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Lyrics[]
The song is about a relationship between a man and a woman named Jeanny.
At the time when it reached number one, critics said that the song glorifies . TV and radio personality made various negative remarks and called the song "rubbish". An outcry in markets caused the song to be banned by some radio broadcasters or played with a preceding warning by others.
Falco argued that it is about the musings of a .
The part of the "news flash" in the track is spoken by German newsreader .
Boycott[]
Several associations called for a boycott of the song. Some TV and radio stations in agreed and didn't play the song "for ethical reasons", while others just played it on their charts shows. In 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 news presenter , who presented the daily news magazine for the West German public TV station : his two teenage daughters, along with their cousin, had been kidnapped and briefly held captive in several years earlier; this formed the basis of his anger about the song's release, which he discussed on heute-journal. Following this, further radio stations followed the boycott. In the German federal state of the song was aired accompanied by a warning. In the popular music show Formel Eins cutscenes were aired, but only whilst the song was at the top of the charts.
