Out of the Dark (song)

1998 single by Falco

"Out of the Dark"

Single by Falco

from the album Out of the Dark (Into the Light)

Released

1998

Label

EMI Electrola

Songwriter(s)

Falco
Torsten Börger

Producer(s)

Torsten Börger

Falco singles chronology

"Naked"
(1996)

"Out of the Dark"
(1998)

"Egoist"
(1998)

"Out of the Dark" is a song by Austrian singer Falco from his eighth studio album Out of the Dark (Into the Light). The song was also released as a single. Both the album and the single were released posthumously in 1998.

The song was written by Falco and Torsten Börger. It was produced by Börger.^[1]

The song reached number 2 in Germany and Austria and number 3 in Switzerland.^[1]

Track listing

CD maxi single – EMI Electrola 8 85456 2 (EMI) (1998, Netherlands)

"Out of the Dark" – 3:36
"Der Kommissar (2000)" – 3:47^[1]

Promo CD single – EMI Electrola P 519.947 (1998)
CD single – EMI Electrola 8853992

"Out of the Dark" – 3:34
"Out of the Dark" (instrumental) – 3:34^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	2
Germany (Official German Charts)^[3]	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	4

Cover versions

In 2002, Sunterra presented their version on their album Lost Time.
In 2003, Terminal Choice covered the song on his album Menschenbrecher.
In 2004, Stahlhammer released the song on their album Stahlmania.
In 2006, [Die!] released the song on their album Stigmata.
In 2010, Škwor recorded a Czech version under the name “Stíny a mráz” (lit. “Shadows and freeze”) and released it on their 2011 album Drsnej kraj.^[6]
In 2013, Ost+Front released the song on their single "Bitte schlag mich".
In 2014, Axel One released a metal cover of the song featuring Paul Bartzsch from We Butter the Bread with Butter.
In 2020, Eisbrecher released the song on their album Schicksalsmelodien.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Falco – Out Of The Dark – austriancharts.at". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ "Falco – Out Of The Dark" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
^ "Falco – Out Of The Dark" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
^ "Falco – Out Of The Dark". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1998" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Škwor si udělá hnízdo v Garáži". E15 (in Czech). 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2021.