# The best German-language songs of all time

The top of Radioeins' 'Singen Sie Deutsch!' list (with Rio Reiser's Junimond at number one) and the songs that keep appearing in the top 100s of Tonspion and Dance-Charts.

- 36 votes · 12 items
- Mar 25, 2026 · Johanna Winkler
- https://even.best/en/l/640/the-best-german-language-songs-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Junimond — Rio Reiser** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 1986. A melancholy love song; number one for Radioeins.
2. **Ein Jahr (Es geht voran) — Fehlfarben** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1980. An anthem of the Neue Deutsche Welle; second place.
3. **Der Kommissar — Falco** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1981. The Austrian mixes rap and pop in German.
4. **Schrei nach Liebe — Die Ärzte** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1993. Punk against neo-Nazis; third place.
5. **Mit freundlichen Grüßen — Die Fantastischen Vier** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1993. The rap that is one long list of shout-outs.
6. **Westerland — Die Ärzte** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1988. An ironic declaration of love for the island of Sylt.
7. **The Model — Kraftwerk** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1978. Electropop that reached number one in the UK in 1982.
8. **Mensch — Herbert Grönemeyer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2002. Written after the deaths of his wife and his brother.
9. **Hurra die Welt geht unter — K.I.Z feat. Henning May** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015. A utopia after the end of the world.
10. **Wie schön du bist — Sarah Connor** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015. Her first big hit in German.
11. **Vom selben Stern — Ich + Ich** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 2007. A pop ballad about comfort, one of the decade's biggest songs in Germany.
12. **Schwarz zu blau — Peter Fox** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 2008. Berlin at night, with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.