4630 Bochum is the fifth studio album released by German rock/pop singer

Herbert Grönemeyer Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer (born 12 April 1956) is a German singer, musician, producer, composer and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Grönemeyer starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Pete ...

. It was released on 14 August 1984 by

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Recording

''4630 Bochum'' was recorded between January and March 1984 in EMI studios in Cologne. It was his first album for EMI after the end of his contract with Intercord Tonträger GmbH (a record label owned by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck). The album spent 79 weeks in the German albums chart, making it the most successful album of 1984 in Germany. With certified sales in excess of 2.5 million, it is currently the third- best-selling album in Germany, having been certified quintuple platinum.35 Jahre Gold/Platin – Herbert Grönemeyer auf Platz 1 der offiziellen Rangliste
, Musikindustrie.de, 2 July 2010 In Switzerland and Austria, the album spent 13 and 24 weeks respectively in the charts. The single release "Männer" in particular established Grönemeyer's fame in Germany. The cover shows the title hand-written in the style of an address in white chalk on a black background: :''Herbert'' :''Grönemeyer'' :''4630 Bochum'' At the time, 4630 was the

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for the city of

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

where Grönemeyer grew up and had worked as a musician.

Track listing

# "Bochum" – 3:50 # " Männer" – 4:00 # "Flugzeuge im Bauch" – 3:54 # "Alkohol" – 4:29 # "Amerika" – 3:26 # "Für Dich da" – 3:23 # "Jetzt oder nie" – 4:57 # "Fangfragen" – 4:17 # "Erwischt" – 4:01 # "Mambo" – 2:45

Personnel

* Herbert Grönemeyer –

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, choir, piano * Detlef Kessler –

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* Alfred Kritzer – piano, trumpet * Norbert Hamm –

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* Jakob Hansonis – guitars * Gaggy Mrozeck – guitars *

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– saxophone

Cover versions

* 1989 ''Männer''

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* 1995 ''Männer'', titled ''Frauen'' by JBO * 1998 ''Flugzeuge im Bauch'' by

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and

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(DE #1, AT #1, CH #1) * 1999 ''Mambo'', titled ''Mamboleo'' by

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* 2012 ''Flugzeuge im Bauch'' by Katja Friedenberg on ''

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'' (DE #41)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

''Singt Grönemeyer wirklich 'tief im Westen'?''
. Der Westen, 15 August 2008. A comparison of the song's lyrics with everyday life in Bochum

References

1984 albums German-language albums EMI Records albums Herbert Grönemeyer albums Pages translated from German Wikipedia {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub