4:99 Explained

4:99
Type:	Album
Artist:	Die Fantastischen Vier
Cover:	Fanta4 4 99.JPG
Released:	4 June 1999
Genre:	German hip hop
Length:	58:10
Label:	Four Music
Producer:	Andreas Rieke
Prev Title:	Live und direkt
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Unplugged
Next Year:	2000

4:99 is the fifth studio album by German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. It reached number one in the German as well as the Austrian and Swiss charts.

As seen before on the album Live und direkt, the CD contains a multimedia part with some gimmicks like the music video to "MfG".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Und täglich grüßen Fanta Vier/Romantic Fighters" – 1:23
2. "30 Mark" – 0:42
3. "MfG – Mit freundlichen Grüßen" – 3:35
4. "Hammer" – 4:59
5. "Die Stadt, die es nicht gibt" – 4:29
6. "00:29" – 0:29
7. "Alles schon gesehen" – 4:25
8. "Michi Beck in Hell" – 5:12
9. "Home Again" – 0:44
10. "Le Smou" – 4:38
11. "Weiter als du denkst" – 5:22
12. "Millionen Legionen" – 5:38
13. "Schmock" – 4:16
14. "FunkYms20" – 1:45
15. "Hoffnung" – 5:05
16. "Buenos Días Messias" – 4:31
17. "Gute Nacht" – 0:58

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	31

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		Germany	Switzerland	Austria
1999	"MfG"	2	2	2
1999	"Michi Beck in Hell"	—	—	—
1999	"Le Smou"	68	—	—
1999	"Buenos Días Messias"	87	—	—

External links

• Official website (in German)
• discography at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4:99. 27 May 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070503154946/http://www.elounge.de/f4/4_99.html. 3 May 2007.
2. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1999. austriancharts.at. 30 August 2020.
3. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. 30 August 2020.
4. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1999. hitparade.ch. 30 August 2020.