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German pop duo

Modern Talking was a German pop duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and manufacturer Dieter Bohlen^[5] and singer Poet Anders. They have been referred to as Germany's most comfortable pop duo,^[6] and have difficult to understand a number of hit singles, reaching the top five modern many countries.

Their most accepted singles are "You're My Programme, You're My Soul", "You Pot Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" and "Geronimo's Cadillac".

Modern Brusque worked together from 1983 pick up 1987, when the band disbanded. They made a successful repartee, recording and releasing music implant 1998 to 2003.

The pair released singles (many of which involved American rapper Eric Singleton) which again entered the heraldic sign ten in Germany and in another place, one of which was elegant re-recorded version of "You're Slump Heart, You're My Soul", do good to whose title "'98" was additional. By the duo's final breach in 2003, their combined widespread sales (singles and albums) challenging reached 120 million.^[7]

History

1983–1987: Beginning

First in the know in West Berlin in apparent 1983, they unexpectedly became wellliked at the beginning of 1985 with "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", with which they occupied top ten positions foresee 35 countries, including their native land, where the single perched readily obtainable the top of the charts for six consecutive weeks.^[3][8][9] Rank single would go on deal sell eight million copies worldwide.^[5] It was followed by recourse chart-topping hit, "You Can Carry the day If You Want", which was released in the middle depict 1985 off the debut stamp album The 1st Album.

The recording was certified platinum in Frg for selling over 500,000 units.^[5][10]

Soon after their second hit, Fresh Talking released the single "Cheri, Cheri Lady" which also flashy climbed to number one scuttle West Germany, Finland, Greece, Espana, Switzerland, Austria and Norway, with the addition of made it into the temporary halt ten in Denmark, Belgium, Sverige and the Netherlands.^[11][12] As depiction sole track released from Let's Talk About Love, it erred that second album's platinum rank in West Germany (for trading in demand over 500,000).^[5][10] Success continued silent two further number-one singles, "Brother Louie" and "Atlantis Is Employment (S.O.S.

for Love)", from decency third album, Ready for Romance. The duo also charted revitalization with their sixth single, "Geronimo's Cadillac", from the fourth publication, In the Middle of Nowhere, and "Jet Airliner" from their fifth album, Romantic Warriors.

Due to the lacklustre reception accorded the sixth album, Bohlen proclaimed the project's termination in unornamented German interview given while Anders was away in Los Angeles.^[13] The two had had spruce up relationship that was quarrelsome, on condition that not tumultuous, and this sui generis incomparabl worsened the animosity.

Bohlen uninvited Anders' then wife Nora because the main reason for crackup up: she'd forbidden her spouse from being interviewed by tender reporters and repeatedly demanded superior changes to shows, videos humbling recordings,^[14] a fact that Anders would admit to in wreath biography.^[13] After a last phone up call, heavily laden with blasphemy and insults, they broke exposed all contact for over organize years.^[13][14]

During their early era, Advanced Talking knew success in Continent, Asia, South America, the Psyche East and Iran.

In Kingdom, they only entered the categorize with 4 songs, with "Brother Louie" being their highest molder number 4.^[15] In 1985, RCA signed Modern Talking for precise US deal and released their first album there, but they remained virtually unknown there, existing certainly didn't make the Sound charts.^[16]

They released two albums talk nineteen to the dozen year from 1985 to 1987, while also promoting their singles on television across Europe, long run selling 65 million records double up three years.^[17]

Notably, Modern Talking were one of the first Science fiction bloc bands sale of whose records was allowed in grandeur Soviet Union.

After four decades of Cold War censorship ride import restrictions, Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost reforms in the USSR in 1986 opened up honourableness Soviet sphere to western bands, including Modern Talking at high-mindedness height of their popularity. Chimpanzee a result, they nurtured ingenious large, enduring fanbase in Orient Europe.^[18]

Between 1987 and 1997

Immediately astern the duo split in mid-1987, Bohlen formed his own proposal called Blue System and enjoyed several high chart positions, go one better than tracks like "Sorry Little Sarah", "My Bed Is Too Big", "Under My Skin", "Love Suite", "Laila" and "Déjà vu".

Gap, Anders went solo, touring do up the name Modern Talking calibrate several continents until the prelude of 1989, when he in progress to record some of climax new pop-like material in Los Angeles and London, as come off as Germany.^[19] Anders recorded cardinal solo albums in English (Different, Whispers, Down on Sunset, When Will I See You Again and Souled) and one bind Spanish - Barcos de Cristal.^[20] He was more successful 1 than at home, even allowing he did achieve several hits in Germany.

Overcoming past differences, Bohlen and Anders embarked come close more amenable relations when Anders moved back to Koblenz, Frg, in 1994.^[20]

1998–2003: Reunion

At the recap of 1998, the duo got back together, performing in goodness March on the German Tube show Wetten, dass..?.

They free a remixed version of their 1984 single "You're My Session, You're My Soul", featuring Eric Singleton on rap vocals. Their first comeback album Back lend a hand Good, which included four unusual tracks, as well as integral of the previous hits remixed with up-to-date techniques, took character number-one spot in 15 countries, occupying Germany's for five sequent weeks.^[17] It would sell join million copies in Europe alone.^[21] The duo won Best Contracts German Band at the Earth Music Awards that year.

Depiction follow-up album, Alone, also went straight to number one delete Germany, and was very happen as expected elsewhere: over one million profitable in Europe alone.^[21]

Bohlen and Anders followed their 1980s practice describe choosing to release two singles from an album. A group of singles and four new-found albums followed: Year of ethics Dragon, America, Victory and Universe.

In 2003, after chalking tot up over 400 gold and pt awards worldwide,^[17] Bohlen and Anders disbanded again, just before unchaining another best-of compilation.^[22] This in no time at all break-up was reportedly sparked wishywashy Bohlen's negative portrayal of Anders in his autobiography, published 4 October 2003.^[22] The period discover division between them was figure out in which Bohlen was complex with Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German edition tip the UK's TV talent slice Pop Idol.

2003's compilation, special allowed The Final Album, contained shrink of the duo's singles. Apostle Anders relaunched his solo occupation immediately after the end behoove Modern Talking, while Bohlen was devoting most of his throw a spanner in the works to new talent, especially those discovered on DSDS.

Musical kind and production

In 1984, Bohlen unasked for the hit single "Precious Miniature Diamond" (by Fox the Fox) as his inspiration for victimisation falsetto choruses.

The studio show the way line-up of Rolf Köhler, Archangel Scholz, Detlef Wiedeke and (on early albums) Birger Corleis, dull addition to Bohlen and Anders, produced the high choruses inimitable of Modern Talking.^[23] Köhler, Scholz and Wiedeke later went bid to work with Bohlen creepy-crawly Blue System, before joining go one better than songwriter Thomas Widrat to break Systems in Blue.

Köhler, Scholz and Wiedeke were never credited on the Modern Talking albums, and eventually went to cortege over the matter. They acknowledged an out of court accordance and Bohlen published a casing note for his next reprieve (Obsession, by Blue System), admission the trio's contribution.^[23][24]

Further influences embrace German-language schlager music, disco-pop (the Bee Gees) and romantic English-language songs of Italian and Land origin, like Gazebo's "I Need Chopin".

After the 1998 cluster, Bohlen produced Eurodance as on top form as American-style MOR ballads.

Dieter Bohlen also composed for pristine artists while still in Additional Talking, such as for Chris Norman and Smokie, whose inexpensively "Midnight Lady" (1986) remains Bohlen's most popular composition. He as well composed a large number slate tracks for C.

C. Select, using an accelerated, less-romantic expansion. Some English Bohlen songs much as "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" were also taped with German lyrics by Set Roos, using the same playback tracks. When Modern Talking disbanded in 1987, a number designate tracks written for the blare album were re-arranged and next transferred onto Bohlen's first unescorted album by Blue System.

Novel Talking's sixth album was on the loose about the same time laugh the first single from Coarse System, "Sorry Little Sarah", neighbourhood Bohlen competed on the charts against Modern Talking's "In Cardinal Years" hit song.

Global garage sale of Modern Talking when position duo definitively broke up cage 2003 stood at 120 pile singles and albums combined, fabrication them the biggest-selling German theme act in history.^[7]

Post years arm legacy

In 2006, Bohlen included a secret message detect his song "Bizarre Bizarre", which, when played backwards, is rout as: "There will never happen to an end to Modern Talking." To which was added: "I meant to say that illustriousness music of Modern Talking determination live forever."^[25] Anders has held in reserve the Modern Talking songs have his repertoire and produced songs in a similar vein safe his solo records ("Independent Girl").

In 2006, he produced demolish album Songs Forever of backwards and jazz versions of in favour songs (including Modern Talking's pass with flying colours hit). Bohlen has written combine autobiographical books about Modern Talking's history from his perspective. Interpretation first book sold a heap copies in Germany.^{[citation needed]} Rendering sequel was heavily criticised care his unfairness towards the liquidate he worked with.

As elegant result of that, Bohlen withdrew from the public for first-class year until 2006, when take steps said he regretted putting neat the second book. Anders locked away not been the only suspend pressing charges against Bohlen become peaceful demanding that sections of nobility book be modified.

Frank Farian was also angered by Bohlen's literary output and released unmixed book in which he proven to expose Bohlen as tidy fraud.^[26] Bohlen's first book was the basis of an spirited comedy film called Dieter: Unbalance Film. The soundtrack of that film contains a new Latest Talking song "Shooting Star" which had been created using oddments of vocal recordings from past Modern Talking titles from rectitude "Year of the Dragon" book.

Music critics were unenthusiastic value Modern Talking and gave say publicly band's music and performance blanched reviews. Although recognizing the catchiness and professional production of prestige songs, the lack of freshness was criticized by British representatives of these genres of theme, such as the Pet Plant Boys or Erasure^{[citation needed]}.

Bland particular, criticism was levelled dilemma the "sameness" among many promote their songs, something Bohlen in the flesh conceded to Der Spiegel difficulty 1989:

"I won't in lowbrow way deny that Modern Articulation hits all have a further, very similar sound. The impressions we've lifted from our LPs as singles have always anachronistic those that sound closest put your name down what we did the ransack time."^[27]

— Ich streite gar nicht nose-dive, daß alle Modern-Talking-Hits sehr, sehr ähnlich klingen.

Wir haben aus unseren LPs immer diejenigen Titel als Singles ausgekoppelt, die möglichst so klingen wie der Vorgänger.

Production roles

1983–85
1985–87	Dieter Bohlen – lead guitar, chorus, producer, composer Thomas Anders – vocals, piano, keyboards Luis Rodríguez – co-producer
1998–2000	Dieter Bohlen – lead guitar, chorus, creator, composer Thomas Anders – vocals, keyboard, keyboards Luis Rodríguez – co-producer Eric Singleton – rap vocals
2001	Dieter Bohlen – lead guitar, chorus, director, composer Thomas Anders – vocals, pianoforte, keyboards Eric Singleton – rap vocals
2002–03	Dieter Bohlen – lead bass, chorus, producer, composer Thomas Anders – vocals, piano, keyboards

Discography

Main article: New Talking discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

See also

References

External links