Paffendorf
| Paffendorf | |
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| Origin | Cologne, Germany |
| Genres | Trance |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Website | http://www.paffendorf.info/ |
| Members | |
| Ramon Zenker Gottfried Engels Sven Thiel Nicolas Valli |
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Paffendorf, also known as Bellini,[1] is a dance project from Cologne, Germany. The project consists of Ramon Zenker, also producer of Fragma, Gottfried Engels, Nicolas Valli and Sven Thiel, who also represents Paffendorf as a DJ act. Paffendorf is best known for their year 2000 hit, "Where are You", although they have had various successful hits across Europe, their best known in the UK being "Be Cool," which peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in June, 2002. Their song, Under My Skin, had become an Internet meme, featuring Momo, a character from the anime series Sumomomo Momomo repetitively imitating a train engine with her hands and jumping up and down. The song had been sped up to sound similar and rival to a more popular Internet meme, Caramelldansen.
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[edit] History
Paffendorf began in 1998, and scored three hits in Germany that year with "Smile" (#22); plus "Ruf Mich An" / "Call Me Now" and "Terminator" both achieving Top 50 status. They appeared on the Dancemania compilation series' 8th issue with their song "Samba De Janeiro" and Dancemania Speed's first issue with an uptempo remix of the song,[1] and were awarded 'Dance Act Of The Year' in this year.
In the year 2000 they continued in that vein and made their breakthrough: "Where are You" went into the German Top 15 with "Everybody Scream" also making the Top 50. Their hit album, Dance City was also placed firmly in the Top 50 of the album charts. The track "Rhythm And Sex" continued the run, whilst "Be Cool" went to #7 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2002.
Their thirteenth single release, "Under My Skin", was successful in Japan, particular in the video hosting service, NicoNico Douga. It was first shown in a fan-vid featuring the character Momo from Sumomomo Momomo, plus the Jens O Remix version of the song that was shortened and played twice. Westerners sometimes called this the "Paffendorf Dance". Another version of this video involved characters from Lucky Star.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2000: Dance City
- 2007: Planet Dance
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUT [2] |
GER [3] |
NED [2] |
SUI [2] |
UK [4] |
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| 1998 | "Smile" | — | 22 | — | — | — | Dance City | |||||||
| "Ruf Mich An" | — | 49 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Terminator 2 Theme: Main Title" | — | 49 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1999 | "Allnight" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Where Are You" | 21 | 11 | 18 | 52 | — | |||||||||
| 2000 | "Everybody Scream" | — | 43 | 56 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2001 | "Rhythm & Sex" | — | 61 | — | — | — | Be Cool | |||||||
| 2002 | "Be Cool" | 41 | 29 | — | — | 7 | ||||||||
| "Crazy, Sexy, Marvelous" | — | 33 | — | — | 52 | Planet Dance | ||||||||
| 2004 | "Welcome to Africa" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2005 | "On & On" | — | 80 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Stop That Shit!" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Under My Skin" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2006 | "Vogue" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "La La La Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Where Are You 2007" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2007 | "It's Not Over" | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||||||
| 2009 | "Self Control" | — | 59 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Bring It Back" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Discover" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Videos
- 1998: Smile
- 1998: Terminator 2 Theme: Main Title
- 1999: Where Are You
- 2001: Rhythm & Sex
- 2002: Be Cool
- 2002: Crazy, Sexy, Marvellous
- 2005: On & On
- 2006: La La La Girl
- 2006: Where Are You 2007
[edit] References
- ^ a b Discogs, Bellini
- ^ a b c International peaks
- ^ German peaks
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[edit] External links
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