Paso Doble is a German

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(new German wave) band that formed in 1983. Their songs "

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", "Herz an Herz" and "Fantasie" have appeared on several Best of NDW/new wave compilations. They are well known for their unique sound as well as their unusual style and choreography, which have a Spanish style to go with the band's name,

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Career

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and Peter Schilling on his international hit "

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". Together, they formed Paso Doble. In 1985, they released their first single "

" ("computer love", not to be confused with the Kraftwerk song of the same name), which debuted on the TV show ''Extratour'' and hit number 1 on the charts for several weeks. They also had a very well received appearance in the ''

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'' in March 1985. The first album they released was ''Fantasie'' and the title track also spent several weeks at number 1. What would have been their second album, ''Versunkener Schatz'', which they produced in 1986, was never released. Two of the songs were published as singles: "Herz an Herz" and "Magische Nacht". The album was eventually made available to the public via downloads on

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and MusicLoad. The band decided to shift their work to a production and publishing side, while still releasing the occasional single and remixes. In 1992, they founded the Paso Doble Music Publishing House. They returned to the stage after having some hiatus. A new 12" single, "Message angekommen", was released in 2005. Their two most famous songs, "Computerliebe" and "Herz an Herz", have been covered by Das Modul and

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, respectively. 2020 marked a comeback, and a new album was released.

Releases

Albums

*''Fantasie'' (LP Album) *''Computerliebe'' (CD "Best of" Album) *''Magische Nacht'' (Download only Album) *''Urknall'' (LP)

Singles

Computerliebe (Die Module spielen verrückt) ''Computerliebe (Die Module spielen verrückt)'' is a song by the German band Paso Doble released in 1984, in the ''Neue Deutsche Welle'' genre. The music was composed by Frank Hieber; the text was written by Ulf Krüger. It was produced by Udo ...

" (7″) *"Computerliebe (Special Disco Version)" (12″) *"Fantasie" (7″) *"Fantasie" (12″ Maxi) *"Herz an Herz" (12″) *"Herz an Herz" (7″) *"Magische Nacht" (12" Promo) *"Allein im All" (CD Maxi) *"Message angekommen" (12″) *"Kleine Killer"

References

External links

Official websiteBasic version of the official website
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