Tuesday was the anniversary of Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” reaching number one in the UK charts (1985). Falco died in a car crash in 1998. By way of honouring him, here are the lyrics to possibly the biggest hit ever recorded by an Austrian:

Ooo rock me Amadeus
Rock me Amadeus…
Rock rock rock rock me Amadeus
Rock me all the time to the top

Er war ein Punker
Und er lebte in der großen Stadt
Es war Wien, war Vienna
Wo er alles tat
Er hatte Schulden denn er trank
Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen
Und jede rief:
Come on and rock me Amadeus

Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus, oh oh oh Amadeus