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"Friesenjung" () is a 2023 song by German comedian and musician Otto Waalkes and a parody of Sting's "Englishman in New York", in which Frisian life (relating to East Frisia, the region where Waalkes comes from) is highlighted.

Key facts

Song.name
Friesenjung
Song.cover
Ski Aggu, Joost and Otto Waalkes - Friesenjung.png
Song.type
single
Song.artist
Ski Aggu, Joost and Otto Waalkes
Song.album
Denk mal drüber nach...
Song.genre
Rap techno
Song.length
2:26
Song.language
German
Song.label
Jungeratze Albino Sports
Song.writer
Otto Waalkes Gordon Sumner
Song.producer
Tantu Beats Vieze Asbak
Song.chronology
Ski Aggu
Song.prev_title
Mandala
Song.prev_year
2023
Song.next_title
Mietfrei
Song.next_year
2023

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Wikidata facts

Genre
rapping
Depicts
Berlin
Duration
146
Performer
Otto Waalkes
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publication date
2023-05-25
title
Friesenjung
form of creative work
song
language of work or name
German
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"Friesenjung" () is a 2023 song by German comedian and musician Otto Waalkes and a parody of Sting's "Englishman in New York", in which Frisian life (relating to East Frisia, the region where Waalkes comes from) is highlighted.

German rapper Ski Aggu and Dutch musician Joost Klein used a sample of the song in their own track "Friesenjung", which was released as a single on 25 May 2023. It subsequently reached number one in Germany and Austria.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Friesenjung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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