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George Kranz
Solo artist Berlin Germany
George Kranz is an artist from Berlin. George Kranz has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1988–1994. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Din Da Da”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #196. The station that charted George Kranz most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 3 appearances.
George Kranz, a Berlin drummer born in 1956, sings as well as he hits things, and he poured both talents into one gloriously daft, percussion-mad dance track. The song was "Trommeltanz", better known as "Din Daa Daa" (sometimes "Din Da Da"), and in 1984 it topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
It's the rare novelty that turned out to have real staying power, and the clubs couldn't let it go. A reworked version brought it back to the dance chart in 1991, peaking at No. 8, and it has since become a dance-floor standard that producers keep pillaging: MARRS lifted it for "Pump Up the Volume" in 1987, Kirk Franklin worked it into his Praise Joint Remix in 1998, and the Ying Yang Twins borrowed it for "Shake" in 2005. Flo Rida's "Turn Around" and TV ads for the Xbox 360 and Google Chrome picked it up too. Kranz has also played as a member of Zeitgeist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by George Kranz on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Din Da Da | 2 | #196 | – | – | |
| 2 | Din Daa Daa | 1 | #320 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 320 | Din Daa Daa | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) |
| 1990 | 196 | Din Da Da | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) |
| 1988 | 365 | Din Da Da | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) |
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