Falco - Jeanny
Jeanny is a song by the Austrian musician Falco, recorded in 1985 for Falco's album Falco 3. It was the third song released as a single out of the album in 1986. Controversial due to its lyrics, it nonetheless became a number one hit in numerous European countries.
In 2008 the song re-entered the Austrian Single Charts.
The song is about a relationship between a man and a girl named Jeanny. At the time when it reached number one, critics said that the song glorifies rape. German TV and radio personality Thomas Gottschalk made various negative remarks and called the song "rubbish". An outcry in German language markets caused the song to be banned by some radio broadcasters or played with a preceding warning by others. Typically, the scandal only helped to increase the sales of the single.
The song is sung in a slightly unhinged voice, but the lyrics don't actually contain any direct reference to the act of rape or abduction. It is left to the listener's imagination. Falco argued that it is about the musings of a stalker.
The part of the Newsflash in the track is spoken by a German newsreader; The newsflash has obvious parallels to the case in the song, but doesn't explicitly mention the girl's name.
Boycott
Several feminist associations called for a boycott of the song. Some TV and radio stations in West Germany agreed and didn't play the song "for ethical reasons", while others just played it on their charts shows. In East Germany the song was not on air and playing it in dance clubs was prohibited.
There were also demands to prohibit the song in West Germany, but officials denied the application in April 1986. This angered Dieter Kronzucker, the news anchorman of the Western German public TV station (whose two teenage daughters had been kidnapped along with their cousin and were held captive during several weeks before being released), and he talked about it in the daily news TV show Heute Journal. Following this, further radio stations followed the boycott.
In the German federal state of Hessen the song was aired accompanied by a warning. In the popular music show Formel Eins cutscenes were aired, as long as the song topped the charts.
The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)
Although marketed as the third part of the Jeanny Trilogy there is no evidence that this song was ever to be planned as the final part. It seems that Horst Bork (Falco's Ex-Manager) had the idea to sell this song, which was originally recorded in 1988 for the "Wiener Blut" Album. There is no hint in the lyrics that this should have anything to do with the Jeanny Saga and therefore the title "Jeanny Final" can be considered a clever marketing gag.
The album "The Spirit Never Dies" was released posthumously in 2009 being a compilation of unpublished songs. The title track "The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)" was also released as a single and it scored in the top ten in Austria and Germany. The track was found by chance after a water-pipe burst in the archives of the recording studio Mörfelden-Walldorf that was used by Falco's producer Gunther Mende in 1987. Closing the archive the tapes were sent to Mende who had a look at the material which had originally been rejected by Falco's record company Teldec - this was explained by Horst Bork in an interview mentioning that Falco had tried to use a different style of music at the time that the company did not want to support.
After digital remastering of the tape the song was edited and published as the official third part of the Jeanny trilogy.
The melancholic song is fully melodic without any spoken word poetry that had been characteristic for Falco's earlier songs. The video assembles cut scenes from all the earlier of Falco's music videos along with showing Falco's last girl friend Caroline Perron portraying the female voice at the end.
The lyrics:
Jeanny, komm, come on
Steh auf bitte
Du wirst ganz nass
Schon spät, komm
Wir müssen weg hier
Raus aus dem Wald
Verstehst du nicht?
Wo ist dein Schuh
Du hast ihn verloren,
Als ich dir den Weg zeigen musste
Wer hat verloren?
Du, dich?
Ich mich?
Oder
Wir uns?
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
Don't wanna struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you
Es ist kalt
Wir müssen weg hier,
Komm.
Dein Lippenstift ist verwischt
Du hast ihn gekauft und
Und ich habe es gesehen
Zuviel Rot auf deinen Lippen
Und du hast gesagt "mach mich nicht an"
Aber du warst durchschaut.
Augen sagen mehr als Worte
Du brauchst mich doch, hmmmh?
Alle wissen, dass wir zusammen sind
Ab heute
Jetzt hÃr ich sie!
Sie kommen!
Sie kommen dich zu holen.
Sie werden dich nicht finden.
Niemand wird dich finden!!
Du bist bei mir.
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
Don't wanna struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you
Newsflash:
In den letzten monaten ist die zahl
Der vermissten personen dramatisch angestiegen
Die jangste verÃffentlichung der lokalen polizei-
BehÃrde berichtet von einem weiteren tragischen fall.
Es handelt sich um ein neunzehnjähriges mÃdchen,
Das zuletzt vor vierzehn tagen gesehen wurde.
Die polizei schliesst die mÃglichkeit nicht aus, dass es
Sich hier um ein verbrechen handelt.
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
Don't wanna struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you
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