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Rock Me Amadeus

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Falco!  Oh my.  Kinda a "one hit wonder" and I'm pretty sure even this hit was equally loved and hated by all.  :)  I remember singing along with the song and bugged that I was. 
It's so funny how in the original single version some dude gives all these facts about Mozart and then the last fact, as if it were as historical as Mozart himself, is that in 1985 Falco records this song.  Tee hee hee.  I'm not sure this song made history like Falco may have wished. 
I think he was trying to modernize Mozart and his music but some things don't need to be modernized.  Well regardless, this song is good for some smiles and some good flashbacks.  :) 
Rock Me Amadeus (Film Version)
Rock Me Amadeus (Original Single Version)

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