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After The Fire

Band London United Kingdom Formed 1974

After The Fire formed in 1974 in London, United Kingdom. After The Fire has 16 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Der Kommisar”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #95. The station that charted After The Fire most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances.

16appearances

16countdowns

2songs charted

8stations

0#1 finishes

1996–2023years

After the Fire were a London band that started out playing progressive rock and changed course, stripping down to a sleek, keyboard-driven new wave sound by the late '70s that got them a deal with CBS Records. Peter Banks handled keyboards and lead vocals, with Andy Piercy on guitar, and in the UK "One Rule for You" was their early success.

Their American moment came from an unlikely source: "Der Kommissar", an English-language take on Falco's hit, all chilly synths and spoken menace. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains their calling card on the countdowns.

The joke was that the band had already broken up by then, in December 1982, before the song hit its American peak. They never got to enjoy it as a band.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by After The Fire on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Der Kommisar	650	11	#95	–	–
2	Der Kommissar	207	5	#538	–	–

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2023	375	Der Kommisar	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2021	538	Der Kommissar	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2005	699	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	699	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	699	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	689	Der Kommissar	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	699	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	621	Der Kommissar	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	699	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	698	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	198	Der Kommisar	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999	787	Der Kommissar	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	995	Der Kommissar	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	698	Der Kommisar	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	95	Der Kommisar	Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1996	162	Der Kommisar	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)

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