Einzelhaft

Einzelhaft
Studio album by Falco
Released	1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	Stereo West Studios, Vienna Arco Studios, Munich
Genre	Pop pop rock funk
Length	41:17
Label	A&M GiG/Sony
Producer	Robert Ponger Falco
Falco chronology
Einzelhaft (1982) Junge Roemer (1984)
Singles from Einzelhaft
"That Scene (Ganz Wien)" Released: September 1981 "Der Kommissar" Released: December 1981 "Maschine brennt" Released: 1982 "On the Run (Auf der Flucht)" Released: 1982 "Zuviel Hitze" Released: 1982

Einzelhaft (Solitary Confinement or Incarcerated!) (1982) is the debut album by Austrian singer Falco. It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland.

The album achieved some success with its flagship single, "Der Kommissar", an innovative and influential German-language rap song. An English version of the song by After the Fire was a hit in 1983.

A promotional single, "Auf der Flucht (On the Run)", was released in the US and France. In 1983 the single, "Maschine Brennt / On the Run", hit No. 9 on US Club Play Singles.^[1]

Other songs on Einzelhaft are heavily indebted to the "Berlin Trilogy" of David Bowie: "Nie mehr Schule" borrows its music from Bowie's instrumental track from Low called "Speed of Life", whereas "Helden von heute" is a transparent rewrite of Bowie's song, "Heroes".