:28 (12 ″ single)
Genre (s) Neue Deutsche Welle
Author (s) Axel Klopprogge
Label CBS Records GmbH
album Ball lightning & rockets

I want fun is a song of the German music producer Axel Klopprogge that of the German Pop - singer Mark has been interpreted. The song was released in 1982 and reached number one in the German single charts .

background

After a punk concert in Berlin, Markus made friends with the music producer Axel Klopprogge. He had the idea of ​​founding an NDW band with Markus as the singer. The rehearsals took place in Klopprogge's youth room. At first, Klopprogge finished the melody for I want to have fun , but the right text was still missing. At first the title of the song should be I want dance . The passage Germany, Germany do you feel me? was originally Rosi, Rosi do you feel me? after the Spider Murphy Gang had also sung a Rosi with Scandal in the restricted area , the original text was discarded. As Mark and Klopprogge together on the highway were traveling and from a well-tempered motorists with sunglasses and Walkman - headphones were overhauled, Klopprogge came the idea to the final text.

In a newly built recording studio in Frankfurt-Oberrad , Klopprogge had the task of installing the technology. At night he secretly recorded the written songs with Markus. The owner of the recording studio discovered this, however, and presented both of them with an invoice for 15,000 marks. Then the two went to the record company CBS Schallplatten GmbH and played them the half-finished songs, including I want fun , live. After consultation, the then head of marketing Gerd Gebhardt stated that the record company had signed both of them.

In October 2015, an advertising campaign started promoting the Deutschlandcard . Here Markus sang his own version of the song.

Commercial win

I want fun entered the German single charts at number 22 on June 7, 1982 . In the third week of the chart, the song reached the top 10 for the first time in eighth place . On August 2, 1982, almost two months after entering the chart, I will fun was able to reach the top position in the German single charts . After the song had been relegated one place in the following week, on August 16, 1982 it was again possible to hold first place for a week. The single remained in the top 10 until the beginning of October 1982, and I want fun stayed there for 15 weeks. On November 15th, after 24 weeks in the German single charts, I will have fun with position 65, the last place in this. For Markus this was the only number one hit, his successor singles could no longer build on this success.

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (24 weeks) 24

Formats

7 ″ single

  1. I want fun  - 3:03
  2. Kling, sound of fate  melody - 3:40

12 ″ single

  1. I want fun  - 4:28
  2. Kling, sound of fate  melody - 3:40

Cover versions

From I want fun , there are many cover versions , so among other things, James Last , Mickie Krause , Mundstuhl and Torfrock . In 2016, the hip-hop duo SXTN released the song Ich bin schwarz , which is a reinterpretation of the song with changed lyrics.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GEMA repertoire search. Society for musical performance and mechanical reproduction rights , accessed on February 8, 2017 (no direct link possible, search via search field).
  2. ↑ a b Markus Mörl : When I invented fun. In: Der Spiegel . Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ DeutschlandCard starts “brand campaign”. In: deutschlandcard.de. October 7, 2015, accessed November 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Markus - I want fun - Chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed February 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Markus - Ich Will Fun Label: CBS - A 2355 Discogs , accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Markus - I want fun Label: CBS - A 12.2355. Discogs , accessed February 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Overview of cover versions I want fun . In: Coverinfo.de. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  8. ↑ New song "Ich bin Schwarz". Laut.de , September 19, 2016, accessed October 31, 2017 .