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Franz-Josef Hagmanns-Dajka (born 1958 in Tüddern, Netherlands, now Germany), known professionally as Funny van Dannen, is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin. Since 1978 Funny Van Dannen has been living in
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. He is married and has four sons. He sings about politics, society, sexuality, religion, and many other topics, usually humorously. He accompanies his songs with guitar, sometimes with harmonica. Funny Van Dannen, Christiane Rösinger and Almut Klotz founded the German band ''Lassie Singers'' in 1988. ''Die Schröders'', a German punk rock band, made his 1996 song "Saufen" more famous in 1997. The German punk band
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interpreted some of his songs, notably ''Trauriges Arschloch'', '' Bayern'' (1999), ''Lesbische, schwarze Behinderte'' (1999) and ''
Frauen dieser Welt "Frauen dieser Welt" (''Women of this world'') is a song written and performed by Funny van Dannen, from the album '' Groooveman'' (2002). The song is a tribute to women all around the world. Die Toten Hosen cover The song was famously covered ...
'' (2002).


Discography

* ''Clubsongs'' (1995) * ''Basics'' (1996) * ''Info3'' (1997) * ''Uruguay'' (1999) * ''Melody Star'' (2000) * ''Groooveman'' (2002) * ''Herzscheiße'' (2003) * ''Nebelmaschine'' (2005) * ''Authentic Trip'' (2005) * ''Trotzdem danke'' (2007) * ''Saharasand'' (2009) * ''Fischsuppe'' (2012) * ''Geile Welt'' (2014) * ''Come On (Live im Lido)'' (2016) * ''Alles gut, Motherfucker'' (2018) * ''Kolossale Gegenwart'' (2022)


Books

* ''Spurt ins Glück'' (1991) * ''Jubel des Lebens'' (1993) * ''Am Wegesrand'' (1996) * ''Komm in meine Arme'' (1998) * ''Der Tag als Rosi kam'' (1997) * ''Neues von Gott'' (2004) * ''Zurück im Paradies'', (2007) * ''An der Grenze zur Realität'', (2015) * ''Die weitreichenden Folgen des Fleischkonsums'' (2018)


References


External links


Official website
(in German) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dannen, Funny van 1958 births Living people German male musicians