| Geil | |
| Cover: | bruce_bongo-geil_s.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bruce and Bongo |
| Album: | The Geil Album |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Length: | 3:55 |
| Label: | Ariola |
| Producer: | Tim Green |
| Next Title: | Heigh Ho – Whistle While You Work |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Geil" is a song released by the German-based British duo Bruce and Bongo. It charted in several European countries, making it their best performing release of any type. "Geil" was released as a single in 1986 and topped the Austrian charts that year. The song was Bruce and Bongo's only major hit, making the duo a one-hit wonder.
The song is considered a novelty song, with lyrics mostly in English. In German, the word "Geil" originally meant "horny" but by the 1980s had come to also mean "cool" or "awesome" in slang. For the older generation this sounded like a provocation, and it was meant to be one of course.
The song featured lyrics stating that everyone is cool/horny ("Everybody's geil, g-g-g-g-geil"). It also featured a section about the tennis player Boris Becker, claiming that "Boris is geil", and imitating a tennis umpire.
The music video accompanying the song featured Bruce and Bongo in a gym, with several elderly women doing exercises on various items of gym equipment. The music video is today generally considered to be cheesy and slightly camp, although this was probably done intentionally to give the video a novelty factor matching that of the song.
After the release of "Geil", Bruce and Bongo would release The Geil Album, although in comparison the album was a commercial failure.The refrain has the same melody as Rock Me Amadeus from the Austrian singer Falco.
7" single
12" single
| Geil | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bruce and Bongo vs. Tony T. |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Length: | 5:07 |
| Label: | EAMS |
| Producer: | Marko Albrecht, Claus Hägele, M. Jaxon Bellina, Chr. Groote |
| Prev Title: | We Ain't Back |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
In 1998, Bruce and Bongo released a new recording of "Geil" with British rapper Tony T., which was not successful.
CD single