Single:
Moscow entered the Australian singles chart* on 4 August 1980 and peaked at #1. The song was #6 on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
Moskau, the German-language version of the song, appears on their 1979 self-titled album Dschinghis Khan and their 1980 album Rom.
Songwriters:
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Producer:
Ralph Siegel
Record label of Australian release:
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*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
English version released in Australia:
Original German version:
Wikipedia:
Moskau (German for Moscow) is the second single by German Eurodisco group Dschinghis Khan (known as Genghis Khan in Australia) released in 1979.
The band, under their English-language band name Genghis Khan, released a version of the song with English lyrics entitled Moscow in Australia in 1980, the year of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Australia’s Channel 7 used the song as the theme to their television coverage of the Moscow Olympics. The song became a massive hit in Australia, staying at #1 for six weeks.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau_(song)
English lyrics:
Moscow, strange and mysterious
Towers of red gold, cold as ice
Moscow, but who really knows you
Knows a fire burns inside you so hot
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German lyrics:
Moskau
Fremd und geheimnisvoll
Türme aus rotem Gold
Kalt wie das Eis
Moskau
Doch wer dich wirklich kennt
Der weiß, ein Feuer brennt
In dir so heiß
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