Höhner Explained

Höhner
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Alias:Hühner, De Höhner
Origin:Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genre:Kölsch, Carnival, Pop
Years Active:–present

De Höhner (Kölsch for "The Chickens", pronounced as /də ˈhø²nɐ/, pronounced as /de/) is a band from Cologne, Germany. They sing in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch.

The group was founded in 1972 by Peter Werner and Janus Fröhlich. During their first year, the band wore chicken costumes, and threw real feathers into the audience.

They are particularly successful in the area around Cologne, although they are popular nationwide. The band is famous for performing at the Cologne carnival. Their most popular carnival songs are "Echte Fründe", "Pizza wunderbar", "Die Karawane zieht weiter" and "Viva Colonia".

Their song "Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann?" (If not now, then when?) reached number one in Germany in February 2007.[1] They performed it during the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship finals, held in Cologne.

Their album Da Simmer Dabei! Die Grössten Partyhits was on the German top 50 albums chart for 8 weeks in 2007, peaking at number 9.[2] The title is a reference to the chorus of the song "Viva Colonia".

Discography

Partly in German, partly in Ripuarian language

Albums

Singles

DVD

Chart rankings

Singles

Die Karawane zieht weiter
  • DE: 12 – 02.02.1998 – 16 Weeks
    Die Karawane zieht weiter (Remix)
  • DE: 38 – 25.01.1999 – 9 Weeks
    Der liebe Gott weiß, dass ich kein Engel bin
  • DE: 67 – 15.02.1999 – 2 Weeks
    Immer freundlich lächeln
  • DE: 64 – 07.02.2000 – 6 Weeks
    Die längste Karnevalssingle der Welt
  • DE: 51 – 07.02.2000 – 7 Weeks
    Dicke Mädchen haben schöne Namen
  • DE: 41 – 22.01.2001 – 9 Weeks
    Sansi Bar
  • DE: 33 – 14.01.2002 – 8 Weeks
    Viva Colonia
  • DE: 20 – 27.01.2003 – 35 Weeks
    Alles was ich will
  • DE: 68 – 09.02.2004 – 5 Weeks
    Länger
  • DE: 60 – 24.01.2005 – 5 Weeks
    Ohne dich geht es nicht
  • DE: 61 – 23.01.2006 – 8 Weeks
    Dä kölsche Pass
  • DE: 47 – 22.01.2007 – 9 Weeks
    Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann?
  • DE: 1 – 19.02.2007 – 7 Weeks
    Mir kumme mit Allemann vorbei
  • DE: 48 – 18.01.2008 – 5 Weeks
    Echte Fründe
  • DE: 75 – 08.02.2008 – 5 Weeks
    NaJuCo Colonia
  • DE: 48 – 16.01.2009 – 8 Weeks
    Schenk mir dein Herz
  • DE: 13 – 23.10.2009 – 23 Weeks
    Viva Südafrika
  • DE: 54 – 18.06.2010 – 1 Week
    Carneval
  • DE: 48 – 18.02.2011 – 2 Weeks
    6 bis 8 Stunden Schlaf
  • DE: 67 – 18.11.2011 – 4 Weeks
    Ävver et hätz bliev he in Kölle
  • DE: 38 – 23.11.2012 – 4 Weeks
    Das geht nie vorbei
  • DE: 75 – 31.01.2014 – 3 Weeks
    Steh auf, mach laut!
  • DE: 63 – 25.07.2014 – 3 Weeks
    Prinzessin
  • DE: 46 – 24.02.2023 – 1 Week

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.media-control.de/dokumente/task,doc_download/gid,10/ Media Control List of #1 Songs (pdf)
    2. http://acharts.us/album/19689 αCharts